You are watching a long-standing assumption in physics and engineering quietly fall apart. Researchers at Northwestern ...

Quantum teleportation has finally stepped out of pristine laboratory loops and into the messy reality of live internet cables ...

NEC and NTT have conducted a first-of-its-kind transoceanic-class 7,280km transmission experiment using coupled multicore fibre. The two Japanese firms expect the work they have been carrying out will ...

Once a month or so, I have the privilege of sitting down with Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams to record the Hackaday Podcast. It’s a lot of fun spending a couple of hours geeking out together, and we ...

Fiber optic cables have powered global Internet traffic for decades. They carry vast amounts of data each second, connecting billions worldwide. But now, these same fibers are being tapped for a very ...

The global internet is connected by roughly 570 fiber optic cables on the seabed. Recent breaks have industry watchers questioning the resiliency and security of these subsea cables. In late 2024 and ...

The same fiber optic networks that provide internet can simultaneously act as earthquake sensors, as demonstrated in a new study. In California, thousands of miles of fiber optic cables crisscross the ...