Google X has introduced the Taara chip, a fingernail-sized invention that taps the "virtually limitless" potential of light-based internet connectivity.

Google Fiber, now called GFiber ... and GFiber will even scan your network for quality and can determine if you need a mesh extender. For the 1GB plan, you'll get a Nest Wifi Pro router.

An experimental process for more cheaply and quickly rolling out speedy fiber internet didn't pan out, forcing Google Fiber to pull out of Louisville. Google's trick to more rapidly and cheaply ...

Google Fiber has made its 2Gbps service "widely available" in Nashville, Tennessee, and Huntsville, Alabama, the company said Thursday. Fiber conducted tests in those areas earlier this year.