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It has been at least 50 years since examples of what we now call ‘smart cities’ began to appear. In 1974, officials in Los Angeles, California, used IBM mainframe computers to study poverty in the ...

In May 2020, the smart city concept appeared to have been dead and buried when Sidewalk Labs ended its collaboration with the City of Toronto to create Quayside, a data-infused, sustainability-focused ...

The concept of a "smart city" — one that uses technology to run more efficiently — is nothing new and has been around for about two decades. The cities embrace the use of digital tools, such as ...

If a smart city is defined as a civilization that uses technology to support the community, then the origins of this concept date back at least to the Neanderthals. While the concept has, of course, ...

Municipalities are increasingly incorporating smart city strategies into their development plans. But such projects don’t always include adequate cybersecurity safeguards against their complex, ...

Even if you haven't watched Doc Brown and Marty McFly's adventures in the sci-fi movie, Back to the Future II, you may have at least heard about them. The duo travel to the year 2015 through a time ...

As the co-founder of TerraScale, I often hear authoritative sorts (and some not-so-authoritative) discussing what a smart city is. Is it a few sensors here and there, or keyless entry? Here is an ...

Multiple wildfires have wreaked havoc in Los Angeles County, causing massive destruction and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate their homes. Currently, four major blazes are raging across the ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

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