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Old 22nd January 2021, 11:03   #1
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Default Alphabet will 'wind down' Loon's internet-broadcasting balloons

In 2013 Google shocked us by announcing Project Loon, an effort to distribute wireless connections from balloons floating 20km above the Earth. Now, as first reported by Wired, Google’s parent company Alphabet is pulling the plug on it, apparently be...

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