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‘Just Dunzo it.’ How Google’s favorite Indian startup is making ci...

Life in India’s crowded and chaotic cities can be tough. An app backed by Google is promising to help with everyday tasks by asking “what would you like to Dunzo today?” Dunzo offers...
by SMM ALIPAYUS Nov 28, 2019

Alphabet scales back its smart city project in Toronto after backlash

Google’s parent companyhas scaled back its plans for developing a Toronto neighborhood to potentially get approval from local officialsfollowing a backlash that put the project’s future in doubt. ...
by SMM ALIPAYUS Oct 31, 2019

India is trying to build the world’s biggest facial recognition sy...

In July, Bhuwan Ribhu received some very good news. The child labor activist, who works for Indian NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan, had launched a pilot program 15 months prior to match ...
by SMM ALIPAYUS Oct 18, 2019

How Singapore is using technology to solve its water shortage

Singapore uses about 430 million gallons of water every day — a number it expects could double in the next four decades. That kind of consumption is piling pressure on the Asian city...
by SMM ALIPAYUS Sep 25, 2019

Scooters are a huge problem for cities. No one knows how to solve ...

Stewart Goodwin tried to put a stop to the constant flow of scooters into the plaza he oversees. He spoke to the government and scooter companies, but to no avail. “We still find sco...
by SMM ALIPAYUS Aug 30, 2019

This startup helps you find any place on the planet without an add...

Traditional addresses don’t work. That’s the argument of London startup what3words, which says such addresses are expensive to provide, restrictive and prone to error. ...
by SMM ALIPAYUS Aug 27, 2019

Ikea and the Queen of Sweden are designing homes for people with d...

As Sweden’s population ages, the country faces a challenge: how can it maintain support for its citizens without breaking the bank? Furniture giant Ikea has one idea. ...
by SMM ALIPAYUS Aug 8, 2019

London is tracking passengers on the Underground

London’s subway has become the latest transportation agency to use location data collected from people’s smartphones in a bid to improve services. Transport for London, which operate...
by SMM ALIPAYUS Jul 12, 2019

Ikea wants to build homes in Britain that cost what the buyer can pay

Ikea conquered the world with inexpensive furniture. Now it’s turning its attention to affordable homes in Britain. Worthing, a town in southern England, is considering a plan to wor...
by SMM ALIPAYUS Jun 26, 2019

Alphabet tries to salvage its smart city plans in Toronto

Google’s parent company continues its attempts to sell Toronto on its controversial vision for a utopian city neighborhood. Sidewalk Labs, the urban innovation company of Alphabet, ...
by SMM ALIPAYUS Jun 24, 2019