Anchors don't just dent hulls — they can rip into undersea internet cables. Here's why it happens more than you'd think, and ...

Last month, submarine cables in the Red Sea were mysteriously severed, disrupting internet service in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. This hardly registered in America, but it should have. Targeted ...

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 ...

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.

The Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane, is now a vulnerable point for undersea internet cables due to escalating West Asian tensions. Disruptions have halted crucial repair operations, impacting ...

The modern internet still depends on something surprisingly physical: a lattice of seafloor cables that carries nearly ...

NAN reports further that in an earlier statement, MainOne had declared a force majeure on its contractual obligations while explaining steps to restore connectivity. The organisation made this known ...

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 ...

Undersea cables have become central to Southeast Asia’s security calculus as the US–China rivalry spills onto the seabed. Disruptions in Europe and Taiwan show how cables can be weaponised, while ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An operator installs undersea fiber optic cable at Arrietara beach near the Spanish Basque village of Sopelana. The infrastructure ...