The Waterloo, Ont.-based company is updating its technology, used by government agencies to send information about critical events, to include sensor data about flood risks and clean water. (The Logic)
Talking point: The push into the water business comes amid rising risks from natural disasters caused by climate change, as well as persistent water-safety issues in Indigenous communities. BlackBerry highlighted both issues in announcing the launch and its partnership with the University of Windsor. “Globally, societies must increasingly rely on the autonomous monitoring of air and water to inform our understanding of the environment and to alert us to impending danger,” said Mike McKay, executive director of the University of Windsor’s Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, in a statement.
