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An executive with Google’s parent company resigns with no severance after sexual misconduct allegations come to light

Richard DeVaul, who cofounded Alphabet’s Project Loon, has left the company. DeVaul resigned less than a week after The New York Times published a report detailing sexual misconduct allegations that were made against him. His departure comes as Google employees are planning a walkout to protest the company’s handling of […]

Tech Jul. 6, 2018, 6:40 AM

Kenya will reportedly use Alphabet’s cutting-edge balloon project to deliver internet access to rural areas

Project Loon is close to finalising a deal that would bring its balloons to Kenya. Project Loon started as a Google project to deliver internet access to rural and underserved areas from airborne balloons. Nowadays, Project Loon is being developed by X, formerly Google X – a skunkworks R&D group […]

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Alphabet’s crazy balloon experiment has a new CEO after the last one only lasted 6 months

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Alphabet’s internet balloons just got a big upgrade

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Satya Nadella: Microsoft’s technology is everywhere, even Cuba and Iran

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Google’s internet-beaming Project Loon balloons are now being tested in Sri Lanka

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Google tells feds its secret plan to test high-altitude wireless across the US is not dangerous

Google told federal regulators that its plan to...

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Google is about to test something secretive across all of the US

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Google wants to test secret airborne technology at New Mexico’s ‘spaceport’ and an Indian reservation

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Google is getting closer to providing round-the-world internet coverage

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Everything we know about Project Loon, Google’s plan to provide global internet access with hot air balloons

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Tech Apr. 21, 2015, 10:00 AM

Look inside a Google project so odd, it’s literally called ‘Project Loon’

Giant balloons and the internet.

Tech Mar. 4, 2015, 2:01 AM

Google’s internet balloons have stopped falling out the sky and suddenly look like they’re going to be a huge business

It's no longer just a pie-in-the-sky idea.

Tech Mar. 3, 2015, 8:25 AM

Google thinks its internet balloons will be a $10 billion business

Despite the name, Project Loon is starting to look a lot less crazy.

Tech Aug. 31, 2014, 9:53 AM

This Is How Google Finds Its Floating Internet Balloons When They’re Ready To Land

For Google, bringing the Internet to parts of the world without a connection is as simple as setting free a balloon. Google’s Project Loon initiative does exactly that — the company equips these balloons with technology that can beam the Internet down to remote and rural areas. These balloons are […]

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An executive with Google’s parent company resigns with no severance after sexual misconduct allegations come to light

Kenya will reportedly use Alphabet’s cutting-edge balloon project to deliver internet access to rural areas

Here’s how Google makes its giant, internet-beaming balloons

Alphabet quietly made its experimental balloon project a full-fledged corporation — a first step to a new Google spinout

15 quotes that reveal the genius and ambition of Google’s Larry Page

The US Air Force can create ice storms and sandstorms inside this ‘torture chamber’ for aircraft

Alphabet’s crazy balloon experiment has a new CEO after the last one only lasted 6 months

Alphabet’s internet balloons just got a big upgrade

Facebook and Alphabet’s dreams of internet drones are crashing into a turbulent reality

Satya Nadella: Microsoft’s technology is everywhere, even Cuba and Iran

Google’s internet-beaming Project Loon balloons are now being tested in Sri Lanka

Google tells feds its secret plan to test high-altitude wireless across the US is not dangerous

Google is about to test something secretive across all of the US

Google wants to test secret airborne technology at New Mexico’s ‘spaceport’ and an Indian reservation

Google is getting closer to providing round-the-world internet coverage

Everything we know about Project Loon, Google’s plan to provide global internet access with hot air balloons

Look inside a Google project so odd, it’s literally called ‘Project Loon’

Google’s internet balloons have stopped falling out the sky and suddenly look like they’re going to be a huge business

Google thinks its internet balloons will be a $10 billion business

This Is How Google Finds Its Floating Internet Balloons When They’re Ready To Land

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