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Roughly 99 per cent of international internet traffic runs through about 550 undersea cables — and a handful of private companies including Google, Meta and Amazon now own or lease a growing share of them

Content and cloud networks now account for three-quarters of used international bandwidth, while Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon own, co-own or buy capacity on a growing share of the 600-plus submarine cable systems carrying over 99 per cent of data between countries, a private map hidden below the wireless internet

Wi-Fi doesn't actually slow down when a café gets crowded — the signal is fine, but every device has to wait its turn to speak on the same frequency, and the polite queuing is what you feel as lag

Wi-Fi doesn’t actually slow down when a café gets crowded — the signal is fine, but every device has to wait its turn to speak on the same frequency, and the polite queuing is what you feel as lag

In 1988, a 23-year-old Cornell graduate student named Robert Morris released a self-replicating program to measure the size of the internet — within hours it had crashed roughly 6,000 of the 60,000 machines then online, and computer security became a field

In 1988, a 23-year-old Cornell graduate student named Robert Morris released a self-replicating program to measure the size of the internet — within hours it had crashed roughly 6,000 of the 60,000 machines then online, and computer security became a field

In July 2026, Psy’s Gangnam Style passed six billion YouTube views, fourteen years after its horse-riding dance became the platform’s first billion-view video and long after engineers had replaced a counter designed to stop at 2,147,483,647

Intricate network of tree roots and moss on a forest hillside, showcasing nature's resilience.

Suzanne Simard sealed paper birch and Douglas fir seedlings inside plastic bags, fed them carbon-14 and carbon-13 dioxide, and nine days later found carbon had crossed between species through fungal threads in the British Columbia soil beneath her boots

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WinX DVD Ripper: Quickly Rip and Digitize DVDs

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I Just Replaced Adobe Illustrator With This Browser Based Alternative

Turn Website Into Desktop App

Use Pake to Turn Websites Into Desktop Apps — No Bloat, No Browser Dependency

VideoProc Converter AI example with a small poodle.

VideoProc Converter AI: Easy 1-Stop AI Video, Image, Audio Tool

Openreel Video Browser Editor

Stop Using Capcut! This Secret Open-Source Browser App Is a Video-Editing Beast

Social Media

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Whatsapp Desktop Featured

How to Use WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp Desktop in 2026

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Discord Botched Age Verification – Here’s How They’re Fixing It

Download X Videos Featured

How to Download Videos from X (Formerly Twitter)

How To Fix Snapchat’s Most Annoying Audio Glitches

Snapchat Audio Driving You Crazy? Here’s the Rapid Fix

Hide Telegram Chats Featured

How to Hide Telegram Chats Without Permanently Deleting Them

Gaming

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When Japan’s trade ministry put the PlayStation 2 under export control in April 2000, its 6.2-gigaflop hardware was considered adaptable for missile guidance, briefly forcing anyone exporting more than one console to seek government approval

How did a failed CD deal between Sony and Nintendo in 1991 accidentally create the console that would sell 155 million units and reshape gaming?

How did a failed CD deal between Sony and Nintendo in 1991 accidentally create the console that would sell over 100 million units and reshape gaming?

In the early 1980s, a Dutch radio broadcaster figured out how to transmit video games over standard commercial radio broadcasts — and teenagers across Europe would sit with blank cassette tapes waiting for the local station to broadcast a series of high-pitched squeaks and buzzes that they could record and load into their home computers

Sony’s PlayStation 2 was so computationally advanced when it launched in 2000 that the government of Iraq reportedly imported over 4,000 of the gaming consoles — sparking an intense military investigation over fears that the systems would be chained together to build a crude, low-cost supercomputer capable of guiding long-range missiles

The legendary video game Pac-Man doesn’t actually have an ending—instead, a single 8-bit integer overflow bug causes the game’s internal counter to glitch out at Level 256, violently corrupting the right half of the screen into a chaotic mess of random symbols and rendering the final stage completely unplayable.

Gadgets

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When you tilt a smartphone, gravity shifts microscopic silicon fingers inside its accelerometer by only a few nanometres, changing the capacitance between them and producing the electrical imbalance the phone reads as a new direction for down

The GPS satellites orbiting 20,200 kilometres overhead run their clocks about 38 microseconds faster per day than clocks on the ground — without Einstein's relativity correcting for it, GPS would drift by roughly 10 kilometres every 24 hours

The GPS satellites orbiting 20,200 kilometres overhead run their clocks about 38 microseconds faster per day than clocks on the ground — without Einstein’s relativity correcting for it, GPS would drift by roughly 10 kilometres every 24 hours

Apple has quietly become the largest watchmaker in the world by unit sales, shipping more than twice as many watches as the entire Swiss industry combined — but the Swiss industry, which dismissed the Apple Watch in 2015, has discovered something more interesting: they’ve held onto the high end, and Rolex alone is now closing in on Apple Watch by revenue

Why You Need A Travel Router For Public Wi Fi (and How To Set It Up)

Why a Travel Router is the Best Investment for Your Next Trip

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9 Ways to Repurpose Your Old Tablets and Put Them to Good Use

Share Encrypted Files for Free with Mozilla’s Firefox Send

Mozilla solve the problem of not being able to share larger files by launching Firefox Send, a free, encrypted file-transfer service that allows you to share large files via a browser.

By Laura Tucker – Mar 15, 2019

How to Add Text to a Video in Final Cut Pro

By using titles, you can easily add text to your Final Cut video projects. This could be the title of a video, the location of a scene, or a source for archive footage.

By Alexander Fox – Mar 14, 2019

What is Sarahah? A Guide to the Controversial Social Network

How has an app originally made for the Saudi Arabian population become a global phenomenon? Here we explain everything you need to know about Sarahah.

By Robert Zak – Mar 14, 2019

Featured Media Players with HEVC

How to Play H.265 Videos with Your Favorite Media Player

While H.265 is the world’s fastest video encoder, only a few media players have support for this format. With a few tweaks, you can run H.265 videos without any trouble.

By Sayak Boral – Mar 9, 2019

Countries that Run Their Own National Intranets

Motivated by the desire to control information and increase national security, some countries have constructed national intranets. Here are some of the more prominent countries on the list.

By Andrew Braun – Mar 8, 2019

FreeNAS vs. Unraid: Which Is Best for Your Storage Needs?

FreeNAS and Unraid are two popular options for creating a Network Attached Storage. There are a few factors that make it easier to choose which one to use.

By Kris Wouk – Mar 8, 2019

Received a Bitcoin Blackmail Email? Here’s What to Do

There’s been a wave of spam emails that threaten to release your data if you don’t pay them. Here’s how you can deal with such bitcoin blackmail emails.

By Simon Batt – Mar 7, 2019

Google Plus Social Media Alternatives Featured

5 of the Best Alternatives for Google+ Users

With the end of Google+ coming very soon, users of the platform need to locate a new social home. Here are a few Google+ alternatives worth checking out.

By Tracey Rosenberger – Mar 6, 2019

Are Third-Party Social Logins Secure and Private?

People love to use social logins for various sites because it frees them from having to remember multiple passwords. But is this secure and private? Let’s find out.

By Andrew Braun – Mar 6, 2019

How to Create the Perfect GIF in Photoshop

There are lots of quick-and-dirty ways to create a GIF on your PC. Here we show how you can create the perfect GIF using Photoshop.

By Robert Zak – Mar 2, 2019

5 of the Best Email Service Providers for Sending Transactional Emails

Sending transactional emails is an important part of any online business. Here are some of the best email service providers you can use to send transactional emails.

By Elsie Biage – Feb 28, 2019

Microsoft Photos Video Editing Mode Featured

How to Edit Your Videos with Microsoft Photos App

Unknown to many, the Microsoft Photos app can also be used to edit videos. Learn how you can use Microsoft Photos as a video editor.

By Sayak Boral – Feb 27, 2019

Countries Where You’ll Need a VPN to Bypass Censorship

The number of countries implementing content filtering and censorship is growing. Here are some of the countries that need a VPN to connect to the outside world.

By Andrew Braun – Feb 26, 2019

How to Block Microsoft Edge from Running in the Background

Microsoft Edge is preinstalled in Windows 10, and now it can start up on its own. Here is how you can block Microsoft Edge from running in the background.

By Elsie Biage – Feb 26, 2019

The Ultimate Superuser’s Guide to uBlock Origin

While uBlock Origin is the most powerful and versatile ad blocker available, its design is also a little obscure. Here we’ll show you how to get the most out of uBlock Origin.

By Alexander Fox – Feb 25, 2019

The Psychological Tricks Websites Use to Keep You Scrolling

The attention economy relies on keeping human eyes staring at the same site for as long as possible. Here are some psychological tricks websites are using.

By Andrew Braun – Feb 25, 2019

Chrome Apps, Plugins, Extensions: What’s the Difference?

What is the difference between Chrome Apps, extensions and plugins? Here we explain the differences between them so you always know what you’re looking for.

By Robert Zak – Feb 20, 2019

7 Free Proxy Servers You Can Use to Hide Your Identity Online

As you evaluate which free proxy server to use, check its reputation, service quality, support for your browser, OS, nation of origin and speeds.

By Elsie Biage – Feb 19, 2019

How to Delete Saved Searches on Twitter [Quick Tips]

Are you trying to figure out how to delete saved searches on Twitter? Look no further. Read this tutorial to find out how.

By Mike Tee – Feb 17, 2019

4 of the Best Internet History Tracking Apps You Can Use

If you are looking to have a bird’s eye view of the websites you surf, here are some of the best Internet history tracking apps you can use.

By Sayak Boral – Feb 13, 2019

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