Hackers are targeting WordPress websites running a vulnerable version of the WP Maps Pro plugin, which allows creating rogue administrator accounts without authentication. The vulnerability, tracked ...

COLUMBIA — S.C. Senate Republicans acknowledged their proposal to redraw the state’s seven congressional seats for a GOP advantage will not pass in time for the start of early voting Tuesday, creating ...

Investigative reporters use mapping for a wide range of stories: revealing crime hot spots; highlighting environmental destruction; uncovering demographic patterns; documenting war crimes. Here are ...

LEEDS, Washington County — Historic rock walls dot the landscape in the small town of Leeds in southern Utah, and visitors will soon be able to know where each wall is. In a project spearheaded by the ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, primarily established in the Everglades and South Florida. These snakes have drastically reduced native mammal populations, including raccoons, ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis got his maps. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. State lawmakers passed redrawn congressional lines ...

If Python developers have one consistent gripe about their beloved language, it tends to be this: Why is it so hard to take a Python program and deploy it as a standalone artifact, the way C, C++, ...

I’ve come to realize that convenience often carries a healthy dose of mediocrity, and Google Maps might be the undisputed king of it. Google Maps is what I’d call good enough software. It’s definitely ...

As someone who travels multiple times a year—and tests tech for a living at the Good Housekeeping Institute—I don’t leave home without Google Maps. It’s the one app I rely on most, whether I’m scoping ...

In August 2025 an analyst at the nonpartisan Cook Political Report broke down the proposed Texas and California redistricting maps for the 2026 midterm elections. Illustration: Ryan Trefes The Supreme ...

Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked. Mapmaking has traditionally featured men, from Mercator’s projection of the ...

Last spring, as ICE raids spread through Southeast Houston, Jack Vu watched fear and uncertainty ripple through the community he had long volunteered in. The heartbreaking reality was impossible to ...