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Scanpix Denmark/Sarah Christine Noergaard via Reuters Russian ships have recently been active in the vicinity of vital undersea fiber-optic cables that power the internet, texts, calls, and the world’s financial transactions. The US and its allies worry the Kremlin might be taking information warfare to new depths. A naval commander said the US hadn’t seen […]
Wim Wenders directed some of the best movies of the 1980s and 1990s – including Wings of Desire, Hammett, The End of Violence, and Paris, Texas – but hasn’t done a whole lot worth talking about as of late (at least in terms of narrative films; he did helm the wonderful 3D dance documentary Pina […]
Telegeography Data from telecom analytics firm Telegeography shows how cables connect the world. Military, intelligence, and political figures are warning about its fragility. Some claim Russia is willing and able to sever internet access as an act of war. This map shows how the huge, complicated network of undersea cables which keep the internet running is […]
The world’s internet infrastructure is vulnerable, but snipping a couple of lines is the least of your concerns. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a4eb389be5b814bd433d28f/master/pass/RussianSub-820352594-FeatureArt.jpg Feed: All Latest
Published time: 9 Jul, 2017 18:54 Edited time: 9 Jul, 2017 18:54 The European Space Agency has sent a team to the bottom of the sea to test a device designed to rescue incapacitated astronauts on the moon. The mock space mission saw four astronauts spend 10 days in the ESA’s Aquarius habitat in waters […]
Dolph Lundgren has joined the cast of Aquaman as undersea ruler Nereus! Entertainment Weekly
We’d know a lot more about what’s under the Earth’s crust if Jules Verne’s Icelandic volcano weren’t but a figment of his imagination. Japan’s Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology’s (JAMSTEC) largest drilling ship called “Chikyu” is very real, though, and a group of international researchers plan to use it to drill into the Earth’s […]
Undersea fiber optic lines are crucial to making the internet hum, but upgrading their capacity is no mean feat when you may have to replace thousands of miles of cables. Facebook and Nokia don’t think that’s necessary, though. They’ve successfully tested a technique that can boost the capacity of a fiber line by up to […]
