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 ...

Last Friday, engineers on Google parent Alphabet’s internet-by-balloon Project Loon tweeted that they hoped to bring emergency connectivity to Puerto Rico after Hurricanes Irma and Maria left more ...

The company can now better control its high-flying balloons that aim to blanket remote areas with internet signals. We get a peek inside the Loon lab. Richard Nieva was a senior reporter for CNET News ...

In a new test, Loon, spun out of Google’s parent company, says it sent a signal 1,000 kilometers. That’s its farthest yet. Richard Nieva was a senior reporter for CNET News, focusing on Google and ...

Alphabet subsidiary Loon, the Google-originated project to provide Internet access using stratospheric balloons, has launched its first commercial service, in isolated regions in Kenya. The balloons ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Alphabet subsidiary Loon has achieved a new milestone: maintaining an ...

Could Alphabet’s big internet project finally catch wind? In the next few weeks, the company’s internet via balloon skunkworks Loon will come to Kenya for a commercial test in partnership with Telkom ...

The balloons will beam Internet service to people living in Indonesia. Project Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, designed to connect people in rural and remote areas, help ...

The Alphabet division that’s building a balloon-powered Internet service has obtained an experimental license “to help provide emergency cellular service in Puerto Rico,” the Federal Communications ...

Alphabet has announced that Loon will soon provide its balloon-powered 4G internet service to several regions in Mozambique. The company has teamed with local carrier Vodacom to serve the Cabo Delgado ...