GPS app owned by Google; crowd-sourced traffic and navigation
Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged three of Yandex’s data centers in Sasovo, Kaluga and Vladimir, disrupting a wide range of services from search and maps to banking and cloud. Yandex reports ongoing restoration efforts, while authorities discuss decentralised backups and the broader resilience of Russia’s digital economy.
Malaysia has prohibited civil servants from using Google’s Waze on official duties amid concerns that location data could fall under Israeli jurisdiction. Officials urge a switch to TuJu, a local app, while balancing security with rights. The move follows related bans and debates in Iraq and broader scrutiny of the app’s data handling.