Commentary The 15-minute city (FMC)—a neat idea, a new way to control the populace, a trendy blip in the public planning industry, a long-term insidious scheme—all, some, or none of these? If you have questions about the concept, here is what you are already being called. As with the gas stove “debate,” any questioning of the…
[LIVE NOW] Smart Devices Usher In New Era of Censorship and Social Control; New Attempt to Frame Trump Backfires
Smart city technology, including cars, appliances, and other systems, can be used to bring on new forms of censorship and social control. A scandal to frame former President Donald Trump using leaked audio has backfired. And Trump is counter-suing rape accuser E. Jean Caroll for defamation. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host Joshua Philipp,…
Smart Devices Usher In New Era of Censorship and Social Control; New Attempt to Frame Trump Backfires | Live With Josh
Smart city technology, including cars, appliances, and other systems, can be used to bring on new forms of censorship and social control. A scandal to frame former President Donald Trump using leaked audio has backfired. And Trump is counter-suing rape accuser E. Jean Caroll for defamation. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host Joshua Philipp,…
[LIVE 10AM ET] Smart Devices Usher In New Era of Censorship and Social Control; New Attempt to Frame Trump Backfires
Smart city technology, including cars, appliances, and other systems, can be used to bring on new forms of censorship and social control. A scandal to frame former President Donald Trump using leaked audio has backfired. And Trump is counter-suing rape accuser E. Jean Caroll for defamation. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host Joshua Philipp,…
‘Climate Action Plan’ in Southern City Draws Backlash Over Diversity, Smart City Language
A Climate Action Plan being debated in Chattanooga, Tennessee was the subject to a public hearing in front of the city’s council on Tuesday, March 21, drawing a wide range of support and adamant opposition. Tuesday’s meeting was of such interest that Chattanooga City Council Chairman Darrin Ledford said the building was over capacity per…
Australia Is Building Its First ‘Smart City’
With the help of American multinational digital communications technology corporation Cisco, Australia is transforming Newcastle into its first digitally active ‘smart city.’ Smart cities are innovative and digitised model cities that promise high-tech infrastructure, better broadband coverage, and transparency by unifying otherwise disparate data of city maintenance and governance into a single database. Newcastle council’s smart…
World’s Largest Coal Port to Transform Into ‘Smart City’
With the help of American multinational digital communications technology corporation Cisco, Australia is transforming Newcastle into its first digitally active ‘smart city.’ Smart cities are innovative and digitised model cities that promise high-tech infrastructure, better broadband coverage, and transparency by unifying otherwise disparate data of city maintenance and governance into a single database. Newcastle council’s smart…
Regional Areas of New South Wales to Receive Smart City Technology
The New South Wales (NSW) government is investing $2.4 million (US$1.7 million) to bring smart city technologies to regional areas of NSW, narrowing the tech gap between those regions and urban areas. Minister for Local Government, Wendy Tuckerman, said on Thursday that the Smart Regional Spaces: Ready, Set, Go project, which partners with two Sydney-based…
Smart Cities Likely Targeted by Malicious Actors, Cyber Expert Warns
Emerging smart cities will likely become attractive targets for malicious actors, an expert at the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC ) warned on Friday. The warning came as NCSC published its first guidance for the development of smart cities in the UK. In a blog post introducing the guidance, Ian Levy, the NCSC’s technical director, said…
Smart Cities Likely to Be Targeted by Malicious Actors, Cyber Expert Warns
Emerging smart cities will likely become attractive targets for malicious actors, an expert at the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC ) warned on Friday. The warning came as NCSC published its first guidance for the development of smart cities in the UK. In a blog post introducing the guidance, Ian Levy, the NCSC’s technical director, said…
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