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 ...

AI features and a brand new way to view Google Maps are currently rolling out in the app for its biggest upgrade in a decade. Credit: Google Maps Google Maps just got a major upgrade. A really major ...

Google Fiber, now officially called GFiber, is being sold to private equity firm Stonepeak and will be combined with cable-and-fiber firm Astound Broadband to create a larger Internet service provider ...

Google said its GFiber unit is combing with Astound Broadband and forming a independent fiber provider. The new entity will be majority owned by investment firm Stonepeak. "This partnership with ...

Google Maps is giving its driving experience the “biggest update in over a decade” with Immersive Navigation that redesigns visuals and offers “more intuitive guidance.” It starts with a “vivid 3D ...

Free users in the US now have access to “Thinking (3 Pro)” for “Complex reasoning and generative layouts.” There are daily usage limits, with Gemini 3 Flash now powering the “Auto” model. Similarly, ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. The novelist Henry Miller once observed that “a book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you.” If ...

President Donald Trump had a call Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the war in Iran and other issues, according to the Kremlin. Putin's foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov ...

US leader escalates rhetoric against Communist-ruled island Meanwhile US and Cuba have opened talks aimed at resolving disputes US oil blockade taking its toll as Cuba's electric grid collapses New ...

Google Maps Just Got a Major AI Upgrade. Here's How 'Ask Maps' Will Work Gemini rolls out in Google Maps, allowing you to talk to the app like you would a chatbot. Immersive Navigation, meanwhile, ...

Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. The Trump administration says it is "laser focused" and mission driven in its attacks on Iran, but messaging from President Trump, Secretary ...