Alphabet’s airborne broadband plans no longer include drones, as the company says balloons are a more promising delivery mechanism for bringing Internet access to remote and rural areas. View more ...

Google has been laying down fiber cables for four years, but parent-company Alphabet is already thinking about a future where you don’t have to dig “up your garden” to get high-speed internet access.

Alphabet will soon deliver wireless Internet over light beams in Kenya using a technology that can cover distances of up to 20km. Alphabet's Project Taara, unveiled under a different name in 2017, ...

Last summer, a small company called Space Data sued Alphabet’s ‘moonshot’ X division. At issue was its effort to deliver internet access to remote areas by balloon, known as Project Loon. At first, ...

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (GOOGL) intends to seek outside investment for its Wi-Fi and internet service GFiber in some areas in the U.S., Reuters reported. Google's parent company did not disclose the ...

Alphabet GOOGL plans to close project Loon, which was set up to build giant balloons for connecting rural areas through Internet. Founded in 2011, Loon was a subsidiary of Alphabet that used ...

Alphabet’s moonshot idea of beaming internet connectivity from giant balloons is floating back down to earth. The Google parent company announced that it’s shutting down the Loon project because the ...

Alphabet is letting the air out of its balloons for good. Google’s parent company said Thursday it’s shutting down its Loon business that used helium balloons to offer internet connectivity. Alphabet ...

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Alphabet just shut down Google X spinout Loon, the solar-powered internet balloon company. Google X is home to the company's ambitious "moonshot" projects, and includes self-driving car project Waymo.

Google is one of the most recognizable company names in the world, but today the tech giant has renamed itself. Going forward, Google will be a tech conglomerate called "Alphabet," while the Internet ...