Smart City & Utility Industry News

Why Real-Time Environmental Data Infrastructure Is the Unsolved Problem in Autonomous Urban Mobility

May 14, 2026

A Waymo vehicle entering a flooded roadway in San Antonio and being swept into a creek is, on its face, a vehicle safety story. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) treated it as one. The recall paperwork calls it a software...

U.S. Federal Audit Finds AI Wildfire Sensors Failed to Reliably Detect Fires in Real Conditions

May 12, 2026

A federal audit published on April 27, 2026, by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General has concluded that AI-powered wildfire detection sensors developed and deployed under a nearly $3 million contract with N5 Sensors,...

From Roman Aqueducts to Digital Twin: Modernising Naples’ 2,500 km Water Network

Feb 19, 2026