Amazon opens its Sidewalk bandwidth-sharing network to third-party devices
Several years ago Amazon unveiled the controversial Sidewalk network, designed to connect outdoor smart home tech beyond your WiFi range using Amazon Ring,…
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Uber Eats will use sidewalk robots to make food deliveries in Miami
Uber is expanding its use of autonomous delivery vehicles with the announcement that it will soon deploy sidewalk robots developed in Miami, Florida. The…
Hurricanes knock out traffic lights. Could a Tampa solar sidewalk change that?
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Could a solution to traffic…
How to opt out of Amazon Sidewalk
Sidewalk is a US-only Amazon networking technology that helps keep smart home devices like Echo speakers and Ring cameras connected to Wi-Fi. It can also…
Amazon’s Sidewalk Bridge Pro by Ring expands the mesh network to public places
After going very quiet on its once much-touted connectivity network Sidewalk, Amazon is starting 2022 with a bang. Today it launched the Amazon Sidewalk…
Sidewalk Labs will be folded into Google as CEO steps down for health reasons
Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff is stepping down for health reasons, and the six-year-old company and its products will be folded into Google, he wrote in…
Sidewalk Labs products will be folded into Google proper
Alphabet's smart city project is winding down and Google will take over its products. CEO Dan Doctoroff in a letter, in which he noted he is stepping down…
Bird’s scooters will now emit annoying beeps when you drive on the sidewalk
Riding an electric scooter on the sidewalk is dangerous, but scooter-sharing companies have struggled to prevent their customers from engaging in risky…
Special Report: Can you trust Amazon Sidewalk and Apple’s Find My?
Last month, Amazon finally turned on its long-planned Sidewalk home-network augmentation service. The backlash was immediate. "Sidewalk ... raises more red…