Mandy Kovacs

Mandy is a lineup editor at CTV News. A former staffer at IT World Canada, she's now contributing as a part-time podcast host on Hashtag Trending. She is a Carleton University journalism graduate with extensive experience in the B2B market. When not writing about tech, you can find her active on Twitter following political news and sports, and preparing for her future as a cat lady.

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University of Waterloo behind the wheel of CES 2017’s self-driving car

Renesas Electronics America has unveiled a new highly autonomous vehicle at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, and a team of University of Waterloo researchers played an integral role in its development and testing.

IBM predicts superhero vision, nano-sized health devices in next five years

IBM has unveiled its annual ‘Five in Five’ list today, which lays out some of the most important and groundbreaking scientific innovations that, in the next five years, could have the potential to drastically alter the way people work, live and interact.

New BlackBerry smartphone revealed at CES 2017 has QWERTY keyboard

TCT, Blackberry’s latest software and brand licensing partner, released two teaser videos of a new smartphone ahead of CES 2017 and the device showcases the most quintessential Blackberry feature: a physical keyboard.

3 big themes to expect at CES 2017

This year at CES, enterprise IT department specialists can expect to see the continued reign of data collection, connected devices and artificial intelligence (AI) – and combinations of all three.

CRTC declares broadband internet a basic service

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission wants to see all Canadians able to access at least 50 Mbps speeds in a decade

Canadian government announces new funding for rural high speed internet access

Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, along with Will Amos, Member of Parliament for Pontiac, announced today that the Canadian government will be investing $500 million towards greater access to high-speed Internet in 300 rural and remote communities by 2021.

Bloor Street bike lane tracking project seeing positive early results

Miovision Technologies, a Kitchener, Ont.-based traffic data collection and signals company, partnered with the city of Toronto in August to develop a more complete street infrastructure by tracking bike lane traffic – as well as vehicular drivers and pedestrians – on the new Bloor Street bike lanes.

Canada.ca project not progressing as planned, overbudget: CBC

The Canadian federal government’s attempt to simplify its websites is a year behind schedule and almost 10 times over budget, according to a CBC News report.

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