A Chinese ship has tested a new device capable of slicing through submarine data cables thousands of meters beneath the ocean surface. That demonstration may exacerbate security concerns over a spate ...

Harvard Free Online Courses: Harvard University is offering a range of free online courses for learners interested in artificial intelligence, data science, and programming. These self-paced and ...

Iran has reportedly threatened to damage undersea internet cables in the Red Sea, a move that will have a significant impact on internet speed across multiple countries in the world. Notably, the ...

A tidy PC interior is not only nice to look at, but also makes sense. Good cable management ensures better air circulation, facilitates maintenance, and can even extend the service life of individual ...

There’s a reason we’re called WIRED. If there’s one thing most of today's gadgets have in common, it’s that they typically need to be plugged in from time to time. But all those cables, cords, and ...

TL;DR: Sharks are often blamed for damaging undersea cables, but the real forces reshaping the Atlantic's fiber backbone are engineers, grapnels, and diesel-electric ships retrieving decades-old glass ...

Sharks are innocent. Or at least they’re not eating the internet. As a family of cartilaginous fish, sharks are collectively not guilty of most, if not all, charges of biting, chomping, chewing, or ...

For years, the pay TV business seemed to defy gravity. Even as people were flocking to the internet, cable TV subscriptions stayed in place. That's no longer the case. The business has been eroding ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Cable is dying, but it’s a slow death. And — worse — it’s ...

A high-stakes rivalry is playing out over a vast but vulnerable web of underwater cables that carry nearly all global internet traffic It was a February night off Taiwan’s southwest coast when cargo ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The introduction of USB Type-C in 2014 was a welcome change for consumer technology. Users had grown frustrated with the confusing mess of ...

In the midst of US-Soviet tensions over Berlin in early 1959, five transatlantic submarine cables suddenly stopped working. Alarm bells rang in Washington since these undersea information networks ...