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Supernal and Microsoft collaborate on advanced air mobility tech

Supernal and Microsoft collaborate on advanced air mobility tech

Air Travel04 Jan 2023
Microsoft will provide access to its artificial intelligence simulation platform to safely build, test, train and validate autonomous aircraft transportation.
Tech companies team with TomTom for open map data project

Tech companies team with TomTom for open map data project

Open data04 Jan 2023
AWS, Meta and Microsoft will work with the location tech specialist to build reliable, easy-to-use and interoperable open map data under the Linux Foundation.
Singapore partnership to drive development of green software

Singapore partnership to drive development of green software

Cloud and edge computing18 Nov 2022
Public-private partnership will seek to accelerate the global and local development of software applications and solutions to help industries do more with less.
Microsoft and Itron help smart cities make use of the cloud

Microsoft and Itron help smart cities make use of the cloud

Cloud and edge computing20 May 2022
The collaboration brings together Itron’s energy management solutions and Microsoft’s cloud computing offerings to help cities and utilities reach their goals in areas such as grid resilience and decarbonisation.
Neural processing platform aims to intelligently handle vehicle data at scale

Neural processing platform aims to intelligently handle vehicle data at scale

Connected and autonomous vehicles05 Jan 2022
Through a strategic partnership with Microsoft Azure, Wejo Neural Edge seeks to optimise how data is managed within a vehicle, processing it at the edge and communicating it to the cloud.
Free tool helps cities "turbocharge" their climate action plans

Free tool helps cities "turbocharge" their climate action plans

News16 Nov 2021
Swedish tech company ClimateView has teamed with Microsoft and environmental non-profit CDP to offer cities worldwide a platform to help them define a strategy to cut emissions.
Westminster City Council launches innovation challenge to engage citizens

Westminster City Council launches innovation challenge to engage citizens

News08 Nov 2021
As part of a drive to become a smarter city, the council’s inaugural innovation challenge will identify the issues that really matter to the London borough’s communities and provide an online portal where solutions can be collected.
Chicago street furniture used to launch air quality sensing pilot

Chicago street furniture used to launch air quality sensing pilot

News20 Jul 2021
Data from sensors will be accessible to the public on smartphones by scanning a QR code and will also be fed into the Chicago Open Data portal.
Tech partnership aims to promote better understanding of building use

Tech partnership aims to promote better understanding of building use

News26 Nov 2020
Buro Happold and Microsoft’s global property management technology aims to provide office owners and operators with a “single source of truth” about what is happening in their properties in real-time.
Initiative aims to track use of renewable energy in real-time

Initiative aims to track use of renewable energy in real-time

News20 Nov 2020
EnergyTag, which brings together major names in the technology and energy sector, is developing an industry standard to deliver hourly certificates showing users where energy is coming from.
Shanghai crowned smart city of the year at Smart City Live 2020

Shanghai crowned smart city of the year at Smart City Live 2020

News19 Nov 2020
The digital infrastructure, e-gov services, a City Brain, the integration of information technology and industry and its strategic objectives were all highlighted by the judges.
Singapore opens smart city co-innovation lab

Singapore opens smart city co-innovation lab

News29 Oct 2020
The lab aims to bring together leaders in the smart cities space to co-create and test innovations with local built environment and technology companies in a live environment.
US cities pledge to play their part in supporting global trillion trees movement

US cities pledge to play their part in supporting global trillion trees movement

News27 Aug 2020
The cities of Boise, Dallas, Detroit and Tucson are among those committing to help combat extreme heat and wildfires, as well as other adverse effects of climate change, by protecting and planting more trees.
Houston expands digital alliance with Microsoft

Houston expands digital alliance with Microsoft

News25 Aug 2020
The partnership aims to help the city innovate in areas such as big data and AI to create new economic opportunity, close equity and skills gaps, and prepare a workforce for the 21st century.
Toronto expands its Digital Main Street programme as part of Covid recovery plan

Toronto expands its Digital Main Street programme as part of Covid recovery plan

News20 Aug 2020
It aims to help businesses in the city and across Ontario embrace technology in response to the pandemic with latest plans including a community collaboration and innovation programme.
Using the IoT to ensure a safe return to work

Using the IoT to ensure a safe return to work

News11 Jun 2020
As government agencies and businesses get back to work, technology companies Cradlepoint and Rigado join forces to provide a flexible IoT-based safe workplace solution.
Alan Turing Institute mobilised to inform London's response to Covid-19 lockdown

Alan Turing Institute mobilised to inform London's response to Covid-19 lockdown

News14 May 2020
The Odysseus project’s overall goal is to help manage the Covid-19 crisis, inform the return to normality, and act as a springboard to London’s economy in the long term.
Houston accelerator places new focus on resilience in the face of Covid-19

Houston accelerator places new focus on resilience in the face of Covid-19

News07 Apr 2020
The Ion Smart & Resilient Cities Accelerator wants to support start-ups to create solutions to help in everyday lives, but also in situations that require urgency like the coronavirus outbreak.
Microsoft creates digital twin of regional HQ

Microsoft creates digital twin of regional HQ

News16 Mar 2020
The initiative brings together artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and productivity tools to improve building efficiency as well as help employee productivity.
London works with start-ups to counter online extremism

London works with start-ups to counter online extremism

News12 Feb 2020
More than 125 entrants were whittled down to the eight finalists in the second round of mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s Civic Innovation Challenge.
Austin mobility challenge winners revealed

Austin mobility challenge winners revealed

News23 Jan 2020
Solutions from the winning start-ups of the City:One Challenge provide a healthy food delivery service that also reduces waste and navigation guides for those with mobility impairments.
Could quantum computing be the key to cracking congestion?

Could quantum computing be the key to cracking congestion?

News13 Dec 2019
In a joint research pilot, Microsoft and Ford are using quantum-inspired technology to achieve more balanced, less "selfish" routing suggestions.
Aira deal to make transportation better for people with vision impairment

Aira deal to make transportation better for people with vision impairment

News20 Nov 2019
The intent of the partnership is to make public transit “more accessible and inclusive”, empowering blind and low vision riders to travel with more confidence. 
Syracuse partners to advance its smart city 'Surge'

Syracuse partners to advance its smart city 'Surge'

News09 Oct 2019
The US city is collaborating with Syracuse University and Microsoft to drive its smart initiatives forward.
Digital twins could form the "end game" for optimum smart city design

Digital twins could form the "end game" for optimum smart city design

News11 Sep 2019
Research finds that urban digital twinning and city modelling technology is having a transformative effect on how cities are designed, monitored, and managed.
Bee'ah creates the office of the future

Bee'ah creates the office of the future

News24 Apr 2019
The sustainability solutions specialist is using AI and smart building technology from Microsoft and Johnson Controls for its cutting-edge headquarters in the UAE.
Kainos joins Urban Data Project to help build citizen trust in smart cities

Kainos joins Urban Data Project to help build citizen trust in smart cities

News10 Apr 2019
The digital services and platform provider will help develop and support the City Data Guardian platform that aims to safeguard citizen data.
Mott Macdonald and Microsoft partner for smart infrastructure

Mott Macdonald and Microsoft partner for smart infrastructure

News13 Mar 2019
The two companies will create a cloud-based platform that will help cities and governments more effectively manage their assets and deliver more sustainable public services
D-Link and Microsoft collaborate on smart cities

D-Link and Microsoft collaborate on smart cities

News25 Feb 2019
The networking specialist will use Microsoft’s Azure technology to deliver tailor-made intelligent edge solutions in areas such as public safety, traffic management and pollution control
Mobility leaders and Microsoft develop multi-modal trip planner

Mobility leaders and Microsoft develop multi-modal trip planner

News12 Feb 2019
Moovit and TomTom have joined forces with the software company to create a solution that identifies all of the driving, parking and public transit options in a single package
World needs "coalition of the willing" to counter cyber threats

World needs "coalition of the willing" to counter cyber threats

News24 Jan 2019
Cyber-security experts at Davos hope those democracies that have not signed the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace will join the multi-stakeholder initiative
City governments fear vendor lock-in from IoT platforms

City governments fear vendor lock-in from IoT platforms

News22 Jan 2019
A comparative study of IoT platforms undertaken by The Academy for Smarter Cities finds that public and private organisations emphasise the need for an open ecosystem approach
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