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Apple Maps has updated its app to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America, following Google's lead after an executive order by President Donald Trump. The change highlights how mapping services are adapting to political directives.

Apple Maps now displays ads in search results and suggested places on iPhone, with privacy features to keep user data local and unlinked to accounts.

A web-based interactive experience allows users to explore a virtual version of San Francisco as a video game, featuring Apple Maps data and controls for navigation and camera.

A developer used Apple Maps data to create a video game where players can explore and interact with the entire city of San Francisco, including climbing buildings and stealing cars.

A tweet discusses Apple Maps' impressive turnaround from initial failures to billions invested in proprietary mapping data, and highlights a patent where AirPods with cameras could provide visual intelligence for natural-sounding navigation directions.