Google spent a decade trying to make a balloon-powered cell network

A project initially spawned out of Google's "X" moonshot factory is finally being abandoned after over a decade of research and experimentation. The project, called Loon, was supposed to be a balloon-powered wireless network that provided data service to even the most remote areas of the planet. Loon, which is now under the X umbrella of Google parent company Alphabet, couldn't find a way to be profitable. Hey, so, remember Loon? If your answer was "um, no," don't feel bad, because most people h...