The world's most popular mapping app keeps getting hikers lost or hurt in the backcountry. Here's why you might want to find ...

Google Maps may be convenient for driving directions—but as a backcountry tool, it has some serious shortcomings, SAR teams say.

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Tom has been covering technology since 2019, having worked as part of the phones team at TechRadar and then as an editor at What to Watch. Since 2025 he’s been a freelance contributor for many more ...

The three teenage boys estimated their hike time would be over five hours on a rugged trail in British Columbia, Canada. A helicopter crew had to retrieve them.

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For Jadu Bin Ahmed Bin Hassan, a 76-year-old African American who grew up in segregated Memphis, a move by Republicans to split the majority-Black city among three US congressional districts smacks of ...

The color-coded elevation really helps you prepare for brutal hills.

Mercedes will release final U.S. specifications closer to the GLA’s launch, but two versions are planned initially: the 268-horsepower GLA 250+ Electric and the 349-horsepower, dual-motor GLA 350 ...

We put Honda’s new off-road app, HTX, through its paces.

Your Android phone can double as a metal detector, a tape measure, a spirit level, and a lot more. You just need the right app.