[ad_1] The Google-affiliated Sidewalk Toronto initiative revealed sweeping plans for a section of the city’s waterfront Tuesday, but the contentious “smart city” project appears to be putting off tough questions about data privacy for another few months. The plans were to be unveiled at a public consultation meeting Tuesday night at its Toronto headquarters, in…
[ad_1] Waterfront Toronto says it’s fixing a situation that led to dozens of people being turned away from upcoming public meetings on the contentious Sidewalk Toronto project. For more than a week, residents who wanted to register for the consultations on Aug. 14 and 15 received a message saying that the event was “sold out” and…
[ad_1] Sidewalk Labs on Saturday afternoon will throw open the doors on an old fish plant in east Toronto to show people the “smart city” ideas it is developing for the Quayside neighbourhood. The building — dubbed “307” since it’s located at 307 Lakeshore Blvd. East — is the latest community outreach effort by the Google LLC-affiliated…
[ad_1] Sidewalk Toronto is not just going to be a fancy high-tech community that will sit on the waterfront of Canada’s largest city. The newly announced, Alphabet Inc-backed project will be similar to a smartphone’s operating system, according to the company. “What made (the smartphone) ultimately magical is that it enabled millions of people around…