The new features include EV charging station information, flyover callouts and AI-driven routing capability to reduce narrow road usage for four-wheeler drivers
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Amazon Web Services
Rivals unite to wage a war on Google with open source maps
Linux Foundation announces Overture Maps Foundation to build interoperable open map data; AWS, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom will contribute
Alphabet
Google to integrate Google Maps and Waze teams to save cost
CEO Neha Parikh to exit the company, but Waze set to continue as standalone service; no job cuts planned as 500 staff merged with Google Geo
Android devices
Google to pay $391.5mn to settle location tracking lawsuit with 40 US states
It is the largest multi-state privacy settlement by state authorities in US history; the agreement also includes a binding commitment for improved disclosures by the company
Geographical locations
Google Plus Codes enters MENA to enable deliveries, access to emergency services without addresses
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco and Algeria are among the countries that will have Plus Codes now, which use latitude and longitude co-ordinates to provide a location
ancient tombs
In pictures: Egyptian archaeologists unveils ancient tomb and sarcophagi in Luxor
Egypt on Saturday unveiled an ancient tomb, sarcophagi and funerary artifacts discovered in the Theban necropolis of Al-Assasif in the southern city of Luxor.
