Google makes real-world data more accessible to AI — and training pipelines will love it

Google is turning its vast public data trove into a goldmine for AI with the debut of the Data Commons Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server — enabling developers, data scientists, and AI agents to ...
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I made Google Maps way more useful with just a few tricks

Even when you're not actively using Google Maps, it can track your movements and keep a record of where you go each day. Provided you have your Location enabled in Settings, you can revisit your ...

5 ways I use this forgotten yet powerful Google Maps feature

My Maps is a hugely powerful custom maps creation tool that Google has forgotten about. Here's how I use it to level up Google Maps.
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Google Maps for Android getting Material 3 Expressive tweaks

Since the Pixel 10 and Android 16 launch, the pace of M3 Expressive updates has slowed down, but Google Maps is readying some ...
Android Police

I finally learned how to use Google Maps properly

Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of artificial intelligence and everyday tech at Android Police. With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those ...
THE WEEK

South Korea's divide over allowing Google Maps

Google Maps is available in more than 250 countries, so it may surprise some people to learn that a modern tech-obsessed nation like South Korea isn't on that list. Google Maps has long been shunned ...
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Google Maps maimed Timelines for privacy, but that’s worse than abandoning it

As long as I can remember, it seems like Google Maps has had its universally loved timeline feature. Wherever you go and whatever you visit, Google Maps saves your route and location data for a couple ...
ZDNet

Waze vs. Google Maps: I tested two of the best navigation apps, and there's a clear winner

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Why doesn’t Google Maps work in one of Asia’s most developed, tourist-friendly countries?

When Taiwanese traveler Eric Weng goes to South Korea, he resigns himself to toggling between three different map applications to navigate his way around. That’s because Google Maps, ubiquitous in ...
Yahoo

‘Sinners’ Put Clarksdale on the Map. Locals Used It to Build Unity.

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi — Dave Houston still can’t believe what he helped bring to life in his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi. On Saturday afternoon, Houston walked the streets of downtown ...
GitHub

Unity + Python Google MediaPipe Avatar

This project is an attempt at binding the pose generated by MediaPipePose to arbitrary humanoid avatars inside of Unity. MediaPipe runs fully in Python and the results are piped to Unity for the ...