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Yet another smart city project launched by Google-backed Sidewalk Labs scrapped

From BusinessInsider Feb 2021 — Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs abandons another US smart city project after fights about transparency Sidewalk Labs, a sister company of Google, has ditched another smart city plan after reported disputes over data sharing with officials. In 2019, Sidewalk Labs partnered with officials in Portland, Oregon, on a plan to track how people move around the… Read More »