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BlackBerry

152 articles – decelerating

QNX software now controls safety features in 275 million cars as BlackBerry redirects attention from its divested cybersecurity arm toward automotive software and robots.

Who they are

BlackBerry appears in coverage as a former handset maker that moved away from designing and manufacturing its own phones toward software, security and embedded systems. Its current story centers on QNX, the operating-system business used in vehicles, while recent corporate reporting also tracks the rise and subsequent sale of its Cylance cybersecurity operation.

The recent arc

Recent coverage first concentrated in late 2023 on a strategic reset: John Chen’s retirement, Richard Lynch’s interim appointment, and then John Giamatteo’s appointment as CEO. Reuters reported plans to separate the IoT and cybersecurity units and pursue an IoT subsidiary IPO, but Bloomberg later reported that BlackBerry would no longer spin off the IoT business.

The narrative shifted again in 2024-26 from separation to concentration. TechCrunch reported the $160 million sale of Cylance to Arctic Wolf, against BlackBerry’s $1.4 billion 2018 acquisition price. The latest stories profile QNX as software controlling safety features in 275 million cars and describe its positioning as an operating system for robots; Sherwood News tied that reframing to a stock rise of more than 160% over three months.

The tension

Coverage circles the contrast between BlackBerry’s legacy consumer-device retreat and its effort to establish QNX as a durable embedded-software platform. The earlier Android-phone transition and end of in-house handset development marked the break with the mobile era, while the Cylance sale underscores the difficulty of making cybersecurity the second pillar alongside QNX.

Why it matters

If QNX’s automotive installed base can translate into broader robotics and embedded-system demand, BlackBerry’s relevance could increasingly rest on infrastructure software rather than its phone brand. But the reversal on an IoT spin-off and the Cylance write-down show that the company’s narrower focus is still being tested by execution and by whether QNX can sustain growth beyond its established vehicle footprint.

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BlackBerry has appeared in 152 articles since 2005-10. Coverage peaked in 2021Q1 with 6 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside iPhone, Android, Research In Motion, RIM.

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Coverage Timeline

2026-08-17
Financial Times

BlackBerry posted a positive cash position in Q1, its first cash-positive first quarter in any fiscal year since 2017, driven by its QNX and Secusmart products

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2026-08-16
Financial Times

BlackBerry posted a positive cash position in Q1, its first cash-positive first quarter in any fiscal year since 2017, driven by its QNX and Secusmart products

A decade after the disappearance of its handsets, the company's future rests on car and security software

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2026-05-31
Sherwood News 4 related

BlackBerry's stock is up more than 160% over the past three months, as the company's QNX division positions its automotive software as an OS for robots

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2026-05-30
Sherwood News 4 related

BlackBerry's stock is up more than 160% over the past three months, as the company's QNX division positions its automotive software as an OS for robots

History suggests that BlackBerry does extremely well when 1) it's considered to be pioneering a transformative technology, or 2) there's widespread retail enthusiasm for stocks.

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2026-05-03
Wall Street Journal 1 related

A profile of BlackBerry's QNX division, whose operating system controls safety features in 275M cars and accounts for half of BlackBerry's revenue

John Wall has spent nearly his entire career working for the same company.  And when he tells people where he works, nobody has any clue what he's talking about.

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2024-12-16
TechCrunch 5 related

BlackBerry sells its beleaguered cybersecurity business, Cylance, to Arctic Wolf for $160M, after paying $1.4B to acquire Cylance in 2018

Arctic Wolf has acquired Cylance, BlackBerry's beleaguered cybersecurity business, for $160 million — a significant write-down from the $1.4 billion BlackBerry paid …

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2023-12-12
Bloomberg 10 related

BlackBerry appoints John Giamatteo, the president of its cybersecurity business since 2021, as its CEO and no longer plans to spin off its IoT business

Brody Ford / Bloomberg :

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2023-12-11
Bloomberg 3 related

BlackBerry appoints John Giamatteo, the president of its cybersecurity business since 2021, as its CEO and no longer plans to spin off its IoT business

Brody Ford / Bloomberg :

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2023-10-31
Wall Street Journal 5 related

BlackBerry says CEO John Chen plans to retire on November 4 after serving in the role since November 2013 and names board member Richard Lynch as interim CEO

Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal :

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2023-10-05
Reuters 9 related

BlackBerry plans to split its IoT and cybersecurity units and target a subsidiary IPO for the IoT unit in its next FY, after reviewing options since May 2023

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BlackBerry has appeared in 161 tech news articles since December 2014. The biggest stories include BlackBerry CEO Wants Legislators To Make Developing BlackBerry Apps Mandatory and BlackBerry is suing Facebook, alleging that many of Facebook's messaging services.... Frequently covered alongside Android, Nokia, QNX, CNET, and Priv. Coverage has shifted toward safety themes and away from enterprise.

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2026Q2enterprise -67pts; safety +33pts

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