web02.fireside.fm Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:36:24 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) HACKS | a tech podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Sidewalk Labs” https://www.hacks.fm/tags/sidewalk%20labs Fri, 26 Oct 2018 07:00:00 -0400 here at the HACKS Initiative we ask the questions everyone else is too shook to: what is technology? why is everything so bad? what's my passphrase again? how do I get the header image to work? is the NSA agent watching me through my webcam my friend? en-us episodic doggedly zeroing in on the intersection of technology, politics, and culture simon/maral/robert/rosemary here at the HACKS Initiative we ask the questions everyone else is too shook to: what is technology? why is everything so bad? what's my passphrase again? how do I get the header image to work? is the NSA agent watching me through my webcam my friend? yes technology, politics, leftism, cats, pop culture, dumbasses, cryptocurrency simon/maral/robert/rosemary suckerblues@gmail.com minisode 002: betrayed in the hexagon (sidewalk labs pt ii) https://www.hacks.fm/minisode-002 4bf16b86-f4b7-4fb6-bbe8-b2b8e8c4ff8d Fri, 26 Oct 2018 07:00:00 -0400 simon/maral/robert/rosemary full simon/maral/robert/rosemary we return to the toronto smart city initiative and examine its new controversies, as well as its slick-but-sleepy podcast 21:38 yes we decided to take a quick return to sidewalk labs (aka alphabet aka google) and their attempt to transform a chunk of toronto's aterfront into the "city of the future." turns out that's also the name of their podcast, which rob and rosemary bravely tuned into....and emerged changed people. we also talk about the new measures they've announced to help with data governance, as well as a round of high-profile resignations from their tech advisory board. song at the end: anika, "in the city" sidewalk labs, google, alphabet, smart cities, pavement, asphalt, which shape is the strongest? we decided to take a quick return to sidewalk labs (aka alphabet aka google) and their attempt to transform a chunk of toronto's aterfront into the "city of the future." turns out that's also the name of their podcast, which rob and rosemary bravely tuned into....and emerged changed people. we also talk about the new measures they've announced to help with data governance, as well as a round of high-profile resignations from their tech advisory board.

song at the end: anika, "in the city"

]]> we decided to take a quick return to sidewalk labs (aka alphabet aka google) and their attempt to transform a chunk of toronto's aterfront into the "city of the future." turns out that's also the name of their podcast, which rob and rosemary bravely tuned into....and emerged changed people. we also talk about the new measures they've announced to help with data governance, as well as a round of high-profile resignations from their tech advisory board.

song at the end: anika, "in the city"

]]> episode 003: shade runner 2018 https://www.hacks.fm/episode-003-shade-runner-2018 d203a057-08fd-4a9e-848b-7cfd092fe201 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:15:00 -0400 simon/maral/robert/rosemary full simon/maral/robert/rosemary simon and rosemary go on a field trip and the Initiative measures the value of "smart cities" and a potential new Amazon headquarters. 43:38 yes in the first HACKS initiative field report, simon and rosemary go to a public consultation for Sidewalk Labs, Google/Alpahbet's "smart city" project for toronto's quayside area. this leads us to ponder the value and meaning of "smart cities" in general. in another topic we're sure to revisit, we also take stock of Amazon's campaign to make every major (and not so major) city in north america debase itself in the hopes of becoming the home of their second headquarters, or as you may know it, "HQ2." hq2 critic Bianca Wylie on Medium: https://medium.com/@biancawylie the song at the end is "tech bro" by Childbirth amazon, google, alphabet, sidewalk labs, podcast, hq2, savory snacks in the first HACKS initiative field report, simon and rosemary go to a public consultation for Sidewalk Labs, Google/Alpahbet's "smart city" project for toronto's quayside area. this leads us to ponder the value and meaning of "smart cities" in general. in another topic we're sure to revisit, we also take stock of Amazon's campaign to make every major (and not so major) city in north america debase itself in the hopes of becoming the home of their second headquarters, or as you may know it, "HQ2."

hq2 critic Bianca Wylie on Medium: https://medium.com/@biancawylie

the song at the end is "tech bro" by Childbirth

]]> in the first HACKS initiative field report, simon and rosemary go to a public consultation for Sidewalk Labs, Google/Alpahbet's "smart city" project for toronto's quayside area. this leads us to ponder the value and meaning of "smart cities" in general. in another topic we're sure to revisit, we also take stock of Amazon's campaign to make every major (and not so major) city in north america debase itself in the hopes of becoming the home of their second headquarters, or as you may know it, "HQ2."

hq2 critic Bianca Wylie on Medium: https://medium.com/@biancawylie

the song at the end is "tech bro" by Childbirth

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