This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.

Short for Common Business-Oriented Language, COBOL is a dominant code system developed in the late 1950s often used in business data processing, such as payment processing and retail transaction ...

By typing simple, text-based commands into Windows' PowerShell, you can quickly install apps directly from the Microsoft ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered government agencies to patch their systems within three days against a maximum-severity Dell vulnerability that has been under ...

Insider builds of Windows 11 are unaffected by the issue; if you're not part of the Windows Insider preview program, you ...

IBM's growth is being driven by artificial intelligence (AI). Customers are now using its mainframes to help run AI inference, while its watsonx software platform is being used for AI governance and ...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) exceeded earnings expectations and demonstrated that its AI strategy is effective. Q4 revenue reached $19.69 billion compared to the anticipated $19.21 billion—a 12.1% increase from ...

For most people, the IBM name is a fragment of the past, something that only comes up in old '80s sci-fi movies or in documentaries of ancient tech. The company's still up and running, and it does ...

There are plenty of reasons people want to download videos from YouTube and other video platforms. Maybe you’re traveling and don’t want to rely on spotty Wi-Fi. Maybe you want to save a long tutorial ...

ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced IBM Sovereign Core, the industry's first AI-ready sovereign-enabled software for enterprises, governments and service ...

IBM (IBM) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral by Jefferies as the financial firm believes IBM is slated to benefit from software growth in 2026. Shares had edged up 2% during Monday morning market action ...