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Alphabet is increasingly launching “moonshot” projects as independent companies — here’s why

Alphabet’s X moonshot factory is shifting how it brings ambitious technology projects to market, increasingly spinning them out as independent companies rather than keeping them within the Alphabet ...
Engadget

Alphabet's Taara chip uses light beams to provide high-speed internet

Alphabet has announced a new development for Taara's technology that could lead to low-cost, high-speed internet connectivity, even in far-flung locations. Taara's general manager, Mahesh Krishnaswamy ...
SDxCentral

Bharti Airtel and Alphabet's Taara project will use lasers for rural Internet in India

Indian telco Bharti Airtel and Google's parent Alphabet project are planning to use lasers to bring Internet services to remote parts of India. Taara, a project from Alphabet's X moonshot labs, aims ...
Observer

The 13 Executives Running Google and Alphabet’s Other Moonshot Projects

Ruth Porat, Sundar Pichai, Neal Mohan, Prabhakar Raghavan, Demis Hassabis and Tekedra Mawakana are among the company’s top executives. Getty Images In 2015, Page and Brin created the holding company ...
The Lowell Sun

Eye On Art: ‘Alphabet Project’ links Lowell, Fitchburg at UMass Lowell

It’s a big week for art in Lowell and Fitchburg, and the two cities are linked in the show opening this week at UMass Lowell’s University Gallery at 870 Broadway Street. The university’s department of ...
Benzinga.com

Jim Cramer Says Alphabet Should Follow Apple's Lead And Cut Ineffective Projects: 'Time Google...Start Focusing On Actually Making Some Money'

Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s “Mad Money,” has suggested that Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) should streamline its business operations, following the example of ...