Sidewalk Labs releases 'Digital Innovation Appendix' to master plan for Toronto neighborhood

Commentary: Growing up poor showed Ignite Cities’ George Burciaga that a city’s most valuable asset is people. Technology, he says, should center around them.

After seven years of projects, often involving connecting government with private-sector expertise, the city's chief innovation officer is moving on.

The new interactive tool is designed to help commuters in the fast-growing city get through the next four years of planned downtown renovations.

Organizations that rely on third-party vendors to provide cloud-based services are increasingly at risk of ransomware attacks, according to a new report.

The city and its Alphabet-owned partner are moving forward on the contentious project after settling resolutions on several longstanding disagreements.

Whether Toronto's controversial Quayside project will continue will be settled in a meeting between city stakeholders and Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs on Thursday.

The Michigan city has lost half its population since 1960. A digital tool to improve collaboration is helping communities manage their abandoned properties.

Eugene Grant, mayor of Seat Pleasant, Maryland, says digital transformation has allowed citizens to be engaged in the day-to-day activities of city operations.

Internet-connected devices attached to systems operated by local governments and public utilities aren't given enough attention, two former officials said.

"We have to tell people this can happen again," said Gary Brantley of the March 2018 ransomware attack on his city.