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 was answer complex questions that blend ...

Google's Gemini Embedding 2 arrives with native multimodal support to cut costs and speed up your enterprise data stack

While previous embedding models were largely restricted to text, this new model natively integrates text, images, video, audio, and documents into a single numerical space — reducing latency by as muc ...
Security Boulevard

Invisible Threats: Source Code Exfiltration in Google Antigravity

Source Code Exfiltration in Google Antigravity‍TL;DR: We explored a known issue in Google Antigravity where attackers can ...
InfoWorld

Google unveils API and MCP server for developer documentation

Developer Knowledge API and Model Context Protocol server. Together connect AI agents to Google’s developer and Google Cloud documentation. Google is previewing the Developer Knowledge API and an ...
TechCrunch

Google Maps now lets you access Gemini while walking and cycling

Google announced on Thursday that Google Maps users can now access Gemini hands-free while walking and cycling. The update comes a few months after Google Maps rolled out its Gemini-powered hands-free ...
autoevolution

Google Maps Suggesting Toll Routes When "Avoid Tolls" Is Enabled? Here's What Happens

I'm done. Google Maps is now unusable. This is what many people said earlier this week when the application started suggesting toll roads when it was specifically asked to avoid them. Screenshots ...
Post and Courier

Who really controls the map? Inside Google’s grip on Lowcountry navigation

CHARLESTON — In a long-past era of folded paper maps and printed turn-by-turn directions, Google Maps has become the undisputed king of smartphone navigation. But as the Lowcountry continues to grow — ...
Powder

Why Ski Trails and Lifts Are Back on Google Maps

View post: "Major Windstorm" Closes Popular Lift at Washington Ski Area The feature, which first disappeared in October 2024, includes trails, lodges, and ski lifts, pairing Google’s vast mapping data ...
Android Police

Google Maps introduced one of its handiest features yet but it's not on Android

Chandra Steele has been writing about tech for the entirety of her journalism career. She loves making tough topics easy to understand. Before joining Android Police, Chandra was senior features ...
MacRumors

Google Maps Quietly Added This Long-Overdue Feature for Drivers

Google Maps on iOS quietly gained a new feature recently that automatically recognizes where you've parked your vehicle and saves the location for you. Announced on LinkedIn by Rio Akasaka, Google ...
Search Engine Land

Google launches Data Manager API

Google’s new Data Manager API gives advertisers a simpler, centralized way to feed first-party data into its AI systems. Google is rolling out a new Data Manager API that lets you plug first-party ...