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Introducing Equiano, a subsea cable from Portugal to South Africa

“Today we are introducing Equiano, our new private subsea cable that will connect Africa with Europe. Once complete, Equiano will start in western Europe and run along the West Coast of Africa, between Portugal and South Africa, with branching units …

Investing in Australia’s Connectivity and Digital Economy

“Over the last three years, Google has invested US$47 billion (approx. A$67.8 billion) in CAPEX to improve our infrastructure globally. Today we’re happy to announce that the INDIGO cable system, which connects Sydney, Perth and Singapore …

FAA Certifies Google’s Wing Drone Delivery Company To Operate As An Airline

“The Federal Aviation Administration has certified Alphabet’s Wing Aviation to operate as an airline, in a first for U.S. drone delivery companies. Wing, which began as a Google X project, has been testing its autonomous drones in southwest …

Google completes subsea cable to Chile in global cloud push

“Alphabet Inc’s Google has completed a 10,000-kilometer (6,214-mile) subsea cable linking the coast of California to Chile, a key step in its plans to bolster its global cloud computing infrastructure. The cable, dubbed the “Curie” project, arrived …

Google and other tech giants are quietly buying up the most important part of the internet

“Google makes billions from its cloud platform. Now it’s using those billions to buy up the internet itself — or at least the submarine cables that make up the internet backbone. In February, the company announced its intention to move …

Wing launches commercial air delivery service in Canberra

“Wing envisions a future when everyone can have access to goods they need as soon as they need them, delivered straight to their doorstep. Today, we are excited to be launching our first air delivery service in North Canberra. Our …

A recipe for beating the record of most-calculated digits of pi

“Today, March 14, is Pi Day (3.14). Here at Google, we’re celebrating the day with a new milestone: A team at Google has broken the Guinness World Records title for most accurate value of pi. Whether or not …

Machine learning can boost the value of wind energy

“Carbon-free technologies like renewable energy help combat climate change, but many of them have not reached their full potential. Consider wind power: over the past decade, wind farms have become an important source of carbon-free electricity as the cost of …

Google extends chip-making efforts to design hub Bengaluru

“Alphabet Inc’s Google has hired more than a dozen microchip engineers in Bengaluru, India, in recent months and plans to rapidly add more, according to LinkedIn profiles, job postings and two industry executives, as the search firm expands its …

3D Printed Realism from Stratasys Helps Bring Ancient Artifacts to Life

“Underscoring the power of realism in 3D printed models, Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS) and Google Arts and Culture are re-imagining some of the world’s most cherished artifacts and historical monuments through additive manufacturing. Backed by advanced color and multi-material functionality …