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…
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 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 …
Google Maps is testing a redesigned navigation interface that moves the Gemini AI icon to the bottom-left for easier one-handed access, relocates the exit and alternate routes buttons, and changes Ask…
Google Maps is preparing to integrate Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature, according to code strings discovered in the latest Google Maps beta (version 26.30.00.950492155). The feature would allow …
A developer successfully ran Google's Agent Development Kit (ADK) with the locally hosted Gemma 4 model via Ollama, building a weather agent that uses tool calling to orchestrate Google Maps and Open-…
Only 1.2% of nearly 350,000 business locations analyzed in SOCi's 2026 Local Visibility Index were recommended by ChatGPT, compared to a 35.9% appearance rate in Google's local 3-pack, revealing a 30-…
XPeng's L03 electric SUV coupe is the first vehicle from an Asia-Pacific automaker to ship with Google Maps Auto SDK, replacing the company's overseas navigation stack and feeding map data into its NG…
Google is integrating its 'Ask Maps' feature more deeply into Google Maps, with suggestion chips and a chat window appearing on the directions screen for driving, biking, or walking trips, according t…