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Tl;DR: Google X is a subset of Google for researching technology concepts. Taara used to be under Google X but is now spinning out to its own company.

Taara is spinning out of X to become an independent company with a mission to bring high-speed, affordable and abundant connectivity to people everywhere using beams of light.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'm predicting they build it in just 2 or 3 cities, then quit.

Again.

[–] AbidanYre 11 points 19 hours ago

Google fiber apparently still exists.

I was very surprised to find that out just now.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Too good to be true.
Light is light (or just THz range of frequency), there are the reasons why it isn't mainstream.
E.g. fog, heavy rain, snow, hot air "artifacts", etc.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Great, now we got two "X" companies.