[Opossum]

Totally agree. This seems like a clickbait title to cash in on the "yet-another-cancelled-Alphabet-moonshot". It's unfortunate that this particular article about this story is on the front page of HN when there are several others[1] that contradict this headline and actually even provide more information.

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/16/how-googles-project-loon-b... http://www.businessinsider.com/project-loon-x-google-alphabe... http://www.recode.net/2017/2/16/14640470/alphabets-balloon-b... https://news.fastcompany.com/alphabet-uses-ai-to-expand-cove... https://www.cnet.com/au/news/google-alphabet-project-loon-la... http://mashable.com/2017/02/16/google-loon-balloon-internet-... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/16/google-pr... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4233028/Alphabe...