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The fiber optic cables carrying your data were impossible to create until scientists solved a problem that seemed unsolvable: making glass 10 million times clearer than window panes. This breakthrough transformed global communication and made the modern internet possible.
A startup is building laser-based optical links that could let satellites talk to each other across different networks, creating a true internet in space. The technology could make space infrastructure as connected as the internet on Earth.
Starting September 15, 2026, Cloudflare will automatically block AI bots that scrape website content without permission, shifting power back to site owners. The move affects millions of websites and pressures tech giants like Google to separate search crawling from AI training.
Every email, video call, and meme you send likely travels through hair-thin glass fibers lying at the bottom of the ocean. Over 500 undersea cables spanning a million miles keep the world connected, and the first transatlantic fiber-optic cable was just pulled up after 38 years.
Climate change is opening a safer route for the internet. A bold new Arctic cable project could protect 90% of Europe's data from war zone disruptions.
New Zealand is rolling out 10 practical initiatives to safeguard the undersea internet and power cables that keep the country connected to the world. The low-cost measures include the nation's first simulated cable break exercise and new surveillance capabilities.
Google just declared war on one of the internet's most annoying tricks. Starting June 15, websites that trap visitors by hijacking the back button will be treated as spam and buried in search results.
In 1976, two Stanford researchers cracked a code problem that had stumped humanity for thousands of years. Their solution now protects every secure website you visit.
Right now, as you read this, your connection travels through fiber-optic cables lying hundreds of meters beneath the ocean. A global summit this week in Portugal celebrates the invisible network keeping 8 billion people connected.
The inventor of the World Wide Web says it's not too late to reclaim the internet from toxic algorithms and data monopolies. He's building new technology that puts users back in control of their own information.
India just opened up crucial airwaves that will bring faster internet speeds to homes across the country. The move ends years of uncertainty and could finally bring cutting-edge gaming consoles and tech to Indian consumers.