A performance artist named Simon Weckert was able to trick Google Maps into showing there was a traffic jam on a street when there wasn't one. Weckert simply pulled a wagon filled with 99 cell phones ...

As we reported earlier this week, a performance artist named Simon Weckert recently released a video of him creating a fake traffic jam on Google Maps in Berlin by walking down a street pulling 99 ...

It turns out that Google Maps is more fallible than you might want to think. Just look at German artist Simon Weckert, who managed to create a virtual traffic jam without a single car on the road. Why ...

BERLIN — An artist in Berlin generated a virtual traffic jam by only using a wagon and a pile of phones to show how we take data for granted without considering it that it might be manipulated.

We tend to think of Google Maps as an indispensable tool that is rarely wrong, but an artist from Germany named Simon Weckert found a humourous way to game the app. Using a wagon loaded with 99 second ...

Google Maps changed GPS navigation forever, in part by making it accessible to everyone, in part by helping provide accurate traffic reports. Well, maybe not always accurate, if artist Simon Weckert ...

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Whether you're a walker, driver, biker, or rely on public transportation, Google Maps can not only help you figure out how to get somewhere, but how long it'll take. What if those estimates were ...

Google Maps is a hugely useful tool that’s used by millions of people around the globe, mostly thanks to its excellent navigation and traffic tools. Recently, though, someone had the bright idea to ...

Google Maps has changed the way we drive. Thanks to the app, you can give your friends an accurate ETA when you’re on the way to meet them, and for those of us who are directionally challenged, it’s a ...