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When you think of BlackBerry and Microsoft in the same sentence, smartphones and their showdown in the early 2000s likely come to mind. But fast forward to 2025, and things have drastically evolved. BlackBerry has long since retired from its once-dominant handheld devices and is flexing its...

Imagine a future where cars are no longer just about horsepower and sleek designs but operate as fully integrated software-defined platforms. In the latest automotive and tech industry crossover, QNX, a division of BlackBerry Limited, has announced a pioneering collaboration with Microsoft at...

Microsoft and QNX are teaming up to soar into the fast-evolving world of software-defined vehicles, leveraging the power of cloud computing to turbocharge innovation in the automotive industry. If you're someone who enjoys imagining a world where cars are more like smartphones on...

Imagine this: You’re cruising in a car where most functionalities, from entertainment to advanced driver-assistance systems, are dictated not by the vehicle’s hardware but by nimble, software-defined systems. That’s the vision behind the latest partnership between QNX, BlackBerry’s subsidiary...

In a bold move that has sent ripples through the embedded operating system landscape, BlackBerry has announced that version 8 of its QNX microkernel real-time operating system (RTOS) is now available for free—provided it’s used for non-commercial purposes. This new development comes as...

Original release date: August 17, 2021 Summary On August 17, 2021, BlackBerry publicly disclosed that its QNX Real Time Operating System (RTOS) is affected by a Link Removed vulnerability—CVE-2021-22156. BadAlloc is a collection of vulnerabilities affecting multiple RTOSs and supporting...