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Workers install a submarine cable (Credit: Getty Images)

The deep-sea repair crews that fix the internet

Ninety-nine percent of the world's digital communications rely on subsea cables. Fixing them keeps us all connected – and has changed our understanding of the ocean.

2 hrs ago
Future
1 day ago
Image of a woman from a Chinese Cultural Revolution revolutionary poster in front of the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing

A Japanese boy was killed in China. Was cyber-nationalism to blame?

The Chinese government has been accused of using online nationalism as a useful safety valve.

1 day ago
BBC InDepth
2 days ago
The image shows the entrance to Sunderland City Council. It's a modern building with the words City Hall above a glass fronted entrance and revolving doors

Free public wi-fi connections double in a year

The city council hopes to expand its service into the Washington and Coalfield areas.

2 days ago
Wear
3 days ago
Hands around a mobile phone displaying binary code and a megaphone

How have social media algorithms changed the way we interact?

Algorithms can watch our behaviour and determine what millions of us see when we log on.

3 days ago
BBC InDepth
7 days ago
Children and young people can be seen on Bridlington beach playing on volleyball courts. The sandy beach stretches out into the distance.

Free wi-fi scheme to be expanded

Cottingham, Driffield, Snaith and Hessle will all now benefit from free outdoor wi-fi.

7 days ago
Hull & East Yorkshire
27 Sep 2024
Router generic

Islands to get 5G broadband 'in about 18 months'

It comes after the States agreed to suspend competition law to allow Sure to buy rival Airtel.

27 Sep 2024
UK
25 Sep 2024
Starlink terminal outdoors

Is Elon Musk’s Starlink a game changer for Africa?

The satellite internet company is expanding across Africa, but not without some controversy.

25 Sep 2024
Africa
25 Sep 2024
Side-by-side images of cats with signs saying 'Votes for women' and 'We demand the vote' (Credit: From the Collection of Ann Lewis and Myron Sponder)

How cat memes went viral 100 years ago

In the age of social media, we're living through a communications revolution. But this isn't the first one, nor is it the first time cats have been at the centre of social change.

25 Sep 2024
Future
16 Sep 2024
Art of laptop breaking into pieces (Credit: Serenity Strull/ Getty Images)

The web is breaking. Can these historians save it?

Research shows 25% of web pages posted between 2013 and 2023 have vanished. A few organisations are racing to save the echoes of the web, but new risks threaten their very existence.

16 Sep 2024
Future

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