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 ...
9to5google

Google Maps ‘limited view’ was hiding reviews, images for signed-out users [U: Fixed]

Google Maps is more than just a navigation app, as it contains a treasure trove of data about locations across the globe. But, suddenly, Google Maps appears to be changing how it functions for users ...
Tom's Guide

Google Maps appears to be removing features if you're not logged in — and that's a huge mistake

AI I quit ChatGPT — here's how I moved everything to Claude and Gemini without losing my data (or my mind) AI I swapped ChatGPT for Claude for a week — and these 5 features convinced me to stay TVs ...
New York Post

This community is hidden from Google Maps — here’s why its ultra-wealthy residents have been kept secret for two decades

He put them on the map. An ultra-rich Minnesota enclave named North Oaks is so secretive and exclusive that they have the distinction of being the only community not seen on Google Maps. Or at least ...
The Motley Fool

Unity's CEO Just Explained Why Google's AI Can't Replace Game Engines (And He's Right)

Unity stock has tumbled twice recently, first after Google's Project Genie Reveal, and then after a disappointing earnings report. Project Genie is impressive, but it won't replace video game engines.
AOL

Unity's CEO Just Explained Why Google's AI Can't Replace Game Engines (And He's Right)

Shares of video game engine developer Unity Software (NYSE: U) have been sent through the wringer over the past two weeks. In late January, the stock crashed after Alphabet unveiled Project Genie, an ...
MarketWatch

Unity’s stock becomes the latest victim of Google’s AI ambitions

Google is wading into “dynamic worlds,” and that’s spooking investors in Unity Software and other gaming-related stocks on Friday. At issue is Project Genie, an “experimental research prototype” that ...
IGN

Google's Project Genie Seemingly Causes Some Investors to Lose Faith in Roblox, Unity and...GTA 6

Just one day after the announcement of Genie, Google's generative AI-powered virtual world creator, a number of major video game companies are seeing their stock prices tumble, seemingly because some ...
Benzinga.com

Unity, Take-Two Shares Sink After Google Unveils AI World-Building Tech 'Project Genie'

Google announced Project Genie on Thursday, an experimental research prototype powered by its Genie 3 world model that enables users to create and explore interactive worlds. The technology is now ...
Morningstar

Unity's stock becomes the latest victim of Google's AI ambitions

Google's new Project Genie prototype, which lets users simulate virtual worlds, has gaming investors very worried. But one analyst says their fears are overblown. Google's new Project Genie will let ...
Wired

Google’s Smart Glasses Will Have the Best Software. But They’ll Have to Win on Style Too

When Google ships its newly refreshed smart glasses this year—as the rumor mill is predicting, and as the hands-on demos posted just last week have all but confirmed it will—the company’s tech will be ...