Google Maps to show Gulf of America and Mount McKinley

Google Maps to show Gulf of America and Mount McKinley

Google said today that it plans to update Google Maps to reflect President Trump’s January 20th executive order to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali to the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley, respectively. The company noted on X the updated nomenclature will appear once the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) … Read more

Google Maps will soon rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’

Google Maps will soon rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’

Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali mountain in Google Maps once a federal mapping database reflects changes ordered by the Trump Administration, the company announced Monday. Google is complying with an executive order issued last week by President Donald Trump that changed the names of several American landmarks. The executive order … Read more

iOS 18.3 released with AI notification summary fix and more

iOS 18.3 released with AI notification summary fix and more

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR iOS 18.3 turns off AI notification summaries for news and entertainment apps to avoid misleading results. The update also italicizes AI-generated alerts and unlocks new Visual Intelligence features on iPhone 16 models. Despite the tweaks, iOS still suffers from a serious notification problem that Android dealt with years ago. … Read more

US Solar Boom Continues, But It’s Offset By Rising Power Use

US Solar Boom Continues, But It’s Offset By Rising Power Use

In the first 11 months of 2024, solar energy generation in the US grew by 30%, enabling wind and solar combined to surpass coal for the first time. However, as Ars Technica’s John Timmer reports, “U.S. energy demand saw an increase of nearly 3 percent, which is roughly double the amount of additional solar generation.” … Read more

Educating a New Generation of Workers – O’Reilly

Educating a New Generation of Workers – O’Reilly

There is a crisis in technical education. The golden road to a career has always been through a college education. However, this “golden road” has developed deep cracks and is badly in need of maintenance. Postsecondary education is rapidly becoming unaffordable, even at public colleges and universities. Tuition has risen at a rate 50% greater … Read more

A long, costly road ahead for customers abandoning Broadcom’s VMware

A long, costly road ahead for customers abandoning Broadcom’s VMware

The manager said this information was relayed to the customer after a support ticket it filed was automatically moved to Ingram, with Broadcom telling the firm it wasn’t big enough to receive direct support. Ingram’s response times were a week or longer, and in December, Ingram announced a severe reduction of its VMware business (VMware … Read more

iOS 18.3 Features: Everything New in iOS 18.3

iOS 18.3 Features: Everything New in iOS 18.3

iOS 18.3 is the third major update to the iOS 18 operating system, and while it isn’t as feature rich as iOS 18.1 or iOS 18.2, there are some Apple Intelligence changes worth knowing about, as well as as some other tweaks, bug fixes, and security updates. This guide covers everything new in iOS 18.3. … Read more

What Difference Does Two Years Make?

What Difference Does Two Years Make?

Samsung’s Galaxy S25 brings several improvements in performance, cameras, and on-device AI experiences, but are they enough to upgrade from the two-year-old Galaxy S23? Let’s find out. Price and Availability The baseline Galaxy S25 (128GB) costs $799.99 and is available to pre-order on the company’s official website. Units will hit stores starting February 7, 2025. … Read more