For decades, the United States treated satellite navigation as a quiet monopoly, with GPS embedded in everything from ...

Losing GPS would mean losing a lot more than Google Maps. The technology is integrated into everything from lights that turn ...

Two brothers, both mechanical engineers, are climbing many of the world’s tall peaks to prove they have been measured ...

The omnipresent system that people use for navigation and positioning is increasingly vulnerable. Can it be improved?

If you’ve already watched “The Gap”, which is the seventh episode of the first season of Pluribus, you can probably guess what it is. One of the most striking locations of the first season of Pluribus ...

Google Maps has recently rolled out a change where, at least on iOS, the app will automatically detect that you’ve parked your vehicle and save that location, and it will also now show it with a ...

NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (Reuters) - India's government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone firms to enable satellite location tracking that is always activated for better ...

As they say, Big Brother is always watching. For this generation, long after the George Orwell novel was written, that phrase can be used to describe Google. We use Google in our daily lives for ...

What if Earth's perfect distance from the Sun was only half the story? Scientists now believe our solar system's location within the Milky Way itself is a crucial, overlooked factor for life. This ...

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics.

Quantum devices that measure Earth's magnetic fields could help replace GPS—if researchers can figure out how to tell when such devices are working well, or even at all. A Pentagon contract suggests ...

The satellite image does appear on Google Earth, but it shows animals gathered around a watering hole, not human bodies. While this specific photo was miscaptioned, verified satellite imagery has ...