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What are undersea Internet cables, and why are nations racing to defend them? Explained

Colloquially called undersea cables, submarine communications cables are fibre-optic lines laid on the seabed to carry the massive amount, nearly 95-99% intercontinental data, voice, and financial traffic.

‘Death to the Islamic Republic’: Anti-government protests rock Iran, people march to the streets in protest, regime responds with internet blackout

Reza Pahlavi, the crown prince of Iran, had called for demonstrations on Thursday (8th January) and Friday (9th January).

What is Google AI mode, how it will change search, and what are its implications? Explained

AI Mode is not to be confused with AI Overview, the summarising feature that was introduced by Google back in May 2025. While AI Overview is clumsy and provides condensed answers using the older PaLM 2 model, AI Mode marks a significant leap forward.

Assam CM proposes communication cable beneath Brahmaputra River to connect the state to global submarine cable network

In an effort to enhance internet and telecommunication network in Assam and other northeastern states, the Assam govt has proposed an underwater communication cable on the bed of the Brahmaputra River

The geopolitics of Starlink: What Elon Musk’s satellite internet would mean for India and Indian telecom players like Jio and AirTel

Elon Musk’s Starlink's India entry has sparked concerns over sovereignty, data security, and market competition with major telcos like Jio and Airtel.

Pakistan: Telecom minister denies allegations of blocking Internet services, blames excessive use of VPNs by people for internet slowdown

Pakistan's State Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Sunday rebuffed claims of the government blocking or slowing the internet services and said that the slowdown is because of excessive Virtual Private Networks (VPN) usage by the people

Starlink among nine companies to provide free internet service in Mexico, secures $90 million contract

Starlink secured a contract a 1.56 billion peso ($89.80 million) contract to offer free internet in Mexico until the end of 2026.

‘She’ and ‘her’ replace ‘he’ and ‘him’ in the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill brought by the Ministry of Electronics and IT

The Bill does not seek to regulate non-personal data and the Union government is expecting to present it in the Parliament in the next budget session.

From 97% made-in-India mobile phones to the new Data Protection Bill, here is what all MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar said at the CyFY2022 event

Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the new Data Protection Bill of India will be modern and simple legislation

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