Belarus counts on UN-Habitat's support for smart cities projects
Belarus is counting on UN-Habitat's support for smart cities projects, Belarusian Ambassador to Kenya, the Permanent Representative of Belarus to the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN‐Habitat) Pavel Vzyatkin said during an online-meeting with UN‐Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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2021.04.13
Amsterdam’s ethical sensing plan is a model for smart cities
The COVID-19 pandemic may finally be waning as increasing numbers of people get vaccinated, but in the meantime it’s pushing a lot of surveillance technologies to the forefront — whether for contact tracing or for counting the number of people in a building. We’re also learning more about how algorithms might be shaping the course of our lives, such as by way of automated resume scanning services or software that determines who gets (or doesn’t get) bail.
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The riskiest smart city technologies
Emergency alerts, street video surveillance systems and smart traffic signals are riskier than other smart city solutions, according to a new report.
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2021.04.12
Belarus Watch Briefing Issue #1
Read a new bi-weekly newsletter with monitoring of Russian activities and influence in Belarus to know more about the issue.
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