Media Surge Marketing announces 2026 guides for contractor marketing: Google Business Profile optimization and AI search adaptation. Resources address Google Maps local pack visibility and AI-powered recommendations through proprietary MultiCasting™ system. Murfreesboro, United States, June 24, 2026 /NewsNetwork/ — Media Surge Marketing announces two guides addressing visibility challenges facing local service contractors in 2026: “Google…
Google has unveiled new generative AI features for its mapping and geospatial apps that are designed with enterprise users in mind. The new features, announced at Cloud Next in Las Vegas this week, add generative AI capabilities to Google’s mapping platform, giving it enhanced visual and data analytics powers. One of the new features, called…
Overall architecture of the StableOx-Cat AI Agent. MCP=Model Context Protocol. Credit: AI Agent (2026). DOI: 10.20517/aiagent.2026.03 A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool could make it much easier to discover better materials for clean energy technologies. The system, called StableOx-Cat, helps scientists identify stable metal oxide electrocatalysts—materials that play a key role in processes such as…
HiveMinds, a unit of Madison World, has released the 2026 edition of its Ecommerce Playbook at the HiveMinds Ecommerce Conclave 2026, outlining structural changes in digital commerce, marketing strategy, and consumer behaviour in India. The report is based on research, analysis, and industry observations conducted over several months, and compiles insights, frameworks, and case-based learnings…
Alphabet and Google chief Sundar Pichai said that Google is rolling out two major Gemini-powered upgrades to Google Maps that aim to change how people find places and follow directions. The features are called Ask Maps and Immersive Navigation, and they promise more conversational search and a more realistic navigation view that shows roads and…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Art has been around for centuries, but in the age of artificial intelligence, one University of Houston researcher is examining whether generative AI helps or hurts creativity. Jinghui Hou, lead author and assistant professor in the C. T. Bauer College of Business, began researching AI’s impact on creativity when the applications…
Credit: Mikael Wallerstedt, Uppsala University Generative AI can be used to combat misinformation. However, it can also exacerbate the problem by producing convincing manipulations that are difficult to detect and can quickly be copied and disseminated on a wide scale. In a new study, researchers have defined seven distinct roles that AI can play in…
South Africa leads Africa in generative AI use, Microsoft reports 21.19% of South Africans used generative AI tools in 2025 Adoption gap widens between digital North and global South South Africa is the leading African nation for the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, according to a report published on…
