Google Maps has secret Easter eggs hiding in plain sight — here's how to unlock them

I stumbled across Google Maps' Area 51 Easter egg by accident while searching for unusual locations online. When you hover over the restricted military base in Nevada, a small UFO icon appears instead ...
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 ...
CNN

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 ...
9to5google

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 ...
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Google to blur security sites, withhold coordinates in South Korea map export

Google, which has repeatedly requested the South Korean government to allow the export of high-precision maps, has announced its acceptance of the government’s demand to blur security facilities in ...
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 ...
Yahoo

How Europe’s deforestation law could change the global coffee trade

If your morning can’t begin without coffee, you’re in good company. The world drinks about 2 billion cups of coffee a day. However, a European Union law might soon affect your favorite coffee beans – ...
Reuters

Meta's AI leaders discuss using Google, OpenAI models in apps, The Information says

Aug 29 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab is considering partnerships with rivals Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab or OpenAI to enhance artificial intelligence features in its ...
GamesRadar+

GTA 6: Everything we know so far

Grand Theft Auto All of the GTA 6 map that's been pieced together so far Grand Theft Auto GTA 6 dubbed "the largest game launch in history" by Rockstar in job listing, surprising absolutely nobody who ...
insider.si.edu

Exploration: Seismographs/Seismograms; Geophysicists examine computer generated contour map from a three-dimensional seismic plot, 1983

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ZDNet

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

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Program: Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years over coup plot

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