{
  "id": 16033648,
  "title": "Local developers encouraged to build navigation apps amid Waze ban",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/local-developers-encouraged-to-build-navigation-apps-amid-waze-ban",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T10:04:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1561459/local-developers-encouraged-build-navigation-apps-amid-waze-ban"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Transport Minister Anthony Loke has encouraged local developers to use publicly available transport data to develop navigation applications, following the government’s ban on civil servants using Waze for official duties.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}