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BlackBerry names new CEO, will split cybersecurity and IoT businesses

BlackBerry’s new leader is the former head of its cybersecurity business unit. The Waterloo, Ont., company said this morning that John Giamatteo is its new chief executive officer and a member of its board of directors, effective immediately. Richard Lynch, who has served as interim chief executive officer since Nov. 4, after the departure of

Federal judge says car makers can intercept your messages

In a decision that has stirred significant debate, a federal judge has ruled that the interception of text messages and mobile phone call logs...

Cruise driverless vehicles recalled for crash risks

General Motors (GM) recalled 950 Cruise driverless vehicles after a pedestrian was dragged underneath one of the vehicles in San Francisco in October. According to...

California suspends driverless taxis 

California has banned self-driving taxis from San Francisco streets following an accident in which a pedestrian was pulled under the wheels of a Cruise...

Joby Aviation to invest $500M in new air taxi factory in Ohio

Joby Aviation, a developer of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has announced that it will invest up to $500 million to build...

New anode material charges electric vehicles in 6 minutes

Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular, but one of the biggest challenges to their widespread adoption is the long charging time. It can take...

Toyota Japan plants halt production due to database server outage

Toyota has confirmed that a disruption of operations at its Japan-based production plants was caused by a database server outage. The outage occurred on August...

Mozilla says cars have worst privacy practices

A new report by the Mozilla Foundation has found that cars have the worst privacy practices of any product category the organization has ever...

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