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Mobility and TrafficSaudi Arabia Amends Traffic Law to Assign Legal Liability for Fully Autonomous Vehicles to Owners

Saudi Arabia assigns legal liability for fully autonomous vehicles to owners, extending traffic penalties and deregistration rules.

 Environmental MonitoringBezos Earth Fund Commits $26M To FireSat As OroraTech Sets The Pace In Orbit

Bezos Earth Fund's $26M FireSat grant enters a crowded orbital wildfire market where OroraTech and rivals already race on revisit time.

 SecurityAfter The Fable 5 Cutoff, DGSI Drops Palantir For France’s ChapsVision

France's DGSI swap of Palantir for ChapsVision shows European AI sovereignty turning from rhetoric into procurement policy.

 Environmental MonitoringMaricopa County Deploys Nearly 50 AI Wildfire Cameras as Arizona Builds Multi-Layer Detection Network

Maricopa County's 50 AI wildfire cameras join Arizona's network with 88 projected by end of 2026 across utilities and state agencies.

 IoT NetworksSyane And Altitude Infra Haute-Savoie Move To Build A Department-Wide IoT Connectivity Network

Syane and Altitude Infra Haute-Savoie are scaling a public IoT sensor network across 246 French communes, building on fiber infrastructure.

 WaterSEDIF and Franciliane Deploy 3D Scanning and AI to Digitize France’s Largest Drinking Water Network

Franciliane and My Digital Buildings are digitizing SEDIF's 1M m² water network using 3D scanning, LiDAR, and AI.

 WaterSaudi Meters Company to Supply Syria with 5 Million Smart Water Meters

Syria's Ministry of Energy signs a deal with Saudi Meters Company to supply and install five million smart water meters amid post-conflict reconstruction.

 WaterCunit City Council Awards €442,000 Water Network Digitalization Contract To Veolia

Cunit awards a €442K EU-funded water digitalization contract to Veolia, adding smart meters, acoustic leak detection, and real-time quality monitoring to its supply network.

 WaterSOMACYL Awards Telefónica Tech 10-Year Contract to Connect 175,000 Smart Water Meters Across Castilla y León

Telefónica Tech wins a 10-year contract with SOMACYL to deploy 175,000 NB-IoT smart water meters across Spain's Castilla y León region.

 WasteWatercare Services Selects Itron to Deploy 100,000 NB-IoT Smart Water Meters Across Auckland

Itron will deploy 100,000 NB-IoT smart meters for Watercare Services in Auckland to detect leak detection and enhance billing accuracy.

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