Millions of Pokémon Go players who spent years scanning their surroundings for in-game rewards allegedly unknowingly contributed to a highly detailed navigation system developed by Niantic Spatial, a U.S.-based company spun out of the original Pokémon Go developer, that is now set to be used in military drones and robots, Trouw reports.
  • Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    12 days ago

    The only new thing for me in this article was learning that Niantic started calling themselves game developers in 2025, ending the one thing I could respect them for (self identifying as a data collection company).

  • Thorry@feddit.orgEnglish
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    12 days ago

    US: We’ve created a drone system that can perfectly navigate your country using your data.

    Padme Netherlands: To help defend us right?

    US: Stares

    Padme Netherlands: You are going to defend us right?

    • belochka@lemmy.worldEnglish
      62·
      12 days ago

      In that light I’m glad I never played that, living in Moscow near an internal troops division. Doesn’t matter, though, someone has.