A Google Project Loon internet balloon is seen at the Google I/O 2016 developers conference in Mountain View, California May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
SAN FRANCISCO: Google parent company Alphabet on Jan 11 confirmed that it is opting for balloons instead of drones in its quest to deliver Internet service from the sky.
Alphabet, which not only owns Google but also Google X, which is devoted to creating world-changing new technologies, told AFP that it gave up on its Internet drone project, called Titan, about a year ago.
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