{
  "id": 16084977,
  "title": "Google sounds like it’s had enough of the US renaming bodies of water",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/google-sounds-like-its-had-enough-of-the-us-renaming-bodies-of-water",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-22T18:17:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/google-maps-atlantic-ocean-3726874/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Over the past few years, the United States has been renouncing the conventional names of various water bodies and replacing them with names that highlight American dominance. Mapping applications such as Google Maps have largely adopted these new names. However, it appears that the tech giant has drawn the line at the attempt to rename the Atlantic Ocean. This decision comes as America is currently showing little interest in following traditional norms.\n\nThe administration's recent efforts to name international bodies of water in a jingoistic manner, giving them \"American\" titles, has been unprecedented. Recently, President Trump reportedly informed Google CEO Sundar Pichai during a gathering in South Carolina that he had asked Pichai if he could handle renaming the Atlantic Ocean.",
  "summary": "After the Gulf of America and Lake America, Google resists rebranding the Atlantic.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}