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New robots from Alphabet’s X (probably!) won’t kill youNew robots from Alphabet’s X (probably!) won’t kill you
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Meet the less Skynet-y robot.

By Mark Bergen
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Two key Nest veterans are leaving, including its hardware engineering chiefTwo key Nest veterans are leaving, including its hardware engineering chief
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About that vesting period ...

By Mark Bergen
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Google Ventures Bans Investments in North Carolina Until Anti-LGBT Law Is RepealedGoogle Ventures Bans Investments in North Carolina Until Anti-LGBT Law Is Repealed
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The state law could hit its growing life sciences industry.

By Mark Bergen
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With $340 million in revenue, Nest is underperforming, and its future at Google is at riskWith $340 million in revenue, Nest is underperforming, and its future at Google is at risk
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All’s not well at Nest.

By Mark Bergen
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Google Fiber Now Has a Landline Phone Service in Its Fight Against TelcosGoogle Fiber Now Has a Landline Phone Service in Its Fight Against Telcos
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A Google Voice for fly-over country.

By Mark Bergen
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Dropcam Founder: Selling to Nest and Google Was a ‘Mistake’Dropcam Founder: Selling to Nest and Google Was a ‘Mistake’
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A bitter feud brews at Alphabet.

By Mark Bergen
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Google’s Alphabet Has a CEO ProblemGoogle’s Alphabet Has a CEO Problem
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What we can learn from three recent tales out of Alphabet’s top ranks.

By Mark Bergen
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Nest’s Next Frontier for the Smart Home Is All About Security (If It Can Pull It Off)Nest’s Next Frontier for the Smart Home Is All About Security (If It Can Pull It Off)
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For Alphabet’s home unit, a stall in getting things out the door.

By Mark Bergen
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Google Is Shopping for Cloud Companies. On the List: Namely and Shopify.Google Is Shopping for Cloud Companies. On the List: Namely and Shopify.
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A plan may be shaping up to buy some cloud software companies whose customers are in the mid-market.

By Arik Hesseldahl and Mark Bergen
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Google Fiber Has Only 54,000 TV Subscribers, and Sign-Ups Are SlowingGoogle Fiber Has Only 54,000 TV Subscribers, and Sign-Ups Are Slowing
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Wall Street is starting to get antsy with Alphabet’s most expensive unit.

By Mark Bergen
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It’s Amazon Echo’s world, now Alphabet’s Nest just lives in itIt’s Amazon Echo’s world, now Alphabet’s Nest just lives in it
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Why Nest wishes it built an Echo, and why it didn’t.

By Mark Bergen
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Alphabet’s Eric Schmidt to Lead Pentagon Board to Make Defense Department Tech SavvierAlphabet’s Eric Schmidt to Lead Pentagon Board to Make Defense Department Tech Savvier
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The Pentagon extends an olive branch to Silicon Valley.

By Mark Bergen
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Google’s Self-Driving Car Hit Another Vehicle for the First TimeGoogle’s Self-Driving Car Hit Another Vehicle for the First Time
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It’s unclear if Google’s system was at fault.

By Mark Bergen
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Google Fiber Is Finally Coming to Where All the Startups AreGoogle Fiber Is Finally Coming to Where All the Startups Are
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San Francisco will make the fifth active city for Alphabet’s high-speed Internet biz.

By Mark Bergen
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Google Robot Doesn’t Punch You if You Knock It Down. Yet.Google Robot Doesn’t Punch You if You Knock It Down. Yet.
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Meet Atlas, the five-foot-nine, 180-pound -- and shockingly dexterous -- robot.

By Mark Bergen
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Sidewalk Labs, Google’s Company for Cities, Builds Its Inaugural Executive TeamSidewalk Labs, Google’s Company for Cities, Builds Its Inaugural Executive Team
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Two Googlers and two veteran city officials join CEO Dan Doctoroff on the exec team.

By Mark Bergen
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Alphabet Now Has Its Own Think Tank, as Google Ideas Becomes JigsawAlphabet Now Has Its Own Think Tank, as Google Ideas Becomes Jigsaw
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Cool name!

By Kurt Wagner
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After Nearly Going Pop, Google’s Project Loon Heads Into Carrier Testing This YearAfter Nearly Going Pop, Google’s Project Loon Heads Into Carrier Testing This Year
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But it wasn’t easy. “We busted a lot of balloons,” moonshot chief Astro Teller said during a talk at the TED conference.

By Ina Fried
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Google’s Alphabet Poaches Intel Veteran Jim Campbell as Its First ControllerGoogle’s Alphabet Poaches Intel Veteran Jim Campbell as Its First Controller
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Alphabet gets employee number six.

By Mark Bergen
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Google to Federal Government: Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Typical CarsGoogle to Federal Government: Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Typical Cars
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Does a robot car need a turn-signal switch?

By Mark Bergen
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Federal Government Will Treat Google’s Driverless Car System as a Legal DriverFederal Government Will Treat Google’s Driverless Car System as a Legal Driver
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Another regulatory win for the Alphabet arm.

By Mark Bergen
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Alphabet Over Apple? Valuations and Trajectories.Alphabet Over Apple? Valuations and Trajectories.
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Focusing too much on who’s in first place risks missing the point.

By Jan Dawson
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The Alphabet Reorganization Made Google’s Weekly Meetings a Little More Down to EarthThe Alphabet Reorganization Made Google’s Weekly Meetings a Little More Down to Earth
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It is Sundar’s show now.

By Mark Bergen
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‘Too Embarrassed to Ask’: Can Wearable Tech Save Your Life?‘Too Embarrassed to Ask’: Can Wearable Tech Save Your Life?
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Also: Is Google CEO Sundar Pichai secretly a robot? (No.)

By Eric Johnson
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Google Is Giving Its Fiber Internet Away Free to Public Housing ResidentsGoogle Is Giving Its Fiber Internet Away Free to Public Housing Residents
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The second Obama-Alphabet tie-up in as many months.

By Mark Bergen
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Google’s Other Bets Eat Up Less Cash (And Make Less Money) Than We ThoughtGoogle’s Other Bets Eat Up Less Cash (And Make Less Money) Than We Thought
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Moonshots in the mirror may be smaller than they appear.

By Mark Bergen
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Google Surpasses Apple as the Most Valuable Public Company in the WorldGoogle Surpasses Apple as the Most Valuable Public Company in the World
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Both companies are still worth more than half a trillion each.

By Noah Kulwin
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Here’s How Much Google Has Spent on Robot Cars, Internet Balloons, Its Anti-Aging Lab and So OnHere’s How Much Google Has Spent on Robot Cars, Internet Balloons, Its Anti-Aging Lab and So On
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Google lost $3.6 billion on moonshots in 2015.

By Mark Bergen and Noah Kulwin
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Google Beats Wall Street Expectations on Earnings, Unloads Alphabet DetailsGoogle Beats Wall Street Expectations on Earnings, Unloads Alphabet Details
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The Alphabet numbers are finally here.

By Mark Bergen
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What to Look For When Google Unmasks Its Alphabet Moonshot Numbers TodayWhat to Look For When Google Unmasks Its Alphabet Moonshot Numbers Today
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It’s Alphabet debut day!

By Mark Bergen
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Re/wind: Last Week’s Earnings Reports Were All About iPhone Sales and a Surging FacebookRe/wind: Last Week’s Earnings Reports Were All About iPhone Sales and a Surging Facebook
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Perhaps the beginning of a different era for Apple.

By Noah Kulwin
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Here’s How Google Is Prepping Wall Street for Its First Alphabet EarningsHere’s How Google Is Prepping Wall Street for Its First Alphabet Earnings
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A look at what is coming for the Alphabet debut.

By Mark Bergen
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Google’s Best Bet for More Moonshot Money? The Boring Old Enterprise.Google’s Best Bet for More Moonshot Money? The Boring Old Enterprise.
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What’s after search? A look to the cloud.

By Mark Bergen
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Google X Has a New Logo and New Plan to Turn Moonshots Into Actual BusinessesGoogle X Has a New Logo and New Plan to Turn Moonshots Into Actual Businesses
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The experimental lab wants to be Alphabet’s incubator.

By Mark Bergen
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In First Public Comments, Self-Driving Car CEO Urges Automakers to Buy Into Google’s Driverless VisionIn First Public Comments, Self-Driving Car CEO Urges Automakers to Buy Into Google’s Driverless Vision
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Is it Google’s way or the highway?

By Mark Bergen
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Meet Sidewalk Labs, Google’s Company That’s Trying to Fix Cities and the Internet All at OnceMeet Sidewalk Labs, Google’s Company That’s Trying to Fix Cities and the Internet All at Once
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A planned citywide network of super-fast Wi-Fi nodes hints at wider urban objectives at the Google-backed outfit.

By Mark Bergen and Arik Hesseldahl
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The Price Tag for Google’s New Enterprise Czar: $380 MillionThe Price Tag for Google’s New Enterprise Czar: $380 Million
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Diane Greene, a looming figure in the cloud world, didn’t come cheap.

By Mark Bergen
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Re/wind: Here’s What Re/code Has to Say About 2016Re/wind: Here’s What Re/code Has to Say About 2016
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Expect more of the same in 2016.

By Noah Kulwin
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What’s He Building in There? The Stealth Attempt to Defeat Aging at Google’s Calico.What’s He Building in There? The Stealth Attempt to Defeat Aging at Google’s Calico.
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Two years after launching, Google’s longevity lab remains shrouded in mystery.

By Mark Bergen
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Meet Google Capital, the Investing Arm With the Keys to the Googleplex KingdomMeet Google Capital, the Investing Arm With the Keys to the Googleplex Kingdom
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For startups, taking cash from Google Capital means access to Google’s smarts.

By Mark Bergen