CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand's South Island ...

Scientists from the technology giant released up to 30 helium-filled test balloons flying 20 kilometres above Christchurch in New Zealand on Saturday, carrying antennae linked to ground base stations.

Google hopes to bring the internet to more people around the world through the use of high-altitude balloons, the internet services giant announced Saturday. Google says that two out of every three ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Google is launching Internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons with the lofty goal of getting the entire planet online.

Google’s Project Loon is sort of insane. Then again, that’s kind of the point. And to make it actually work, the squadrons of balloons are taking a cue from ...

REUTERS - Google Inc has launched a small network of balloons over the Southern Hemisphere in an experiment it hopes could bring reliable Internet access to the world's most remote regions, the ...

A Google Loon internet balloon floats over Butte on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. According to the Loon project website, which is now listed as discontinued, the goal was to bring internet access to remote ...

Google’s bet on balloons to deliver cell service soon faces a crucial test amid doubts about the viability of the technology by some potential customers. Loon says its balloons will reach Kenya in the ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand's South Island hardened ...