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For a Day, Google Made It Easy to Spoof Satellite Imagery

For a Day, Google Made It Easy to Spoof Satellite Imagery
NYT Business Sunday 02 August 2026, 19:25 UTC By Adeel Hassan 1 min read
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A screenshot of Google’s announcement on Thursday about Nano Banana 2, an artificial intelligence feature.

A screenshot of Google’s announcement on Thursday about Nano Banana 2, an artificial intelligence feature. [Image text:] Render a hyper-realistic view of what these Pompeii ruins looked like in 78 A.D Nano Banana 2 in Google Earth Transform the Google Mountain View campus into a futuristic sci-fi utopia.
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