CNET

I Tried Google Maps' New Gemini Feature, and It Was a Surprisingly Helpful AI Assistant

Keep your hands on the wheel while chatting with Gemini about your route and destination -- or have it handle your to-do list. Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous vehicles, ...
techtimes

Google Quietly Upgrades Gemini With a Stunning New Maps Experience

Google continues to push Gemini deeper into its ecosystem, transforming the AI-powered app into a true command center for everyday tasks. The tech giant knows that its Maps app should get a ...
Fast Company

Meet Google Maps’s new intelligent planning companion

Planning to hit the road this holiday season? Or maybe just thinking about an extended drive of some sort for sometime in the new year? The next time you’ve got a driving adventure ahead of you, today ...
Android Authority

Google Maps in Gemini just got way smarter at finding your next favorite spot

Gemini now puts Google Maps first in local searches, replacing long text replies with an instant visual overview. Generic red dots are replaced by emoji-style pins and detailed cards featuring photos, ...
Forbes

Google’s New Chrome Security Alert — Take These 3 Steps Right Now

If you really care about your data security, and you really should, then do not ignore the latest cybersecurity alert from the Google Chrome team. Here are the three steps all users should take right ...

Huh, Arc Raiders' maps are heavily based on real-world locations: 'Spaceport was actually done in Tenerife'

"All maps are based on real-world, satellite topography data using Google Maps, and then they're taken from places that exist ...

A frosty new PUBG update adds some incredible high-risk, high-reward tension to its most iconic map

PUBG update 39.2 adds the Satellite Crash special zone to Erangel Subzero, which can provide you with valuable loot and ...
Reuters

Google to build subsea cables in Papua New Guinea under Australia defence treaty

SYDNEY, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google will build three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea, which the largest Pacific Island nation said was funded by Australia under a ...
ZDNet

I left Google Maps behind for a free alternative that doesn't track me (or drain my phone battery)

Privacy-first: no tracking or data collection. Offline maps and turn-by-turn directions save battery. Free, open-source app for Android and iOS. Every month, Google ...
Reuters

New York Times reporter sues Google, xAI, OpenAI over chatbot training

The lawsuit is one of several copyright cases brought by authors and other copyright owners against tech companies over the use of their work in AI training. The case is the first to name xAI as a ...

Arena Breakout Infinite Season 4 brings a new map and a transformative snow mode to the gorgeous, free-to-play extraction FPS

The new Arena Breakout Infinite update adds the Guoyapos Airport map, a snowy Northridge, more weapons, and high-risk ...
The Verge

Google is building an experimental new browser and a new kind of web app

Disco is not coming to replace Chrome, but rather to test GenTabs, an AI-forward way of using the web. Disco is not coming to replace Chrome, but rather to test GenTabs, an AI-forward way of using the ...