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A tech guide outlines how Google Maps' built-in tools—arrival-time planning, color-coded traffic updates, turn-by-turn voice navigation, and offline map downloads—can simplify driving for older users. The app is pre-installed on most Android phones and available free on both the Google Play Store and Apple's App Store.
Researchers at Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University used a ground-based GPS receiver network to analyze the April Artemis II launch, finding it carved two roughly 5,000 km-wide holes in Earth's ionosphere. The disturbance, measured via delays in GPS satellite signals, was reportedly about ten times stronger than disruptions recorded during SpaceX Starship test flights.
Six pallets of Nvidia equipment worth $11.4 million disappeared after leaving Oakland on August 29 aboard a truck bound for Fort Worth, Texas, disguised with a food transport company's logo. Oakland police confirmed a grand theft report was filed on September 13, and the truck was last tracked to San Bernardino County before investigators lost its trail. No arrests or recovery of the cargo have been reported.
The launch of NASA's Artemis 2 crewed Moon mission generated ripples in Earth's upper atmosphere that spread across roughly 3,100 miles. GPS receivers on the ground picked up three distinct wave-like disturbances tied to the rocket's ascent through the ionosphere.
Virginia and several other states have begun requiring GPS-based speed-limiting devices to be installed in the vehicles of drivers caught repeatedly speeding excessively. The technology monitors a car's location and restricts its ability to exceed posted speed limits.
GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) refers broadly to any satellite-based positioning network, while GPS is specifically the United States' system and just one example of GNSS. Other national systems include Russia's GLONASS, the EU's Galileo, India's NavIC, China's BeiDou, and Japan's regional QZSS. Despite their national names, most of these systems provide global coverage rather than being limited to their home countries.
The Apple Watch Ultra 4, which launched with a $799 price tag, is now available on Amazon for $699.99, a $99 reduction. This marks the first significant discount since the watch's release and undercuts the previous 2024 low of $774.
Amazon is selling the Apple Watch Ultra 3 (49mm GPS + Cellular, titanium case, Light Blue Alpine Loop, size L) for $649, down from its $799 list price, a 19% discount. The model carries a 4.7-star Amazon rating and includes features like dual-frequency GPS, satellite Emergency SOS, a sapphire crystal display, and up to 42 hours of battery life.
A hobbyist running a Calnex Rb/GPS frequency reference in an 'Atomic Clock Tower' setup documented swapping out the unit's noisy stock Delta EFB0412HHD fan for a quieter Noctua NF-A4x20 FLX. The process involved opening the Loctite-secured case, exposing a SpectraTime GRClok-1500 module and heat-spreader cooling assembly, then splicing wires since the original fan's connector didn't match Noctua's cable ends.
Purdue computer science professor Aniket Bera's IDEAS Lab posted a video showing a quadcopter autonomously following a person through dense woods using only onboard computing, without GPS, maps, or cloud processing. The drone uses an occlusion-prediction method to estimate the target's path when trees block its view, and relies on open-source navigation tools including SUPER and FAST-LIO, originally developed by the University of Hong Kong's MaRS Lab, despite Bera's claim his team built the system from scratch.
The CMF Watch 3 Pro, a budget smartwatch with a metal frame, 1.43-inch AMOLED display, built-in GPS, and Bluetooth calling, is now listed at $59 on Amazon. That's down from its $79 retail price, marking a 25% discount and the lowest price the device has reached so far.
NBC reports that criminal groups have stolen more than $100 million worth of data center equipment in transit since June 2026, using tactics including account hacking, phishing, GPS spoofing, and vehicle ramming. Incidents cited include a $38 million theft in Reno this year, a $15 million heist of semiconductors and Apple products in July 2025, and separate June 2026 thefts of $13 million near the Mojave Desert and $10 million in server rack components bound for Texas. Stolen items include servers, cabling, RAM, drives, routers, and even copper wire worth hundreds of thousands of dollars per trailer.