At the NICAR 2026 conference, dozens of leading data journalists shared some of their favorite digital tools and databases for investigating numerous topics.

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.

Ask Maps, a new AI-powered conversational Google Map feature, lets users ask get personalized recommendations directly on the map.

Google Maps just got its 'biggest update in over a decade' - it may change your driving for good ...

For years, Google Maps has been able to surface nearby coffee shops and provide turn-by-turn navigation. What it couldn't do was answer complex questions that blend ...

Ask Maps a real question and get a real answer. Plus, 3D navigation that shows you the exit before you miss it and a Street View arrival preview. The post Google Maps gets conversational AI and 3D ...

Google Maps' massive new update uses Gemini AI to transform travel. Explore the new Ask Maps conversational search and the 3D ...

In a blog post, the tech giant detailed the new AI model. It is the successor to the text-only embedding model that was released last year, and it captures semantic intent across more than 100 ...