Google brings more AI to navigation with 'Ask Maps' feature that lets users ask complex questions

Google is adding more AI to its maps service as part of a broader effort to differentiate Gemini from potential competition ...

Google Maps gets conversational with Gemini-powered "Ask Maps"

For years, Google Maps has been able to surface nearby coffee shops and provide turn-by-turn navigation. What it couldn't do ...
Mashable

Google Maps can now take you deep inside this fiery volcano

Google Maps is like our digital third eye, allowing us to see practically every swath of the Earth's surface. Now the mapping tool can take us underground, into the fiery depths of a volcano. As of ...
Mashable

You can now explore moons and planets with Google Maps

Google just rolled out a new Maps feature showing off some of our favorite planetary neighbors. The new Maps feature label images of our moon, Mercury, Venus, Pluto, the International Space Station, ...
The New York Times

Meta’s New Smart Glasses Sounded Cool at First. But I Was Unimpressed.

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Brenda Stolyar Brenda Stolyar is a writer covering consumer technology. Her ...
Global Investigative Journalism Network

New Tools for Geolocation, Collaboration, Illicit Finance, Deportation Data, and Bad-Actor Tracking

At the NICAR 2026 conference, dozens of leading data journalists shared some of their favorite digital tools and databases ...