What We're Reading

We keep an eye out for the most intriguing stories about our subjects of interest: technological innovations, self-driving cars, the gig economy, artificial intelligence, consumer privacy concerns, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately:


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The Connected Street of the Future in New York City

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Springfield, Illinois Firefighters Pitching in on Signal Tech

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It's A Holly Jolly Artificial Intelligence Enabled Christmas

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Future of Retail? Walmart is planning a store without cashiers

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Virginia Beach Is Using an IoT-Enabled Sensor Network to Predict Flooding in Real Time

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The first real 5G specification has officially been completed

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EU’s top court rules that Uber is a taxi service

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NYC targets electric vehicles in latest smart city moonshot

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Self-driving buses in Maine? Bill before the Legislature could make it happen

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Moovit Is On A Mission To Speed Up The Bus Ride For Commuters Worldwide

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Riders in Alphabet’s New Driverless Car Will Be Insured by a Startup

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Apartment landlord invests $200 million in Airbnb venture

Axios

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Taming the ‘Seattle Process’ to Deliver Future Light-Rail Lines Without Delay

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Sacramento State wants to shuttle students to campus in driverless robot buses

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When Density Isn't Greener: New Study Challenges Assumptions Development

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Ford Chooses a Detroit Base to Take On Silicon Valley

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The Researcher Who Wants To Bring AI To Factories

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AirBnB Has A New Target--Actual Bed And Breakfasts

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Minnesota will test its autonomous shuttle on icy roads

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For Baltimore and D.C., The Battle Of The Supertrains

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CPS, City Colleges expand coding programs with help from Apple

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US Congress is trying to define what artificial intelligence actually means

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A home for a hero: New 'smart' home for Navy triple amputee

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Why Downtown Parking Garages May Be Headed for Extinction

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Apple supplier Foxconn wants self-driving worker shuttles

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San Francisco rolls out citywide demand-based parking prices

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SD Business Owners, Landlords Say Airbnb Will Improve Neighborhoods

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As the federal government falters, technology is leading a rise of the rest in statehouses

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How safe is ‘safe enough’ to put driverless cars on the nation’s roadways?

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Drones Take Off In The Battle Against The Los Angeles Fires

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Democratic senators question privacy, security of Facebook's 'Messenger Kids'

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LA Cyber Center Hopes to be a Model for Cities Nationwide

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New airline rules are leaving smart luggage makers in a tough spot

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Lyft is now offering self-driving car trips in Boston

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Spokane, Washington, Steps into Smart Cities

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Experts optimistic AI could save government billions of hours through automation

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For cybersecurity, it’s business – not government – that should take the lead

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Google AI expert says regulation is 'big issue' for machine learning

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What do we need to know about the future of driverless cars?

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How Los Angeles is using big data to improve traffic

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As The Gig Economy Grows, Advocates Raise Concerns About Workers' Safety

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As drones grow more popular, N.J. lawmakers want to ban drunk flying and other behavior

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Report: Driverless car bill hits Senate speed bump

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Universal broadband: New York City announces search for partners

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Can a tech company build a city? Time to ask Google

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Verizon Plans to Bring Wireless 5G Broadband to Sacramento

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Washington state AG sues Uber over data breach

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The Future Of The New York Region Lies In Rethinking The Government Itself 

Fast Company 

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