Google-led smart city project draws civic backlash in Toronto
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailEighteen months ago, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and leaders of Google-parent Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs announced the planned $1 billion redevelopment of Toronto’s Quayside area. The idea was kit …
Google sister-co Sidewalk Labs releases smart-city icon set to tackle data transparency
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSidewalk Labs has released a set of visual icons for smart cities to instruct citizens about the new technologies they are deploying. The point is to define and explain the …
Google intros new AI edge hardware for predictive maintenance, machine vision, robotics
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGoogle has released new hardware for machine learning at the edge in the form of a single-board computer running its edge-based Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) processor. Alongside the new system-on-module …
London intros major IoT project to clean up city’s “filthy air”, tackle “public health crisis”
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA major new internet of things (IoT) project has launched in London to investigate improve the city’s toxic air. The initiative, Breathe London, claims “the world’s most advanced and comprehensive …
Google, LG Electronics ink agreement to target smart city projects
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Google will apply IoT, big data and AI to the targeted smart city initiatives Google has signed an agreement with South Korean firm LG Electronics to focus on …
‘No one owns urban data’, says Google, as privacy commissioner quits Sidewalk Labs
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOntario’s former privacy commissioner has resigned from her consulting role at Google’s sister company Sidewalk Labs over its failure to guarantee citizens’ personal data would be protected at its Toronto …
Why any developer can leverage artificial intelligence (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailArtificial intelligence is a technology that presupposes the advents before it and builds upon them to create an invention of endless applications and limitless possibilities. AI is, in no uncertain …
Global smart-city platform market to reach $755m by 2027, claims report
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe global market for smart city platforms will reach $755 million by 2027, according to new research, and enable cities to deliver services to their citizens in the manner of …
Toyota invests $500m in Uber for fleet of autonomous taxi cabs, starting 2021
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailToyota is to invest $500 million in Uber, as the pair seek to bring autonomous ride-sharing to the mass-market. The deal values Uber at $72 billion, despite the company making …
Tesla and DeepMind among 160 AI firms to sign pledge against robot killers
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMore than 160 companies and organisations from 36 countries working with artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including the founders of Tesla and Google DeepMind, have signed a pledge not to develop, …
