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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The test flights will offer 3G-like speeds to 50 testers in the country and the firm hopes to strengthen its fleet of balloons to increase internet provision. Google said the balloons would drift on a ...