Google's sister company Loon is deploying a fleet of 35 solar-powered balloons that will provide internet service across more remote areas of Kenya by floating on stratospheric winds. More
Open-government advocate Bianca Wylie discusses her concerns over smart-city project Sidewalk Toronto in the fourth VDF talk in collaboration with reSITE. More
The Wing drone delivery system developed by Google is being used to deliver toilet paper and medicine to residents in lockdown in Virginia, USA. More
Apple, Google, Amazon and the Zigbee Alliance have joined forces to develop a smart-home standard that will mean new devices are likely to be compatible with any of their hubs and voice assistants. More
Influential companies should be leading the development of sustainable products, according to Google's vice president of hardware design Ivy Ross. More
Google's vice president of hardware design Ivy Ross has created an office building for her Silicon Valley team that is arranged around an atrium, skylight and staircase. More
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort teamed up with Google's Hardware Design Studio to curate this Tokyo exhibition demonstrating how the company's latest products can be integrated into living spaces. More
Google has created a fabric made of recycled plastic for the latest version of the Nest Mini speaker, which launched today along with an updated Pixel smartphone with two cameras on its back. More
New photos capture the latest progress on the headquarters that BIG and Heatherwick Studio have designed for Google in California's Mountain View. More
Google has released a beta feature for its Google Maps service called Live View, which uses augmented reality to show users which direction to walk in. More
Today's Google Doodle celebrates the centenary of the founding of influential German design school the Bauhaus. More
Google has partnered with scientists on a Milan design week exhibition that shows how different aesthetic experiences can impact our health and wellbeing. More
American studio ZGF Architects has transformed the interior of a 1940s hangar in Los Angeles into a Google office, featuring open workspaces, elevated walkways and exposed timber beams. More
Google's new California headquarters, designed by the studios of Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick, is captured in this aerial footage that shows its "circus tent" roof well underway. More
Italian architect Carlo Ratti and Alphabet company Sidewalk Labs have worked together on a modular paving system that can change the use of a street throughout the day. More
After disrupting our online activities, Google's parent company now wants to disrupt how cities work. Dezeen spoke to Rohit Aggarwala, head of urban systems at Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs, as it gears up to redevelop a major chunk of Toronto. More
Technology firms are increasingly looking to designers to help them shape the future and create objects with greater sensory appeal, according to Google's head of hardware design Ivy Ross. More
Google CEO Sundar Pichai began the company's annual developer conference, I/O, by correcting its burger and beer emojis. More
The headquarters of Facebook, Apple and Google feature in this series of relief sculptures by artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell. More
Dezeen spoke to Google's head of hardware design Ivy Ross, trend forecaster Li Edelkoort and The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond about how technology and lifestyle design can become more integrated. More
