A programmable photonic circuit has been developed that can execute various quantum algorithms and is potentially highly scalable. This device could pave the way for large-scale quantum computers ...

Pity internet users in the Middle East and Asia who have been forced to struggle either without the internet or with painfully slow downloads. The issue stems from a simple incident: the severing of ...

I bet you imagine the internet as a magical cloud floating wirelessly between satellites and Wi-Fi routers. Nope. It’s mostly underwater. Nearly all of your “in the cloud” traffic actually travels ...

Investigators are trying to crack the mystery of how two undersea internet cables in the Baltic Sea were cut within hours of each other, with European officials saying they believe the disruption was ...

Virginia Beach reached a monumental milestone on Feb. 10 with the announcement that construction is underway to accommodate up to four new subsea cables, advancing the plan of the Hampton ...

The United States government is adding new tools to prevent Chinese technology companies from using its computer systems for undersea internet cables. These cables are the invisible backbone of the ...

The subsea cables that underpin the internet are at risk of Russian attack. The West is seeking to defend the cables, but it's a tough task. NATO has a backup plan — to reroute some data through space ...

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 ...

From data centers to AI to 5G internet, how we use the internet has a much bigger effect on our Earth than we might imagine. Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all ...

The government has been urged to step up defences to sabotage threats from Russia against undersea cables that provide critical internet connections for financial services, datacentres and military ...