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U.S. Google Maps results for "Gulf of Mexico," automatically changed to "Gulf of America" and showing the location's label as "Gulf of America." Credit: Mashable screenshot / Google Late last month, ...

Apple's macOS Maps app showing the Gulf of Mexico labelled as such, with a popup calling it the Gulf of America. Credit: Mashable screenshot: Apple Apple Maps has quietly been updated to change the ...

Admit it, once Google Earth was rolled out, you absolutely took a disproportionate amount of time checking out all the localities and areas on it to see if you can find something nostalgic, cool, or ...

Can we expunge history by changing names on a map? Borders on our current world map have shifted in the past in response to new geopolitical realities, some reaching back into old vocabulary to name ...

President Biden became the first president to officially recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2021, and did so again this year. It falls on the same day as Columbus Day, which was established by ...

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