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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