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Poetry for Engineers: Safe Distance (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-23 | by Danica Radovanović | tags: fiber optics, undersea cables, network latency

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$580M undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby the House Elf (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jowi Morales | tags: greenlink connector, undersea cable, harry potter

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$580 million undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby the House Elf — company caves to fan demands to safeguard Harry Potter filming location, will instead pass by Bronze Age burial site (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jowi Morales | tags: greenlink connector, undersea cable, dobby grave

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EON wants to move the data superhighway from ocean fiber to space lasers (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Tim Fernholz | tags: eon, undersea fiber, space lasers

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Chinese ship spotted lurking over Taiwan-US undersea cables — 'research vessel' seen loitering above the 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network fiber-optic system (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Mark Tyson | tags: pacific light cable network, undersea cables, windward maritime analysis

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How the Trump administration plans to curb China’s influence by going deep into the sea (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: china, undersea telecommunications, panama canal

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Oregon will start charging service providers for undersea cables using its sea floor — millions accrued over years will go toward state schools (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-23 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: oregon, undersea cables, amazon

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Undersea cable connecting Egypt and Syria has been cut, state-owned telecom operator says — Damascus blames 'systematic sabotage campaign' as cause of damage (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-17 | by Jowi Morales | get Undersea Cable Repair Kit → | tags: undersea cables, syrian telecommunications company, sabotage campaign

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Finland deploys new system to detect threats to undersea cables — distributed acoustic sensors measure vibrations from the seabed and informs the authorities and operators of suspicious activities (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-06 | by Jowi Morales | get Undersea Cable Monitoring Kit → | tags: cables, finland, finnish

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Drones to protect undersea cables from Russian sabotage touted in new defense pact — US one of three partners developing new tech to protect $1.8 trillion in daily transactions (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-02 | by Jowi Morales | get Underwater Cable Repair Kit → | tags: undersea drones, nato, russian sabotage

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US, Australia, and UK Plan New Unmanned Vehicles to Protect Undersea Data Cables (slashdot.org)

2026-06-01 | by Posted | get Undersea Cable Protection Drone → | tags: undersea vehicles, auks, undersea drones

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The Gulf’s AI Boom Has an Undersea Cable Problem (wired.com)

2026-05-22 | by Chris Hamill-Stewart | get Undersea Cable Repair Kit → | tags: undersea cables, gulf ai, hyperscalers

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Iran demands Big Tech pay fees for undersea Internet cables in Strait of Hormuz (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-19 | get Undersea Internet Cable Adapter → | tags: iran, undersea cables, meta

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Iran demands Big Tech pay fees for undersea Internet cables in Strait of Hormuz (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-19 | get Undersea Internet Cable Adapter → | tags: iran, undersea cables, meta

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US Navy signs deal with AI firm for training underwater drones to detect mines in Strait of Hormuz — $100 million would allow drone minesweepers to update their detection algorithms in days instead of months (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-02 | by Jowi Morales | get Underwater Drone Mine Detection Kit → | tags: us navy, domino data lab, undersea minesweepers

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China Successfully Tests Cable Cutting ROV 11,400 Feet Below Sea Level (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-20 | get Deep Sea ROV Model → | tags: china, cable cutting rov, undersea fiber optic cables

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U.S. tech companies ramp up government lobbying amid Iran war uncertainty (cnbc.com)

2026-04-17 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get Lobbying Strategy Guidebook → | tags: big tech, iran war, undersea cables

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New undersea cable cutter risks Internet’s backbone (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-16 | get Undersea Cable Repair Kit → | tags: undersea cables, chinese research ship, haiyang dizhi 2

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China tests deep-sea electro-hydrostatic actuator that can cut undersea cables at a depth of 3,500 meters — state hails successful trial and hints at deployment readiness (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-15 | by Stephen Warwick | get Deep-sea Cable Cutting Tool → | tags: deep-sea electro-hydrostatic actuator, haiyang dizhi 2, undersea cables

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UK navy tracked three Russian submarines near undersea cables, damage would 'have serious consequences,' Putin warned — US and allies expand seabed protection efforts (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-09 | by Luke James | get Undersea Cable Security Kit → | tags: gugi-class, undersea cables, royal navy

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Japanese firm develops optical fiber with 4x traffic capacity, could be used for undersea cables — MCF retains the same diameter and works with existing infrastructure (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-29 | by Jowi Morales | get High-Capacity Optical Fiber Kit → | tags: ntt, multicore optical fiber, undersea cables

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Show HN: Baltic shadow fleet tracker – live AIS, cable proximity alerts (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-20 | get AIS Marine Navigation System → | tags: aisstream, shadow fleet, undersea cables

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Iran conflict delays Meta’s 2Africa undersea cable project — cable layer declares force majeure, says it can no longer safely operate in the Persian Gulf (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-13 | by Jowi Morales | get Undersea Cable Repair Kit → | tags: meta, africa2, alcatel submarine networks

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Russian ship loitering near transatlantic data cables chased off by Royal Navy attack helicopter — sat within three quarters of a mile of five undersea data cables, including two linking Britain to New York (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-29 | by Stephen Warwick | get Satellite → | tags: cables, navy, russian

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Kyocera develops wireless underwater communications tech that uses lasers to hit 5.2 Gbps — optical approach advances underwater drone comms, boasts blistering speeds at short distances (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-12 | by Jowi Morales | get Optical → | tags: communications, high, undersea

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Microsoft's cloud service restored after reports of cut cables in the Red Sea (engadget.com)

2025-10-31 | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: azure, cables, microsoft

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Microsoft cloud services disrupted by Red Sea cable cuts (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2025-10-31 | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: cables, cuts, sea

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Microsoft says Azure affected after cables cut in the Red Sea (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Anthony Ha | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: azure, cables, cut