History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.

Countries have come to rely on a network of cables and pipes under the sea for their energy and communications. So it has been worrying to read headlines about communications cables being cut and, in ...

The Hidden Nervous System of the Digital Economy In the popular imagination, the internet is often depicted as an intangible cloud floating above the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chair Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., of the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security speaks ...

MILAN — The increased frequency of underwater infrastructure damage across Europe has raised legal challenges related to the jurisdiction and ownership of undersea cables, which may limit NATO’s ...

Taiwan's digital lifeline—its undersea cable network—faces mounting security threats as geopolitical tensions escalate in the Indo-Pacific. The island, which relies on these cables for over 99% of its ...

In the early days of the pandemic, I began pondering the idea of healing. I stumbled upon a story about a cable repair vessel, the Leon Thevenin, which had attended to a cable break off the west coast ...

Forecasting earthquakes presents a serious challenge on land, but in the oceans that cover around 70% of Earth's surface it is all but impossible. However, the vast network of undersea cables that ...

Google has announced plans to build a new network of high-capacity subsea cables and fiber-optic routes connecting India with the ...

The rise of artificial intelligence is changing the physical environment in North Carolina and across the South. Companies are building data centers all over the region. AI-driven applications are ...

Meta (formerly Facebook) plans to build the world's longest undersea cable that will be longer than the Earth is round. The high-capacity, fiber-optic cable that will link five continents will span a ...