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12-19-2016, 01:30 PM
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bihnm7uWTm2hDP6s.rl0iw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-19T170557Z_1006950001_LYNXMPECBI103_RTROPTP_2_CBUS INESS-US-BLACKBERRY-AUTONOMOUS.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/blackberry-spending-75-million-autos-hub-over-several-170557423--finance.html)Canada's BlackBerry Ltd plans to invest C$100 million ($75 million) in a new autonomous vehicle-testing hub over several years, the company's chief executive said on Monday, marking a change of direction for the smartphone pioneer. "Most of all the money will go to jobs," John Chen told reporters at an event opening the Ottawa-area facility. BlackBerry said it will work with middleware supplier PolySync and semiconductor company Renesas Electronics Corp, as well as its hometown University of Waterloo, to build an autonomous concept vehicle.



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