BlackBerry today completed its previously-announced acquisition of Cylance, a privately-held artificial intelligence and cybersecurity company based in Irvine, California.
The acquisition is BlackBerry’s largest ever and will see Cylance operate as a separate business unit within BlackBerry’s business.
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Samsung today officially unveiled Galaxy Buds, cord-free earbuds for those who want a seamlessly connected experience on the go. With their truly comfortable form factor, easy controls, clear and smart sound, and compact size—they are an everyday in-ear lifestyle companion.
Samsung today officially unveiled the Galaxy Fit and Galaxy Fit e. Made for all types of fitness enthusiasts, from casual runners to athletes, Galaxy Fit and Galaxy Fit e support active lifestyles. With thin, lightweight bodies, Galaxy Fit and Galaxy Fit e are easy to style and comfortable to wear all week long.
Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy Watch Active today. Packing premium features comparable to Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Watch Active comes with sporty new design that is thin, light and versatile that makes it easier to maintain a balanced lifestyle.
Vodafone has switched on 5G at Manchester Airport, becoming the UK's first 5G connected airport. The company switched on 5G at Manchester Airport as part of an ongoing trial - with other locations set to follow suit within weeks.
The Canadian government is adding $40 million in federal money to a $310.5-million pledge from BlackBerry aimed at supporting the development of self-driving car technologies in Kanata.
Google has a new mode of storage encryption called Adiantum that is made specifically to run on phones and smart devices that don’t have the specialised hardware to use current methods to encrypt locally stored data efficiently.
TomTom and Microsoft are expanding their partnership, bringing TomTom’s maps and traffic data into a multitude of mapping scenarios across Microsoft’s cloud services. With this broadened integration, TomTom will be a leading location data provider for Microsoft Azure and Bing Maps. TomTom is also expanding its relationship with Microsoft, selecting Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud provider.
O2 and Vodafone plan to extend the existing network sharing partnership term and include 5G at joint radio network sites. This would enable both O2 and Vodafone to deploy 5G faster, to offer 5G services to more customers over a wider geographic area, and to do so at a lower cost.
The Fossil Group has announced that Google is purchasing $40 million worth of intellectual property that pertains to its smartwatch technology, currently in development.
While most Ring users thought that the cameras they installed were able to detect what was going on inside and around their homes using automated computer vision technologies, there may have been an entire team of humans watching the footage as well.
Samsung’s CES 2019 booth is chock full of interactive exhibits that offer attendees a chance to get hands-on with the company’s latest TVs, home appliances, mobile devices and more.
