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Sidewalk Toronoto It is touted as a unique opportunity to build a smart city within a major city, literally from the ground up. Environmental remediation, new infrastructure, digital electrification plans, new-age mobility options — the whole shebang. If only people would stop complaining about privacy issues. Up in Toronto, Canada’s largest city, there’s been much ado about what will happen… Continue reading "Why Are Toronto Residents Suspicious About City’s Smart Project"

We released the Bloom app ten years ago, a few months into the existence of the iPhone App Store. We felt we were onto something special, but were nonetheless surprised by the reaction. We built the app to explore uncharted territory in music and art: Bloom is a “generative” music tool for iOS that plays a low drone, and touching… Continue reading "Brian Eno & Peter Chilvers: The Surprising Effects of Bloom: 10 Worlds"

Smart home devices like Alexa and Google Home assistant have boomed this year, with 39 million Americans owning a smart speaker. But what tasks are people actually using their speakers for? A survey of users has been conducted by Venture Beat to answer this question. Venture Beat surveyed over 1,000 users of Alexa and Google Home devices to assess how… Continue reading "Smart Speakers Used Primarily for Music and Information — and Shopping"

This week, we said goodbye to a true entertainment icon, Stan Lee. The co-creator of some of the most indelible superhero characters of all time leaves behind a legacy that will outlast us all, and we’ll have our own Rick Marshall on the show to talk about his unique relationship with the legend, as well as to give us his… Continue reading "BTS: Remembering Stan Lee, Fantastic Beasts 2, Apple Goes Hollywood"

Google has rebranded Android Wear — its operating system for wearable devices and smartwatches — to Wear OS, complete with a new logo. The company hopes that by removing the Android name, people won’t think the smartwatch operating system is tied to Android phones. It looks like many people are already aware of this. According to Google’s own data, one… Continue reading "Wear OS: Everything to Know About Google’s Smartwatch Platform"

If there’s anything we’ve learned from Hollywood movies, it’s that there’s only a matter of time before the machines inevitably become sentient, take control of the earth, and ruthlessly hunt down any and all remaining humans in impressively efficient fashion. For now, though, we’ve still got the upper hand(s); we can safely place virtual reality headsets upon our unprotected craniums without fear… Continue reading "The Best Virtual Reality Apps of 2018"