The Alphabet “moonshot” project is launching a new chip to deliver high-speed internet with light instead of radio waves.

Google's Taara chip could bring Internet connections to areas previously unreachable by existing technology, with speeds ...

X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory, has been developing the Taara chip for many years. Now, with this new silicon photonic chip, ...

Yes, you heard that correctly: This technology harnesses light signals to connect to the internet. Unlike Wi-Fi, which uses radio waves to create a wireless connection, Li-Fi relies on light to ...

A project from Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is debuting a new chip that promises to deliver gigabit internet speeds ...

Alphabet has announced a new development for Taara's technology that could lead to low-cost, high-speed internet connectivity ...

Over at the company’s moonshot factory X, researchers have developed a chip that they believe should enable us to deliver high-speed internet access via beams of light, opening up the ...

Google has been offering Internet access in developing countries via simple light beams, without the need for fiber-optic ...

For years now, Alphabet's Taara division has been delivering internet connectivity in far-flung areas with traffic-light-sized transmitters that communicate over long distances using beams of light.

This map shows how undersea cables build the backbone of the internet. Submarine Cable Map / NA By using light as its medium, Taara is able to find near-infinite bandwidth in the middle of the ...