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2024	All of Us The All of Us initiative faced significant criticism and backlash for its methodology of using umap plotting to depict ancestry, instead of the more statistically standard principal components analysis (PCA).
2024	Lenovo Lenovo bought the naming rights to the Carolina Hurricanes' arena, renaming it Lenovo Center.
2024	Lenovo Lenovo continued to experience challenges, with revenue further reducing to US$56.8 billion, net profit dropping to US$1.1 billion, and employee count decreasing to 69,500.
October 2024	Lenovo Lenovo was named the official technology partner of FIFA.
2023	Lenovo Lenovo saw a decline in revenue to US$61.9 billion, with net profit decreasing to US$1.6 billion, and employee count increasing to 77,000.
March 2023	Lenovo Launched the LOQ gaming sub-brand, targeting budget and new-to-gaming markets.
2022	All of Us The program targeted reaching one million participants by this year.
2022	Lenovo Lenovo reached peak performance with revenue of US$71.6 billion, net profit of US$2.0 billion, and 75,000 employees.
2021	Lenovo Introduced the Legion 5 Pro laptop with AMD 5th series CPU and Nvidia 30s GPU.
2021	FinisTerrae Finisterrae III supercomputer deployed, featuring approximately 1968 TFlops of computational power and running on Linux operating system.
October 8 2021	Lenovo Lenovo withdrew its application to list on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, causing its Hong Kong Stock Exchange share price to drop by over 17%.
July 2021	Lenovo Lenovo was introduced as a sponsor on the back of Inter's new home shirt for the 2021–22 season.
May 2021	Lenovo Lenovo and Motorola Mobility created a limited edition Motorola Razr to celebrate Inter's 19th Scudetto.
April 2021	Lenovo Lenovo reorganized into three divisions: Intelligent Devices Group, Infrastructure Solutions Group, and Solutions and Services Group. The company reached $60 billion in annual revenues.
February 2021	Lenovo Bloomberg Businessweek reported on the previously discovered security breach involving Lenovo laptops used by U.S. military units in Iraq.
January 12 2021	Lenovo Lenovo filed an application to issue Chinese depositary receipts and list them on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Science and Technology Innovation Board.
2020	University of Illinois Center for Supercomputing Research and Development A. Grama and A. Sameh edited a Birkhauser volume containing two parts: recent advances in high performance algorithms and selected challenging computational science and engineering applications.
2020	Lenovo Lenovo became a preferred data center innovation provider for DreamWorks Animation, starting with Trolls World Tour.
2020	Lenovo Lenovo maintained stable performance with revenue of US$50.7 billion, net profit of US$0.66 billion, and 57,000 employees.
2020	Lenovo Lenovo commanded a leading global PC market share of 25.7 percent in the third quarter.
2020	Lenovo Launched the Legion 3, 5, and 7 laptop series, with Legion 7 being the highest specification model.
July 2020	Lenovo Lenovo informed customers it had stopped manufacturing with Bitland and was moving production of related devices to other suppliers after accusations of using forced Uyghur labor.
June 2020	All of Us All of Us added monthly participant surveys to collect data on the physical, mental, and socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 2020	All of Us NIH announced that All of Us research materials would be utilized to address the COVID-19 pandemic, including testing blood samples for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and evaluating electronic health records for infection patterns.
June 2020	All of Us Enrollment reached approximately 350,000 individuals, continuing the program's progress towards its diversity and participation goals.
May 2020	Lenovo Lenovo Data Center Group expanded its AMD offerings by introducing two-processor systems, the SR645 and SR665, further diversifying their server product line.
May 27 2020	All of Us The All of Us research program launched the All of Us Researcher Workbench for beta testing, making initial data from the first 225,000 program participants available to approved researchers through a dedicated research platform.
2019	All of Us A review identified the All of Us initiative as a program that involves the public in every stage of research, highlighting its collaborative approach to medical research.
2019	All of Us Joshua Denny was selected as the second director of the All of Us Research Program, succeeding Eric Dishman.
2019	All of Us One year after launch, the program had enrolled 230,000 participants, representing almost one quarter of its total participant goal. Notably, approximately 80% of these participants were from groups traditionally underrepresented in biomedical research.
2019	Lenovo Lenovo signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with FC Internazionale as their Global Technology Partner.
2019	Lenovo Lenovo showed significant improvement, increasing revenue to US$51.0 billion and net profit to US$0.59 billion, with 57,000 employees.
August 2019	Lenovo Lenovo introduced the first two ThinkSystem platforms with AMD EPYC processors: the SR635 (1U) and SR655 (2U) server models, expanding their processor options beyond Intel.
2018	Lenovo Lenovo introduced several home automation products at the IFA technology trade show, expanding its Smart Home and IoT product lineup.
2018	Lenovo At E3, Lenovo announced three new Legion laptops with redesigned chassis: Y530, Y730, and Y7000.
2018	Lenovo Lenovo became the world's largest provider for the TOP500 supercomputers.
2018	Lenovo Lenovo saw modest revenue growth to US$45.3 billion but again experienced a net loss of US$0.18 billion, with employee count increasing to 54,000.
2018	Lenovo Lenovo became a technology partner of Ducati Corse in Grand Prix motorcycle racing.
September 2018	Lenovo Lenovo and NetApp announced a strategic partnership and joint venture in China, launching two new storage system lines: DM-Series and DE-Series.
June 2018	All of Us A sample consent form was released, explaining the voluntary nature of participation and that participants can quit the program and have their samples destroyed.
May 2018	All of Us The NIH reported high enrollment of underrepresented groups, with up to three-quarters of beta phase participants coming from communities of color and lower-income backgrounds.
May 6 2018	All of Us The All of Us Research Program was officially launched for national enrollment, marking the beginning of its ambitious goal to recruit 1,000,000 participants.
January 2018	All of Us An initial pilot project was launched, enrolling approximately 10,000 people.
2017	All of Us Professor Kenneth Weiss from Pennsylvania State University published a skeptical review of the All of Us initiative, suggesting that the project's funding could be more effectively allocated.
2017	Lenovo Lenovo formed a joint venture with Fujitsu and the Development Bank of Japan, with Fujitsu selling Lenovo a 51% stake in Fujitsu Client Computing Limited.
2017	Lenovo Lenovo's revenue further declined to US$43.0 billion, but returned to a net profit of US$0.53 billion, with employee count reducing to 52,000.
June 20 2017	Lenovo Lenovo's Data Center Group relaunched the ThinkServer product line as ThinkSystem, introducing 17 new machine type models across various form factors including Tower, 1U/2U, Blades, Dense, and 4U Mission Critical Intel-based servers.
June 6 2017	Lenovo Launched the high-performance Legion Y920 laptop, featuring an Intel seventh-generation quad-core i7-7820HK processor and Nvidia GTX 1070 discrete graphics.
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