After Vos left, Alphabet did not name a successor. The project now reports to Astro Teller, the longtime chief of X. Vos did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment on Tuesday.

Of course, you can take on an A-Z project at any point during the year but now seems to be, more than ever, a time when we need a bit of distraction. Once you've captured your 26 images, upload ...

Entrepreneur Jennifer Blakeley spent three years traveling across Canada with one goal in mind - to collect photographs of objects and scenery that resemble letters of the English alphabet. Her ...