In 2015, before it metamorphosed into Alphabet, Google launched Sidewalk Labs, an “urban innovation” division dedicated to solving urban problems with “forward-thinking design and cutting-edge ...

Sidewalk Labs, the part of Alphabet focused on smart cities, will have to wait a while longer to find out whether its Quayside project can go ahead. Waterfront Toronto, a tri-government organization ...

In context: Last year, we reported on Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs' ambitious plan to develop a full smart neighborhood in the city of Toronto. Early testing for this neighborhood, which would ...

Google affiliate Sidewalk Labs has abandoned its much-ballyhooed billion-dollar Toronto waterfront project Quayside after three years, citing "unprecedented economic uncertainty." “It is with great ...

Last week, Sidewalk Labs, Alphabet’s urban-innovation company, announced that it was shelving its Quayside project, a “sustainable and affordable” neighborhood on the Toronto waterfront.

Can one of the world’s oldest building materials form the foundation of a sensor-integrated “smart” neighborhood? Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs is making a go of it on the Toronto waterfront, and ...

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) is suing three levels of government and Waterfront Toronto, a publicly-funded organization, over a planned smart neighborhood in Quayside. The suit ...

The final straw came on June 17 with the surprise release of the Quayside master plan: Amid glossy illustrations of a techie utopia, the stubbornly coy document described a project that had ...

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At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, there are more vendors listed as selling “smart cities” technologies than gaming products or drones. That’s a break from the past. The annual mega-gathering ...

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