We’re all familiar with the stories of what happens when someone follows their GPS directions too literally and pays no attention to what’s actually around them. Turn right, then in a quarter of a ...

The digital systems that power modern life run on signals most of us never think about. For decades, those signals have been steady and invisible. But over the past year, they have begun to show ...

The familiar experience of watching your Grab driver’s vehicle icon wander aimlessly on the map, especially in Singapore’s central business district (CBD) and underground portions of expressways, may ...

No audio available for this content. For decades, GPS has been the cornerstone of modern navigation, guiding aircraft, vehicles, troops and commercial systems across the globe. As digital warfare ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul-Smith Goodson is an analyst covering quantum computing and AI. Satellite GPS is a vital navigation technology designed for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Australian quantum ...

A U.S. military spaceplane, the X-37B orbital test vehicle, is due to embark on its eighth flight into space on August 21 2025. Much of what the X-37B does in space is secret. But it serves partly as ...

Samuel Lellouch does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Forward-looking: As reliance on satellite navigation grows, aviation faces rising risks from GPS jamming and spoofing. Disruptions – whether from hostile actors or technical failures – threaten ...

Scientists from the USA and Bremen have investigated how and why people suffer “death by GPS”–and what this actually means. Ultimately, the study aims to make navigation systems safer and help prevent ...

Optical quantum clocks developed at the University of Adelaide have been proven to outperform GPS navigation systems by many orders of magnitude. The clocks, which were put through their paces in ...