Ask Maps,” rolling out today to Google Maps on mobile, lets you ask Gemini questions about locations and even to plan trips on your behalf.

The feature allows users to interact conversationally with the app, finding places such as a charging station, or available tennis court.

Google is working to fix a problem with its API keys after security researchers pointed out possible misuse. This is because the keys for accessing Google's cloud services, such as Maps or Firebase, ...

New research has found that Google Cloud API keys, typically designated as project identifiers for billing purposes, could be abused to authenticate to sensitive Gemini endpoints and access private ...

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Google Cloud API keys have long appeared in public JavaScript to power Maps, YouTube embeds, analytics and Firebase features. Historically, many teams treated those strings as “ok to expose,” mainly ...

Google API keys for services like Maps embedded in accessible client-side code could be used to authenticate to the Gemini AI assistant and access private data. Researchers found nearly 3,000 such ...

Merck MRK-1.27%decrease; red down pointing triangle is shaking up the leadership of its main pharmaceutical unit as the U.S. drugmaker braces for sales pressure later this decade. The Rahway, ...

Google Maps users are noticing that they can only view a single image of a location when signed out. These users report that they have to sign in to their accounts to view multiple images. It appears ...

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