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Google handed hundreds of patents tied to its failed internet balloon project Loon over to SoftBank

Google also waived its rights to more than 250 other patents, saying it hoped to help "future gener…

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Alphabet shut down another Google X project, the ambitious internet balloon company Loon

"Taking moonshots is always a risky proposition," said X director Astro Teller.

Martin Coulter   


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Google’s Project Loon may take flight as pilot project in India

But now, the Project Loon, which uses high-altitude balloons, may see light of the day as India wan…

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Indian government is not so positive about Google’s Project Loon. Here’s why

Google through Project Loon plans to use big balloons floating at a height of 20 kilometers above e…

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Government asks Google to choose partner for Loon Project

Government has asked Google to select a telecom operator as partner for testing the balloon-based I…

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Govt is interested in Project Loon as Google asked to submit fresh proposal

"The matter was discussed with all stakeholders and it was concluded that frequency band 700-900 Mh…

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What #GoogleforIndia means to India’s Aam Aadmi

However, what many missed in the ‘breaking news’ scuffle were the finer details that affect the com…

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

They call the idea Project Loon. Google has been working on it for about four years and has been te…

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

Project Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, designed to connect people in…

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Watch Google's Project Loon Bring Internet To A School In Brazil

"It makes no sense that a student in secondary school, almost in high school, has to do what it tak…

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The Revolutionary 'Moon Shots' Google Is Working On Right Now

From self-driving cars that will reduce traffic fatalities to biotech research aimed at combating a…

Kyle Russell   


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Google is about to test something secretive across all of the US - and it sounds exactly like its Project Loon balloons

The most recent Google FCC filings indicated that Google wants to use frequencies in the 71 GHz to …

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Google sank billions into flailing 'moonshot projects' after it rebranded to Alphabet. Facebook, now Meta, could face the same fate.

We're seeing "history repeat itself" as Meta spends $10 billion on the metaverse - Alphabet's "Othe…

Katie Canales   


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Google sister company Loon is in talks with Uganda to deliver balloon-based internet service - showing that Africa is a major opportunity for the company

"A team from Loon was in Uganda earlier this week meeting with officials to discuss how Loon works …

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Alphabet says Loon and Wing are ready to become real businesses, but it's impossible to know if any of its 'other bets' are paying off

Google's parent company announced Wednesday that Loon, which is developing a balloon-based internet…

Troy Wolverton   


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Alphabet says now is the time for two Google X projects to evolve into standalone businesses

Neither one of these companies has shown any sign of adding significant revenue to Alphabet's botto…

Greg Sandoval   


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

Kenya, home of some of the world's most visited game preserves, such as Maasai Mara and Amboseli Na…

Greg Sandoval   


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Founder of Facebook's secretive Aquila drone project leaves as internal emails reveal significant new direction

An email exchange in April 2017 indicated that Facebook was intending to build a hangar as recently…

Rob Price   


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Alphabet's 'moonshot' lab has a new project to store renewable energy

Malta is part of X's Foundry, which explores early-stage projects. It's not an "official" project l…

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Google has a secretive new drone project called Skybender

The Skybender tests are the latest of several air and space-based initiatives that Google is workin…