Countries have come to rely on a network of cables and pipes under the sea for their energy and communications. So it has been worrying to read headlines about communications cables being cut and, in ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said Sunday, though it wasn’t immediately clear what ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said Sunday, though it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the ...

March 4, 2025: Since late 2024 there have been several underwater cables cut in the Baltic Sea. The cable tampered with included one for power, one for data and one for natural gas. The damage was ...

Underwater cables are the unsung heroes of the digital age, forming the backbone of the global internet and supporting the burgeoning demands of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. As AI ...

This week, Singapore will host the world’s largest gathering of experts in the field of undersea data cables when more than 1,000 will meet for the annual Submarine Networks World conference. The ...

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 ...

A major Nato base is at risk of being knocked out by a coordinated attack on the subsea cables serving Britain, a parliamentary committee has been warned. The Allied Maritime Command, known as Marcom, ...

The global internet is connected by roughly 570 fiber optic cables on the seabed. Recent breaks have industry watchers questioning the resiliency and security of these subsea cables. In late 2024 and ...

TAIPEI – Taiwan's coast guard said it detained a China-linked cargo ship on Tuesday after a nearby undersea cable to the Penghu Islands in the sensitive Taiwan Strait was disconnected. Taiwan, which ...

The US Navy’s efforts to develop “distributed acoustic sensing” capabilities have included experimental trials on the West Coast. More global communication travels under the seas than via satellites ...