Earlier this year Google’s parent company Alphabet introduced Project Taara, a wireless optical communication technology that beams high-speed data using lasers instead of optical fiber. Now Alphabet ...

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 ...

Alphabet’s moonshot factory is reportedly developing a wearable device that could augment your hearing. According to a report from Insider, the company’s X lab is working on a project codenamed ...

Alphabet previously killed a robotics project called Everyday Robots. Now it's saying goodbye to another one: an exoskeleton project called Skip.

is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Alphabet’s X lab, the former Google division that launched the Waymo ...

A secretive company is reportedly working on a top-secret plan to give people superhuman hearing. X, a company focused on moonshot ideas that’s owned and operated by the Google parent Alphabet, is now ...

The last we heard, Alphabet’s smart city project was on hold due to privacy concerns, but now it’s moving forward--possibly even bigger than originally planned. Indeed, residents and local government ...