IBM signs up to help fight China's war on smog


  • TECH
  • Monday, 07 Jul 2014

BEIJING: IBM Corp has signed an agreement with the city of Beijing to use advanced weather forecasting and cloud computing technologies to help tackle the Chinese capital's persistent smog. 

After a series of pollution scares and scandals, China's central government has promised to reverse some of the damage done to the nation's sky, rivers and soil by more than three decades of growth. 

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