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For 29 years, Her Majesty’s Submarine Ocelot quietly patrolled the Atlantic. Many of her missions are still classified to this day, nearly 30 years removed from her decommission in 1991. For months at a time, her crew of 69 men would stealthily listen and track enemy subs and ships using advanced sonar arrays.  She covered …

If you don’t do it often (or ever), traveling to another country can be challenging. Scary, even. During a recent trip to Italy, I found myself staring down the barrel of a language I couldn’t speak, read or understand. Thankfully, I had modern technology at my disposal, and that made the travel life infinitely easier. You do need to plan …

Believe it or not, the launch of the 2012 iPhone 5 was highly controversial for two reasons. The first one — the replacement of the Google-powered Maps app with Apple Maps — was rendered moot when a proper Google Maps app came to the phone three months later. But the sting of the second took longer to wear off: The …

Streets that led to nowhere. Bridges that looked like roller coasters. Cities that ceased to exist.   That was the state of Apple Maps nearly six years ago. Not anymore. And Apple Maps is about to get even better. For the past four years, Apple has been working on rebuilding its mapping technology from the ground up. Instead of relying …

When it comes to navigation, we live in an age of miracles. Speak a few words to your phone and it’ll lead you to your friend’s house. But there’s still room for improvement. What3words CEO Chris Sheldrick What3words How do you tell your sister where to meet at the concert festival? Where along that dirt road is the trailhead? Today’s …

Sitting in traffic is probably not how you’d like to spend your Independence Day. Google Maps took a look at traffic on the national holiday from 25 cities in the US and has some advice to share that could keep you out of a jam.  The report, out Thursday, shows that if you’ve got somewhere to go on July 4, …

The ability to book a ride with Uber disappeared from the Android Google Maps app with no explanation; it still gives you estimates and displays the available cars but now provides an “open app” button to perform the transaction. Google gave no explanation, just a throwaway bullet point in its Request a Ride help section for Google Maps. This brings …

The new version of Lyft’s app sounds like it takes some hints from Google Maps and Uber to deliver a more streamlined transportation experience. Lyft announced the new app intentions on its site — it won’t roll out until the end of July — describing the new flow and features. It will offer better comparisons of the cost and durations of …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s WWDC developer conference arrived with lots of news on the Apple Watch, and plenty of upgrades in WatchOS 5. But there’s one thing still missing. A big thing. The thing I want most of all: a watch face store. It needs to …

Some business owners are allegedly getting calls from “Google” — calls that threaten to mess with their Google Search ranking unless they cough up some dough. They’re not Google, of course, but scammers trying to make a quick buck. The real Google isn’t having any of it. In a blog post, the search giant says it’s taking action against these …