When anyone went to use their Google Maps app on their iPhone or Android device on April Fool’s Day, upon clicking the search bar, they’d come across a small blue icon. Once clicked, the app took them ...

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Have you ever dreamed about living in an actual world of Pokemon; a world where you would be your own Pokemon master, traveling the world in a search to capture every last elusive one? Well, that ...

It’s that time of year again: Spring is coming, love is in the air, and Google has released yet another April Fools’ Day prank that showcases faux technology we wish were real. This year it’s a ...

The search giant's latest addition to its Maps smartphone app includes 150 "catchable" Pokemon, part of a hoax we can only hope foreshadows augmented reality uses down the line. Nick Statt was a staff ...

What “full access” means is that Pokémon Go and Niantic Labs (the developer) have the ability to read your email, send email from your account, access and delete your Google Drive documents, look at ...

Pokémon Go players won't have to worry about sketchy app permissions for much longer. The developer of the game has acknowledged that it "erroneously" requested full access permission to users' Google ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The popular Pokémon Go game raised major red flags for privacy and ...