Office foot traffic in July 2022 shows gaps similar to the previous two months when compared to 2019 figures, suggesting many employees that will return to the office have already done so, a report from analytics firm Placer.ai said. Read article
Dozens of streetcar routes once marked the streets of the Bay Area, from San Francisco’s Mission District to the hills of Oakland. Read article
You can download and install Google’s Messages app from the Play Store if you don’t mind making the switch, though apps like Pushbullet can help you send and receive text messages from inside your web browser too. Read article
As if the deep dark weren't daunting enough, intrepid builders are out here pulling off entire redesigns of Minecraft 1.19's huge new ancient cities. Read article
www.securityinfowatch.com is using a security service for protection against online attacks. Read article
Drawing on my own experience working at biotech startups and DAOs, as well as conversations with biotech leaders exploring decentralized models (some of which have helped identify new cures), I’ve put together a guide to decentralization in biotech that covers what’s happening in the field today and where it could go in the coming years. Read article
Asustek Computer and its affiliate Taiwan Web Service (TWS) have launched a 5G AI Ready Platform in cooperation with Intel and Taiwan Mobile, looking to integrate AI, 5G and edge computing applications and help Taiwan's small and medium-size enterprises boost competitiveness. Read article
As autonomous vehicle testing ramps up, Argo AI announced the formation of a panel of outside experts to oversee the safe deployment of its technology. Read article
The headline was “Ban Private Jets.” “I was like ‘yes, of course we should,’” Huber recounted to Motherboard. Read article
Below 'Iter vestrum' (latin for 'Your trip') enter an 'ab' (from) and 'ad' (to) name as can be found on the Peutinger map (or in the Itinerarium Antonini for the westernmost area). Read article
GeoCities was a web-hosting service that made it possible for people to build their own home pages. Read article
Before other auto promoters, Charles Hayes saw that industry leaders had to reshape the traffic safety debate. Read article
Having just recovered from the big report that leaked GTA 6 details such as the location and protagonists, another source has shed light on early plans for the game for us. Read article
While many have begun using AI tools like DALL-E to generate absurdist memes and surreal fantasy illustrations, Zach Katz, the 28 year-old artist and musician behind the account, uses the machine learning system to visualize alternate versions of American cities—ones that prioritize people instead of cars. Read article
Microsoft is holding an in-person tech event in October, the first since the coronavirus pandemic began more than two years ago. Read article
Shared micromobility companies have been adopting startlingly advanced new tech to correct for the thing that cities hate most — sidewalk riding. Read article
Grand Theft Auto 6 will reportedly feature a female playable character in its campaign for the first time. Read article
Google is adding “photorealistic aerial views” to almost 100 landmarks in Google Maps, the company announced on Wednesday. Read article
The upshot is the perennial issue of housing costs has become one of acute housing inequality, and an entire generation is at risk of being left behind. Read article
Alleged conspiracy by GM and others to replace streetcar lines with buses The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to convictions of General Motors (GM) and other companies that were involved in monopolizing the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines (NCL) and its subsidiaries, and to allegations that the defendants conspired to own or control transit systems, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Read article
Hitachi, the Japanese firm best known for its iconic Shinkansen bullet trains, has rolled out new technology across the city to make its public transport network smarter, more predictable and more attractive to the masses. Read article
"This drone capability has existed for quite some time, but is in its infancy in terms of being actually part of our society and being a usable application," he said. Read article
Through the years, though, major cities could afford to experiment with some pretty far-out technologies – and so it is with the London Pneumatic Despatch Railway (LPDR), a Futurama-ish tube that carried parcels and people beneath the capital in the 1860s. Read article
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