Skip to main content

Alphabet

Alphabet now has $2 billion more in cash to spend on ... something
Technology

Money is cheap; moonshots aren’t.

By Mark Bergen
Drones from Google’s Alphabet will take flight soon. But can they outmatch Amazon?
Technology

There’s a difference in focus: Package delivery versus managing low-altitude airspace.

By Mark Bergen
Google’s Alphabet is part of a $700 million effort to cure disease without meds
Technology

Verily and pharma giant GSK will pour the money into “bioelectronics.”

By Mark Bergen
Google Fiber plans to use cheap wireless tech to beat the cable guys
Technology

CFO Ruth Porat gives the unit a shout-out.

By Mark Bergen
Google just showed Wall Street growth where it needed to — in its non-ads business
Technology

Looking to the cloud.

By Mark Bergen
Self-driving cars, Fiber and Alphabet’s other non-Google moonshots lost $859 million this past quarter
Technology

Both revenue and losses increased a bit.

By Mark Bergen and Noah Kulwin
Technology
Here are two numbers to watch as Google tries to prove it’s not just an ads businessHere are two numbers to watch as Google tries to prove it’s not just an ads business
Technology

An other from another mother.

By Mark Bergen
Nest’s new outdoor camera uses Google AI to see if there’s a person at your door
Technology

The fourth Nest hardware product has arrived.

By Mark Bergen
Google’s self-driving car unit just hired its first legal chief
Technology

Those cars can’t counsel themselves.

By Mark Bergen
Technology
Inside Alphabet’s money-spinning, terrorist-foiling, gigabit Wi-Fi kiosksInside Alphabet’s money-spinning, terrorist-foiling, gigabit Wi-Fi kiosks
Technology

The urban sidewalk kiosks from Sidewalk Labs will sport a battery of sensors to monitor cities, traffic and suspicious packages.

By Mark Harris
Nest has filed a patent for a ‘smart’ baby crib
Technology

Is this the long-awaited fourth product?

By Mark Bergen
Why Nest didn’t build Google’s competitor to the Amazon Echo
Technology

What happened to the consumer hardware arm of Google? It’s complicated.

By Mark Bergen
Google’s Alphabet just appointed a former Federal Reserve official to its board
Technology

Roger Ferguson gets to help put money into moonshots.

By Mark Bergen
Meet the product chief Google picked to fight Apple and Amazon for control of your home
Technology

The man behind Google Home.

By Mark Bergen
Tech’s newest obsession is finding ways to overhaul cities
Technology

Y Combinator and Alphabet are moving in on old terrain.

By Mark Bergen
Google Fiber is buying high-speed internet provider Webpass to expand its reach in cities
Technology

The deal gives the Alphabet unit a foothold in apartments and businesses.

By Mark Bergen
Nest is pushing further into the energy business with SolarCity partnership
Technology

Will saving dollars on utility bills save the company?

By Mark Bergen
Google Fiber is headed to Dallas to step up its big-city game
Technology

In major cities, the economics of Alphabet’s unit will be put to the test.

By Mark Bergen
Even under Alphabet, Google executives keep the same old tight control over shares
Technology

New name, same old stock.

By Mark Bergen
Technology
Who is Marwan Fawaz and can he get Nest back on track?Who is Marwan Fawaz and can he get Nest back on track?
Technology

A look at the newest, low-key CEO under Alphabet.

By Mark Bergen
Technology
Nest CEO Tony Fadell is outNest CEO Tony Fadell is out
Technology

Former Motorola exec Marwan Fawaz will replace him.

By Mark Bergen
Here’s why fake-meat startup Impossible Foods wouldn’t sell to Google
Technology

Can too many moonshot ideas be a bad thing?

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Nest CEO Tony Fadell talks live backstage at the Code ConferenceNest CEO Tony Fadell talks live backstage at the Code Conference
Technology

Hear about his latest venture — a startup building electric go-karts.

By Mark Bergen
Two top Nest sales leads are out the door
Technology

Gone are the head of sales for the Americas and one of his deputies.

By Mark Bergen
Google Fiber is the most audacious part of the whole Alphabet
Technology

Forget self-driving cars and drones. Five years later, where is Google’s broadband business going?

By Mark Bergen
Technology
Google and Chrysler are making 100 self-driving minivans to test their robot car systemGoogle and Chrysler are making 100 self-driving minivans to test their robot car system
Technology
Google is building a new hardware division under former Motorola chief Rick OsterlohGoogle is building a new hardware division under former Motorola chief Rick Osterloh
Technology

Google Glass finally gets a home.

By Mark Bergen and Ina Fried
Technology
Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s new letter lays out how Google plans to win with AIGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai’s new letter lays out how Google plans to win with AI
Technology

Sundar has a six-point plan.

By Mark Bergen
Technology
Live: Google talks to Wall Street after a Q1 missLive: Google talks to Wall Street after a Q1 miss
Technology

Not a huge miss. But a miss.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Google is worried about finding its next Alphabet business after searchGoogle is worried about finding its next Alphabet business after search
Technology

What to look for in Alphabet first-quarter earnings.

By Mark Bergen
Technology
Europe is officially going after Google for anti-competitive behavior with AndroidEurope is officially going after Google for anti-competitive behavior with Android
Technology

Google has 12 weeks to respond.

By Mark Bergen
Technology
Here are some of the brutal memes Googlers created about Tony Fadell and NestHere are some of the brutal memes Googlers created about Tony Fadell and Nest
Technology

“Tony is the new Vic.”

By Mark Bergen
Technology
This Mattress Will Tell You if You’re Being Cheated OnThis Mattress Will Tell You if You’re Being Cheated On
Technology

Or maybe just if someone is jumping up and down on the bed.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Inside Alphabet’s ‘Moonshot Factory,’ Killing Projects Is CelebratedInside Alphabet’s ‘Moonshot Factory,’ Killing Projects Is Celebrated
Technology

“Sometimes shifting your perspective is more powerful than being smart.”

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Alphabet is plotting a digital city full of Google cars, high-speed Internet and maybe more!Alphabet is plotting a digital city full of Google cars, high-speed Internet and maybe more!
Technology

Why would Sidewalk Labs build a “digital district?”

By Mark Bergen
Technology
Google Fiber wants to beam wireless Internet to your homeGoogle Fiber wants to beam wireless Internet to your home
Technology

If Craig Barratt can make it work, it’s going to be big news for Internet users.

By Mark Bergen
Technology
Verily, Alphabet’s medical business, is profitable, Sergey Brin tells GooglersVerily, Alphabet’s medical business, is profitable, Sergey Brin tells Googlers
Technology

The unit once called Google Life Sciences is making money on a “cash basis.”

By Mark Bergen
Technology
Nest CEO Tony Fadell went to Google’s all-hands meeting to defend Nest. Here’s what he said.Nest CEO Tony Fadell went to Google’s all-hands meeting to defend Nest. Here’s what he said.
Technology

Fadell tells Googlers that Nest beat its first-quarter sales targets.

By Mark Bergen
Technology
Google Fiber is ending a free-Internet offer in its first cityGoogle Fiber is ending a free-Internet offer in its first city
Technology

What the changes in Kansas tell us about Alphabet unit’s ambitions.

By Mark Bergen