Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alphabet is letting the air out of its balloons for good. Google’s parent company said Thursday it’s shutting down its Loon ...

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 ...

In between beaming internet to people in developing countries and sometimes passing for UFOs, Alphabet's Loon balloons have been busy helping scientists study how our planet works. A team led by ...

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 ...