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Thales and Neural Labs Expand Partnership on Smart City Solutions
Partnerships // March 13, 2024

Tech firm Thales has expanded its partnership with Neural Labs centered around AI-powered smart cities. Thales, based in France, develops solutions for a range of industries, including digital identity and security. Neural Labs provides video analysis for smart cities and artificial intelligence (AI)-based intelligent transportation systems. According to a Wednesday (March...

Connected Cars Promise US Drivers Convenience, Payments Efficiency This Holiday
Connected Economy // July 04, 2023

According to estimates from the American Automobile Association (AAA), a record number of Americans — 43.2 million people — are expected to be traveling by car this July Fourth weekend. And as connected and autonomous vehicles gain in popularity, the greater is the chance that...

Is Marc Lore’s City of Telosa a Blueprint For Smart City Success?
Innovation // December 08, 2021

Purpose-built smart cities are seen as the ultimate fruition of connected living — at least as they’re depicted in movies and TV shows. Not surprisingly, such grand visions face obstacles. Fortunately for this idea, hope springs eternal. The latest proponent to lock onto smart cities,...

Using 5G To Build Tomorrow’s Smart Cities, Today
Commerce Connected // September 29, 2020

Smart cities powered by 5G networks have long been forecast as coming soon to major metros all over the world. But actual progress has been limited by various regulatory and technological headwinds that have kept the connected smart city more a vision of the future...

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Connected Cars Promise US Drivers Convenience, Payments Efficiency This Holiday

July 04, 2023
According to estimates from the American Automobile Association (AAA), a record number of Americans — 43.2 million people — are expected to be traveling by car this July Fourth weekend. And as connected and autonomous vehicles gain in popularity, the greater is the chance that more of these connected cars will hit the road this […]

Using 5G To Build Tomorrow’s Smart Cities, Today

September 29, 2020
Smart cities powered by 5G networks have long been forecast as coming soon to major metros all over the world. But actual progress has been limited by various regulatory and...

Smart Cities Can Emerge Stronger From The Pandemic

May 26, 2020
There is scarcely an aspect of life that has not been thoroughly disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis has also dramatically exposed the degree to which consumers, employers and...

Cybercrime’s New Stomping Grounds: Smart Cities

February 03, 2020
For at least the last five years — futurists and smart technology boosters have been touting the inevitable rise of the smart city. The smart city’s biggest fans predict that...

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Thales and Neural Labs Expand Partnership on Smart City Solutions

March 13, 2024
Tech firm Thales has expanded its partnership with Neural Labs centered around AI-powered smart cities. Thales, based in France, develops solutions for a range of industries, including digital identity and security. Neural Labs provides video analysis for smart cities and artificial intelligence (AI)-based intelligent transportation systems. According to a Wednesday (March 13) news release, the partnership aims to enable secure, efficient […]

Alphabet Seeks Share Of Taxes For Toronto ‘Smart City’

February 15, 2019
To create a smart city on the waterfront of Toronto, Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs is reportedly looking for a share of development fees, increased land value and property taxes for the project...

Smart Grids Aren’t Secure, Survey Says

October 19, 2016
A new survey from Tripwire, a global provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organizations, revealed that 98 percent of professionals in the IT field believe that...

MasterCard’s Smart Cities Now Includes Digital Payments

July 08, 2016
MasterCard is partnering with 100 Resilient Cities — Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation (100RC) in order to push digital payments as part of its “Smart Cities” initiative and leverage its technologies to create more...