Chinese-flagged cargo ship Yi Peng 3 crossed both submarine cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke ~society politics Link 28 votes
The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet going ~tech internet Article 1264 words, published Apr 16 2024 21 votes
Internet outage hits several African countries as undersea cables fail ~tech internet Article 333 words 29 votes
UK and Denmark launch Viking Link underwater cable project – potential to transport enough electricity to power up to 2.5 million UK homes ~enviro energy.renewable Link 13 votes
Roar of cicadas was so loud, it was picked up by fiber-optic cables ~science Article 1265 words 11 votes
Viking Link joins UK and Denmark power grids for first time – 765km high-voltage cable joins Bicker Fen in Lincolnshire with Jutland in Denmark ~enviro energy.renewable Article 42 words 10 votes
World's longest undersea power connection was today switched on, allowing Norway and the UK to share renewable energy ~enviro energy.renewable Link 14 votes
PG&E will bury 10,000 miles of power lines so they don't spark wildfires ~enviro energy Article 815 words 10 votes
Work has begun on Viking Link, the world's longest electricity interconnector which will allow power to travel between the UK and Denmark ~enviro energy.renewable Article 257 words 5 votes
Researchers claim new internet speed record of 44.2 Tbps over a standard optical fiber cable, using a single integrated chip ~tech internet Article 400 words 9 votes
Norway is postponing a decision on whether to allow companies to construct a new subsea power cable between it and Scotland ~enviro Article 238 words 4 votes
Cut undersea cable plunges Yemen into days-long internet outage ~tech internet Article 722 words 6 votes
"The hacker tourist ventures forth across the wide and wondrous meatspace of three continents, chronicling the laying of the longest wire on Earth." (Neal Stephenson, 1996) ~tech Article 5 votes
The island nation of Tonga is facing a near-total internet blackout. The country’s only undersea cable was damaged during a storm. ~tech Article 488 words 12 votes
Underwater fiber-optic cables could moonlight as earthquake sensors ~tech Article 472 words, published Jul 11 2018 6 votes
Deal to be inked for Solomon Islands undersea internet cable Australia stopped China building ~tech internet Article 1030 words 3 votes