Alphabet Inc.

Sara Thomas, Ajay Deshpande

After an introduction happened in Vegas, it didn’t stay in Vegas.

They Promised Us Jet Packs. They Promised the Bosses Profit.

Alphabet’s X research lab is still being asked to imagine the impossible. Only now, under pressure from investors, it has to imagine making money, too.

By CONOR DOUGHERTY

Google, Trying to Endear Itself to Europe, Spreads $450 Million Around

The company is financing a series of projects supporting European culture and education as its regulatory woes continue to compound.

By MARK SCOTT