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City of Fremont launches autonomous shuttle service for employees

28 Feb 2020

The service, provided by Pony.ai, is part of Fremont’s drive to decrease single-driver commuting and has the potential to expand beyond city employees in the future.

Blockchain trust protocol launched to connect Beijing, Geneva and Toronto

20 Jan 2020

The cities will serve as interconnected hubs for blockchain centres of excellence around the world and operate under a common trust protocol.

Singapore tops urban mobility readiness index

28 Nov 2019

The index by the Oliver Wyman Forum ranks 30 cities on how prepared they are to incorporate the latest mobility technologies and what they are doing to reshape urban mobility.

No city is fully prepared for the disruption of AI

27 Sep 2019

A new ranking reveals that Singapore, London and New York are marginally better prepared but governments and private sector institutions around the world need to do more.

London ranked top city for Generation Z

04 Sep 2019

The UK capital stood out from other cities in areas such as social entrepreneurship, co-working spaces, education, artificial intelligence and concerts.

Smart cities spending to reach $189 billion in 2023

02 Jul 2019

The latest IDC smart cities spending guide highlights priority areas as resilient energy and infrastructure projects followed by data-driven public safety and intelligent transportation.

Climate change represents the "battle of our lives" says UN chief

05 Jun 2019

With air pollution the theme of World Environment Day, the UN is calling on everyone to take action to explore renewable energy and green technologies.

APEJ smart city spending to reach $35bn by 2022

10 Apr 2019

Analyst IDC reports that hardware currently represents the highest spending but it will be overtaken by services.

UN-Habitat in Chinese partnership to use AI to create smarter cities

05 Mar 2019

It will work with Chinese partners to explore the use of artificial intelligence in urban and economic development and pave the way for a global alliance of smart cities

Invisible LEDs light up Beijing landmark

28 Oct 2018

Signify has installed connected architectural lighting into the façade of the China World Trade Centre’s Tower B

Artificial intelligence for the social good

18 Aug 2018

Mobile transportation provider, DiDi Chuxing, has launched an initiative to work with communities to understand the impacts of AI on society

Report ranks top 50 smart cities on leadership and governance

06 Jul 2018

London leads due to its ‘inclusive’ smart city approach.

Singapore tops the smart city rankings

02 May 2018

The smart nation scored highest across all innovation criteria in ABI Research’s ranking of megacities beating the likes of Dubai, London and New York

5G tech to monitor air quality makes MegaSense

23 Mar 2018

Project is based on a dense network of air quality sensors covering an urban area to detect air polluters

Funding for intelligent parking start-up

02 Jan 2018

AIpark uses fourth-generation parking technology for city-wide road-side and garage parking solutions and has already rolled out its technology in a number of Chinese cities

Mobike crowned an earth champion

06 Dec 2017

The global bike-share company has been named one of the United Nations’ Champions of the Earth for contribution to low carbon transport

Hong Kong to create its first smart city digital hub

18 Sep 2017

An agreement with Siemens will see the hub powered by the Mindsphere, cloud-based IoT operating system to tackle city challenges

NXP and Xiaomi team up in mobile transit services in China

27 Sep 2016

Companies pave the way for new era of secure mobile tap-to-pay and contactless payment

The top smart city projects in Asia Pacific

19 Aug 2016

Smart farming, connected transport systems, smart residential, a hydrohub and integrated care are among the focus of smart city projects recognised by IDC

China launches another smart grid initiative

08 Jun 2016

OSIsoft and China Electric Power Research Institute’s collaborative project will help the country to develop new standards for future smart grid operations