Google Maps suffered an outage that left the mobile version of the service unable to fully load its map or provide directions. Over 4,000 reports were filed on Downdetector since the outage started, ...

Google is no stranger to discontinued tech. But the phasing out of Google Maps Driving Mode took many by surprise. You know that little black bar at the bottom of Google Maps on Android? Perhaps ...

A week ago, Google posted a new job named Senior Engineering Analyst, Search, Anti-scraper and within the week it has already been closed out. The LinkedIn page says 49 people applied (through ...

Google and its parent Alphabet are being called to account by a large publisher for allegedly ripping off its content. Penske Media, which owns Billboard, Rolling Stone, WWD, Variety, Hollywood ...

Google Maps will get a nifty new upgrade with the continued rollout of the Material 3 (M3) Expressive update, the Android creator’s new visual identity that it’s slowly pushing to its suite of apps.

Since the Pixel 10 and Android 16 launch, the pace of M3 Expressive updates has slowed down, but Google Maps is readying some tweaks. The carousel for Directions, Start, Ask (Gemini), Call, Save, ...

You can divide the recent history of LLM data scraping into a few phases. There was for years an experimental period, when ethical and legal considerations about where and how to acquire training data ...

Many believe in the idea that you should critique what you love. If that’s true, then I must have a strong affection for Google Maps. I use this navigation app on Android and Android Auto almost daily ...

Even though Google's AI Overviews were introduced with a comically rocky start, it's about to face a far more serious challenge. Penske Media, the publisher for Rolling Stone, Variety, Billboard and ...

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Human memory is prone to forgetting, but an AI knowledge base can permanently store and dynamically update information, discovering hidden patterns through associative analysis. For example, by ...

The internet is flooded with AI trends, the latest one being Google's 'Nano Banana' engine. Nano Banana is the nickname for Gemini 2.5 Flash, providing for much greater control over image editing and ...