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The sole undersea cable connecting it to the rest of the world had been snapped by an underwater avalanche from the volcano.

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In this video, we explore the hidden backbone of the modern internet - the vast network of underwater cables that carry 98% of global data. Discover how high-tech cable-laying ships use precision ...

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Readers Edition. This is the (nearly) annual tradition of you, RPS readers, telling us where we went wrong in our annual ...

One type of electronic device to especially avoid is the microwave, which emits a strong signal in the 2.4GHz band, the same wireless band your router operates in. Be careful not to stick your router ...