Our cities are evolving at a pace never seen before. Right now, in 2026, technology is reshaping how we live, work, and move ...

More than half of the world's population currently lives in cities and this share is expected to rise to nearly 70% by 2050. It's no wonder "smart cities" have become a buzzword in urban planning, ...

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As smart cities evolve from concept to reality, they are redefining how we think about urban development, particularly within the real estate and construction sectors. These urban areas envision a ...

More than a decade since the smart city concept gained traction, local governments continue shaping the general idea to suit their needs, with its purpose evolving from solution-based toward a ...

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 ...

According to Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities: “Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by ...

When the personal computer revolution started, it was inevitable that the new, clunky technology being created would some day find its way outside the home. As electronic devices shrunk in size, their ...

The Cologne-based startup dataMatters, a spin-off of RWTH Aachen University, has introduced urbanOS, which it claims is the world’s first operating system for Smart Cities. This municipal operating ...