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Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at CNET. She covered climate change, space rockets, mathematical puzzles, dinosaur bones, black holes, supernovas, and sometimes, the drama of philosophical ...

For nearly two decades, Google has allowed users to get a first-person view of any given intersection — and even the insides of businesses — with its Street View feature. It’s a convenient way to get ...

In Street View mode, you can see 360-degree images of Ollivanders Wand Shop. — -- The shops of Diagon Alley from Harry Potter are now on Google Maps' Street View. It's no Marauder's Map, but ...

One man's hilarious tactic to immortalize himself online has left the internet in stitches this week. Google Street View was launched in 2007 in several cities around the United States and has since ...

When Google unleashed its fleet of camera-mounted Street View cars in 2007, they accidentally captured life’s strange, funny, poetic, sometimes brutal moments. Canadian internet artist Jon Rafman then ...

Google Street View is handy when you’re checking out an Airbnb, searching for your doctor’s office or moving to a new place and trying to get a lay of the land. Just drop that little gold guy right on ...

Google Maps’ Street View feature was created 15 years ago, and since then, has added more than 220 billion Street View images from over 100 countries and territories. Many of us have taken advantage ...