smart city
London crowned best city to study tech outside the US![The London skyline at sunset](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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London crowned best city to study tech outside the US
The capital now offers the highest number of universities with courses in tech and engineering
22 Oct 2020
Smart Cities: Living in intelligent spaces![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Smart Cities: Living in intelligent spaces
As communications networks expand and the built environment becomes intelligent, how will smart cities provide new ways of living and working?
17 May 2020
Sidewalk Labs scraps Smart City project over economic uncertainty ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Sidewalk Labs scraps Smart City project over economic uncertainty
Coronavirus-fueled economic uncertainty spells the end of the line for the Smart City
8 May 2020
Poor data is killing the smart city dream![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Poor data is killing the smart city dream
Cisco’s UK smart city chief blasts those “patting themselves on the back” for releasing messy data
7 May 2020
£90 million ‘future transport zones’ will fuel UK smart cities![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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£90 million ‘future transport zones’ will fuel UK smart cities
Smart city projects include using drones to deliver medical supplies and data to smarten up bus routes
16 Mar 2020
Smart motorways aren’t smart enough![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Smart motorways aren’t smart enough
Free sat-nav apps could limit the dangers of so-called smart motorways, says Barry Collins
8 Mar 2020
Mayor of London calls for more data sharing ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Mayor of London calls for more data sharing
The ten-year anniversary of City Hall’s London Datastore is marked with calls to open up access between datasets
9 Jan 2020
Toyota plans smart city for Japan![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Toyota plans smart city for Japan
Car giant will build a prototype on 175-acre area at the base of Mount Fuji for its employees
7 Jan 2020
Uber car involved in fatal crash had software flaws![Driverless car](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Uber car involved in fatal crash had software flaws
However, US investigators still haven't determined the probable cause for the accident
6 Nov 2019
Are smart cities a disaster waiting to happen?![Smart city concept - smart cities](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Are smart cities a disaster waiting to happen?
Urban IoT promises to provide better healthcare, utilities, education and policing, but the cost to privacy could be high
21 Aug 2019
ICO warns tech industry to rebuild public trust or face ruin![Protesters](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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ICO warns tech industry to rebuild public trust or face ruin
Regulator says innovation at risk of backlash akin to GM food scandal
14 May 2019
2020 vision: The tech predictions we got right and wrong![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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2020 vision: The tech predictions we got right and wrong
Jetpacks? Flying cars? We explore the predictions we got right about 2020, and where our crystal ball went haywire
15 Mar 2019
Wales in danger of being left behind in 5G adoption![Cardiff bay, Wales](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Wales in danger of being left behind in 5G adoption
With network coverage lagging behind the rest of the UK, changes must be made to infrastructure in order to keep up with the pack
24 Jan 2019
Firms challenged to collaborate to build a UK 'digital twin'![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Firms challenged to collaborate to build a UK 'digital twin'
Data sharing and plugging the skills gap must precede any meaningful attempts to digitise the UK infrastructure
22 Jan 2019
AWS and Tigerspike team up on smart city platform![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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AWS and Tigerspike team up on smart city platform
AWS, SSE and Tigerspike will develop SSE's Mayflower smart city platform, connecting sensors and devices
15 Jan 2019
A day in the life of a smart city dweller![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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A day in the life of a smart city dweller
How a truly connected life could spell the end of traffic jams, potholes and the weekly shop
14 Jan 2019
Mobileye and Ordnance Survey launch mapping data project![Map of UK over keyboard](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Mobileye and Ordnance Survey launch mapping data project
The initiative will boost smart city projects with higher accuracy mapping
9 Jan 2019
Enough is enough: It's time to get us out of this jam![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Enough is enough: It's time to get us out of this jam
We don't need smart motorways to ease traffic congestion, we need smartphone satnavs
29 Dec 2018
BlackBerry aims to secure smart cities with SCMS![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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BlackBerry aims to secure smart cities with SCMS
The company is inviting public sector organisations and automated car manufacturers too apply
11 Dec 2018
Microgrids may be the solution to UK business energy demands![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Microgrids may be the solution to UK business energy demands
Since the government's 'Smart Power' push in 2016, the cost of entry for local energy generation has fallen sharply
26 Oct 2018
Google brings AI to edge devices![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Google brings AI to edge devices
The cloud giant's new TPU chip makes it possible for IoT devices to run machine learning models
26 Jul 2018
Smart city spending to hit $158bn by 2022![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Smart city spending to hit $158bn by 2022
London is one of the top spenders on smart city technology
26 Jul 2018
Government prepares UK for 5G with full fibre rollout![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Government prepares UK for 5G with full fibre rollout
New proposals to replace copper wire networks, prioritise rural areas and lay foundations for 5G coverage
23 Jul 2018