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Google X’s Astro Teller: “We’re Not Going To Regulate AI”

Speaking in San Francisco, X’s Captain of Moonshots shared provocative thoughts about artificial intelligence.

Architect Sues Google For Allegedly Stealing Eco-Friendly Building Technology

Architect Eli Attia claims his technology was used to form the Google X startup Flux, and he was pushed out of the process.

Google Is Inventing Screens That Snap Together Like Lego

How A Team With Diverse Skill Sets Makes Google X More Productive

The Google X minds behind Project Loon may come from different backgrounds, but they’re speaking the same language.

The “Captain Of Moonshots” At Google X On The Importance Of Authenticity In Innovation

How the Google X team fails fast, and shoots for the moon.

Watch How Google X Employees Deal With Failure

An inside look at the inner-workings of Google’s top-secret research lab.

Google Is Selling Motorola Mobility, But Keeping The Most Interesting And High-Tech Division

Motorola’s Advanced Technology and Products division, which is responsible for the Moto X and the Project Ara modular phone, will reportedly stay with Google.

A Space Startup Unveils “FedEx To Moon” Spacecraft To Shoot For Google’s Lunar X Prize

A first look at the compact MoonEx’s MX-1 spacecraft, designed to bring payloads to the lunar surface and–eventually–bring precious minerals back.

These Teenage Girls Are Some Of The Most Promising Scientists Of The Future

Girls made up more than half of the finalists at Google’s Science Fair, the largest in the world. From turning banana peels into plastic to diagnosing skin cancer, here were a few of our favorite projects.

The Future Of Google’s Plan To Bring The Entire World Internet With Balloons

Google is moving ahead with Project Loon, a plan to use high-altitude balloons to provide Internet access to remote areas. But there are some challenges ahead before the project goes mainstream.

Google Is Trying To Give The Entire World Internet Access With High-Flying Balloons

The Truth Behind “Secret” Innovation At Nike, Apple, Google X

Innovating in “secret” is a growing trend–not just at corporate giants like Nike and Apple, but at any number of startups that claim to be in “stealth mode.” It’s part marketing, part strategic PR–and it can do as much to juice public perception as it can to foster internal culture.

Inside Google X’s Project Glass, Part I

Google’s Project Glass product lead Steve Lee walks us through his experience with the development of the company’s sci-fi-inspired eyewear–from his team’s “hundreds of variations and dozens of early prototypes” to his vision of the future.