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Most tech companies will spend their time and energy debugging their code - Google however is taking a much more literal approach.
The massive tech giant has asked permission from the US government to release up to 32 million sterilised mosquitos in California and Florida, to lower the spread of illness-inducing bugs.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reviewing Google's request to release up to 16 million mosquitoes annually over the span of two years, using the Sterile Insect Technique.
Kiwi entomologist Rachael Horner told Nights Google was wanting to release mosquitoes it had mass reared in the lab into the environment where they would mate with mild mosquitoes and produce no offspring.
