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The lightweight nature of Google’s balloons, however, comes with certain advantages. Free internet access sounds benevolent, but flying dozens or even hundreds of aircraft in constant orbit over a sovereign nation can raise a lot of questions from local governments. "Whatever goes into China’s airspace is going to end up on the ground," says McClatchie with a chuckle. Project Loon is far more innocuous, joining upwards of 70,000 weather balloons that orbit the planet at any given time. Given the US history with drones, many countries may be nervous about allowing a private fleet of them to orbit in their airspace, even if Facebook promises they’re doing nothing beyond providing internet access. … [Read more...] about Google’s balloons versus Facebook’s drones: the dogfight to send internet from the sky

One year ago this Saturday, Google first presented its plans for Project Loon, a program aimed at blanketing the globe in internet from connected balloons hovering high above the earth. Since then, Google has only given a few updates about its ambitious plan, but today it tells Wired that it has a lot in store for Project Loon over the next year. Namely, that includes actually getting the program up and running and having real people use it. "On Loon’s two-year birthday, I would hope, instead of running experiments, we’ll have a more or less permanent set of balloons," Google X leader Astro Teller tells Wired. "In one or several countries, you will turn on your phone and talk to the balloons." … [Read more...] about Google wants to start beaming internet from its high-altitude balloons next year

Google has unveil what it's calling its "latest moonshot" out of the Google X labs. It's called "Project Loon," and as reported last month, it involved sending up a huge number of giant balloons to beam down internet access to remote regions around the globe. Google says that balloons make sense for this purpose — they're cheap to deploy and can provide wireless coverage in areas that would otherwise be difficult to serve due to geography. … [Read more...] about Google unveils ‘Project Loon,’ an experiment to bring balloon-powered internet to ‘the entire world’

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, launched Loon in June 2013, and Loon “graduated” from a moonshot to an independent company within Alphabet in 2018. Loon launched its first commercial internet service in Kenya in July, comprised of a fleet of about 35 balloons that covered an area of around 50,000 square kilometers. Loon has also provided internet services to areas affected by natural disasters, deploying balloons to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in 2017 and to Peru following an earthquake in 2019. … [Read more...] about Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company

Avoiding vaccine-related fraudThe FBI urges people to be wary of any email, text message or phone call that comes from a sender you don't recognize and offers information about the coronavirus vaccine. As with any message from an unknown sender, don't click, download or share your password. Get your information about vaccines from official sources, like state and local health departments, the Food and Drug Administration and your doctor. … [Read more...] about Phishing scams use the promise of COVID-19 vaccines to trick you