On January 15, 2022, the island nation of Tonga lost its internet connection to the rest of the world. The eruption of a nearby underwater volcano severed the lone undersea internet cable connecting ...

Few parts of the Earth remain unconnected. By this, I mean that fewer and fewer corners of the globe exist without some sort of internet or digital connectivity. Quality and consistency obviously vary ...

Two of the most important undersea cables in global communications – SEA-ME-WE 4 (SMW4) and IMEWE – were damaged near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia over the weekend, disrupting connectivity across the Middle ...