Damage to four subsea cables may take weeks or months to repair as internet outages continue across west and central Africa
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Facebook Plans Two Cables Linking US To Asia
Facebook backs two new undersea cable projects creating direct link from North America to Singapore and key Indonesian market
Free Software Will Help Detect Faulty And Malicious USB-C Cables
HP, Intel and Microsoft-backed USB-C authentication guidelines will help protect against security threats and damaged devices
Amazon Pulls The Plug On Dodgy USB-C Cables
Suppliers will now be required to keep to abide with proper regulations when selling USB-C devices
Microsoft Invests In Cables Connecting Irish And US Data Centres
Two new deals will see latency and capacity improvements for global customers
Google Secretly Gave WikiLeaks Data To US Government
Incident happened almost three years ago but gag order on Google kept the search giant silent
Google Mulls Underwater Cable Investment – Report
Google is reportedly looking to make an investment in a new subsea cable in the Pacific Ocean
New Fibre Optic Cable To Boost Transatlantic Comms
The first new transatlantic communications cable in nearly ten years is to be laid in the Atlantic ocean
Wikileaks Suffers Further Cyber Attacks
Wikileaks claims to have been the victim of another cyber attack following its biggest leak yet
UN Supports WikiLeaks’ Right To Publish
A UN statement argues the human right to publish in the public interest, but restraint should be exercised