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Digital LTE Google blew $100 million a year building giant balloons to spread internet access. Insiders describe how Larry Page's passion project imploded.

Google blew $100 million a year building giant balloons to spread internet access. Insiders describe how Larry Page's passion project imploded.

Tuesday, 16 February 2021 17:45 Digital - LTE
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Loon/Alphabet; Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images; Samantha Lee/Insider In January, Alphabet announced it would shutter its internet balloon business, Loon. It followed years of inflating costs and geopolitical headaches for the team.


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