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Las Rozas consolidates its Smart City Platform with a pioneering digital twin in Spain

It is a virtual reproduction of the city, with almost 50 layers of information, which allows simulations to be carried out and the impact of any initiative or change in urban planning to be analyzed The Las Rozas City Council has taken a new step in its digital transformation by developing a digital twin of…

digitization, Innovation, IoT, Las Rozas, Smart City, Urban planning, Urbanism

Intelligent Community Forum Renews Full Certification of New Taipei City as an Intelligent Community

The Intelligent Community Forum today announced the renewal of New Taipei City’s Full Certification as an Intelligent Community, based on an audit of the programs, policies and achievements that make New Taipei City a highly desirable place to live, work and innovate in Taiwan. Meeting ICF’s Certification standard provides objective validation that a community has high-quality connectivity, effective workforce…

50 Turning to nature for urban solutions

About three quarters of the population in the EU are urbanites, how can we bring the natural world in to improve our quality of life? About three quarters of the population in the EU are urbanites. Are you living in an inclusive area, with parks and public spaces designed in consultation with local residents? Or…

Seeking solutions for cities through the spatial vulnerability lens

Laying the groundwork for strategic urban planning, a new study adopts a spatial approach to investigate social and ecological vulnerabilities experienced in a metropolitan area in Poland Ecological and social injustices encountered in cities are closely interconnected, yet they remain largely absent from spatial planning processes. Now, a study(opens in new window) published in the…

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Krakow, Sustainable Cities, Urban planning

How Stanford researchers are designing fair and trustworthy AI systems

A look at the work of three experts examining the successes and failures of AI to create solutions that lead to a better world When John McCarthy, founder of the Stanford AI Lab, coined the term “artificial intelligence” in 1955 to describe “the science and engineering of making intelligent machines,” the defining feature of this…

artificial intelligence, automation, Ethics in Technology, SmartHealth, social justice, technologynews

This “smart coach” helps LLMs switch between text and code

The CodeSteer system could boost large language models’ accuracy when solving complex problems, such as scheduling shipments in a supply chain Large language models (LLMs) excel at using textual reasoning to understand the context of a document and provide a logical answer about its contents. But these same LLMs often struggle to correctly answer even…

artificial intelligence, automation, LLM, machine learning, MIT

València Showcases the Potential of its Innovative and Technological Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Singapore

The City Council of València has presented its urban and technological innovation model as a benchmark for the future of sports and entertainment at the GSIC Summit Singapore. Paula Llobet, Councillor for Tourism, Innovation, and Investment Attraction, took part this morning in the opening session of the GSIC Summit APAC 2025, held at the Singapore…

investment, Startup Valencia, valencia

Bogotá: A City with a Future

Advancements in mobility, digital transformation, and the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem are driving a more equitable, efficient, and resilient urban life Bogotá, the capital of Colombia and the heart of the Andean highlands, is emerging as a city of the future thanks to a profound transformation in its infrastructure, mobility, and information technologies. This…

Bogota, digitalization, entrepreneurship, Smart Transformation, smartcites, transport

Leading Cities and QBE Announce 2025 Top 100 Smart City Startups Advancing Urban Resilience

Global innovators selected from 820+ applicants to join QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge, tackling the world’s most urgent urban challenges. Leading Cities and the QBE Foundation proudly announce the Top 100 semi-finalists for the 2025 QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge, a global accelerator now in its seventh year designed to identify and scale innovative solutions that build…

Smart Cities, startups, Sustainability, Urban Innovation

Las Rozas, the only european city selected in the Top 7 intelligent communities

“This recognition is the result of our collective effort to turn Las Rozas into a dynamic, innovative, and globally connected city”, said the major of Las Rozas Las Rozas has been recognized as one of the Top 7 intelligent communities of the year by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), becoming the only european city to…