Google parent Alphabet has announced that it is letting the air out of its internet-beaming balloon project — the latest of the tech giant’s “moonshot” programs to get scrapped. Loon, which used ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc is shutting down Loon after concluding the business, which offers balloons as an alternative to cell towers, is not commercially viable, Google's parent ...

Google is notorious for retiring apps and services, whether those were in wide use or not. That doesn't apply to just software either and the company has sunset more than a handful of unsuccessful ...

A futuristic project by Google’s parent company Alphabet to provide internet from high flying balloons has burst. Loon, the Alphabet subsidiary that used giant balloons to beam internet to people in ...

Alphabet Inc. is scrapping its nine-year-old project to use high-altitude balloons to deliver internet access to remote areas. In a blog post Thursday, Alastair Westgarth, CEO of Alphabet’s Project ...

Google parent Alphabet Inc is shutting down its internet balloon business Loon, which aimed to provide a less expensive alternative to cell towers, saying on Thursday that "the road to commercial ...