History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.

We've been laying cable across oceans since the 19th century, but the oldest internet cable in the Atlantic is being raised ...

Anchors don't just dent hulls — they can rip into undersea internet cables. Here's why it happens more than you'd think, and ...

The world is facing an energy crisis as Iran blocked supplies passing through the Strait of Hormuz after strikes by the US and Israel. Vital subsea cables that carry global internet traffic also pass ...

Bitcoin is resistant to random subsea internet cable failures, but is still vulnerable to targeted attacks, according to a Cambridge study based on 11 years of network data.

Alongside energy supply disruptions, there are growing concerns that global internet infrastructure could be affected if ...

The first transatlantic internet cable ever is being retired and pulled from the ocean floor. Here's how it's being done and what happens next.

A Cambridge study spanning 11 years and 68 verified cable failures found that Bitcoin's physical infrastructure is far more ...

Chinese researchers have unveiled a new deep-sea tool capable of cutting through the world’s most secure subsea cables − and it has many in the West feeling a little jittery. The development, first ...

The conflict in the Middle East has forced Meta's 2Africa Red Sea and 'Pearls' sections to go on hold.

If you had trouble or slow speeds when trying to connect to Asian websites (or vice-versa) over the weekend, you're not alone. The underlying reason for the slowdowns were a few undersea fiber cables ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laying an undersea fiber-optic cable at Arrietara beach near the Spanish village of Sopelana. Ander Gillenea/AFP via Getty Images ...