Google’s parent firm, Alphabet, is done exploring the idea of using a fleet of balloons to beam high-speed internet in remote parts of the world. The firm said on Thursday evening that it was winding ...

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Internet access in Kenya can now be accessed via high-flying balloons. Flying above planes, into the stratosphere, the balloons are the product of Loon, a company that has been putting years into this ...

Internet-beaming air balloons, developed by Google's sister company Alphabet under the name Project Loon, have racked up over one million hours in the sky -- while the network's AI has learned some ...

After eight years, Google’s parent couldn’t see a way to turn a profit off its effort to bring the internet to remote places via high-altitude balloons. A balloon of Google's "Project Loon" to supply ...

Alphabet-owned Loon and Peru-based rural mobile infrastructure operator Internet Para Todos Peru (IpT) have signed a deal that will see high-altitude balloons be used to expand mobile internet access ...

The video was uploaded to the Project Loon Google+ page. It sees Loon’s project leader Mike Cassidy giving a behind-the-scenes look at how Project Loon has progressed from its earliest stages to the ...

When Google announced “Project Loon” in 2013, a running joke behind the project was that no one thought a network of flying Internet balloons was a feasible idea. Eight years later, Google has decided ...