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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 30 days ago

Three Men Die When Google Maps Tells Them to Drive Off Unfinished Bridge

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Three Men Die When Google Maps Tells Them to Drive Off Unfinished Bridge

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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 30 days ago

Three men in India died after Google Maps reportedly told them to drive their taxi off an incomplete bridge spanning the Ramganga River.

“The maps shouldn’t have shown that the bridge was complete.”

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Apple already has my location data from other apps including Find My. I’d rather give it to one megacorp instead of 2 I guess.
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  Totally valid. I guess anything is better than nothing, they all pretty much have our data anyway…

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