Engadget

Google Maps brings a 3D map to your driving directions

In recent weeks, Google has been busy adding AI features to all of its most popular apps. Following Gmail and Chrome, Maps is now the latest service to get a Gemini makeover, with a redesign of the ...
inforum

Google behind proposed Hermantown data center

HERMANTOWN, Minn. — Google has lifted the veil of secrecy that shrouded a controversial proposal to build a massive data center in the rural southwest corner of this city. The firm took public ...
Ars Technica

Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 15kB of data into 700-byte space

Google on Friday unveiled its plan for its Chrome browser to secure HTTPS certificates against quantum computer attacks without breaking the Internet. The objective is a tall order. The ...
UPI

S. Korea conditionally approves Google's overseas transfer of high-precision map data

The government on Friday decided to allow global tech giant Google to transfer government-supplied high-precision map data of South Korea to its overseas facilities, contingent on supplementary ...
The New York Times

South Korea Clears Way for Google Maps to Fully Operate

South Korea approved Google’s request to export detailed map data, reversing a longstanding restriction that made the tool largely nonfunctional. By John Yoon Reporting from Seoul South Korea said on ...
Reuters

South Korea set to finally get a fully functioning Google Maps

SEOUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) - South Korea will soon no longer be one of the few countries where Google Maps doesn't work properly, after its security-conscious government reversed a two-decade stance to ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Google Wins Conditional Nod From Seoul Over Map Data Request

Under existing rules, foreign companies are required to store detailed map data on servers located in South Korea. That policy has limited Google Maps’ precision compared with local rivals such as ...
CSOonline

‘Silent’ Google API key change exposed Gemini AI data

Google Cloud API keys, normally used as simple billing identifiers for APIs such as Maps or YouTube, could be scraped from websites to give access to private Gemini AI project data, researchers from ...
Bleeping Computer

Previously harmless Google API keys now expose Gemini AI data

Google API keys for services like Maps embedded in accessible client-side code could be used to authenticate to the Gemini AI assistant and access private data. Researchers found nearly 3,000 such ...
The Economist

Google Maps makes another pitch for better South Korean data

Google Maps wants to close its gaps. One of the biggest in the search giant’s navigation app is South Korea. Nearly two decades after the service launched, even basic walking or driving directions ...
WDBJ

Google Data Center’s expected water use made public

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Western Virginia Water Authority this week released records detailing Google’s projected water use at a planned data center in Botetourt County, following a ...