LocalSeen, a new AI visibility measurement tool, scores how often ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Google AI Overviews recommend local businesses, providing a 0-100 visibility score and actionable fixes. …
A Hacker News user asked the community to share tasks that cost money through a UI but are free in code, citing ffmpeg and yt-dlp as examples of free tools that power paid video downloaders, and notin…
Google's parent company Alphabet generates more than 70% of its total revenue from online advertising, and in 2026 Google changed its Search privacy controls so that saved media could be used to devel…
Google's Gemini AI assistant is reportedly responding to ambient conversations on Android and Pixel devices even when hotword detection is disabled, with users tracing the issue to hands-free assistan…
OpenAI has started rolling out ChatGPT Maps to users in the European Union, introducing a dedicated 'places experience' that allows interactive, map-based conversations within ChatGPT. The feature, ac…
Google Maps has added agentic features that let users order food, book hotels, and purchase event tickets directly within the app, using personalized data from Gmail and Google Calendar. The update tr…
Google Maps Navigation's free release in 2009 caused market caps of traditional GPS giants to plummet, demonstrating that its core competitive advantage was turning smartphones into part of the mappin…
Google has expanded its conversational Ask Maps AI in Google Maps with agentic capabilities, including autonomous food ordering via Square and Toast integrations in the U.S., Gmail-powered personal in…
Google has launched 'agentic' food ordering in Google Maps' Ask Maps feature, powered by Gemini, which can add items to a cart via Square and Toast with Uber Eats support coming soon, but users must s…
Packt Publishing will release 'Angular Projects, 3rd Ed' by Aristeidis Bampakos in June 2026, a 298-page guide teaching Angular development through 10 real-world enterprise projects, covering signals,…
Google's Gemini AI trip planner is an established travel tool that integrates Google Flights, Google Hotels, and Google Maps to help users research and plan trips. The feature, promoted across multipl…
Google Maps' AI-powered navigation upgrade still lacks outdoor hiking accuracy, as a group of 17-year-old novice hikers on Canada's Howe Sound Crest Trail required evacuation by search-and-rescue team…
A developer using the handle @99hud has published a step-by-step guide for using Anthropic's Claude desktop app with the Apify Google Maps connector to generate lists of local businesses with contact …
Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open-standard protocol released in late 2024, enables developers to create single servers that any MCP-compatible client like Claude Desktop can query for …
Google released a new Pixel 11 Pro teaser video on Thursday, showing a head-on view of the device's circular Glow light rotating like a pinwheel, ahead of the Made by Google 2026 event in two weeks. T…
Software quality is declining across consumer products despite the AI boom, according to a developer's firsthand account. The author cites bugs in a banking app, Slack, an LG fridge, and a car infotai…
SerpApi released an open-source plugin for Nous Research's Hermes Agent that adds dedicated tools for local places, news, and product research via SerpApi's search engines. The plugin, available on Py…
Foreign visitors to Seoul are increasingly exploring filming locations, traditional markets and mountain trails beyond the city's iconic shopping districts and royal landmarks, according to a data ana…
Google is testing integration of its Gemini-powered Personal Intelligence feature into Google Maps, according to code analysis of the beta version 26.30.00.950492155 by Android Authority. The feature …
Google collects extensive personal data on users, including search history, location, emails, and voice recordings, even in incognito mode, according to a Proton investigation. The company's AI tools …