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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

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

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

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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

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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

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How to Hide Telegram Chats Without Permanently Deleting Them

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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

What Are “Stories” On Social Media?

Facebook and Skype all saw the “story” format added back in 2017. So, what are stories, where did they come from, and what’s the best way to use them?

By Simon Batt – Jan 3, 2019

How to Change Google Chrome Download Settings

By default, Google Chrome automatically saves all the downloads to the “Downloads” folder. Learn how to manage and change Google Chrome download settings.

By Kenneth Kimari – Jan 2, 2019

Recommending the Best Email Hosting Providers for 2019

Searching for a reliable email hosting provider can be a troublesome and complicated matter. Here is a list of the best email hosting providers you can use in 2019.

By Sayak Boral – Dec 31, 2018

Facebook Photo Bug: How to Check If You Are Affected

The recent Facebook photo bug exposed photos of Facebook users to apps. Here is how you can check if you were affected by the Facebook photo bug.

By Afam Onyimadu – Dec 30, 2018

8 Useful Tricks to Make Managing Trello Cards Easier

Trello uses moveable cards to house each task that you need to complete. Here are some useful tricks to better manage your Trello cards.

By Tracey Rosenberger – Dec 28, 2018

The Differences Between Push and Fetch Emails and Which One You Should Use

When configuring an email client, you will see a prompt to choose between push and fetch email. What’s the difference between them and which is better?

By Alexander Fox – Dec 26, 2018

What Are Mobile-Only Neobanks, and Are They a Good Idea?

A new breed of bank, the “neobank,” is available only as a mobile app and focuses on providing cheap, well-designed banking services. Find out if they are a good idea.

By Andrew Braun – Dec 25, 2018

How to Send a Voice Message in Instagram

You can now send a voice message in Instagram, and it is very easy to do so. All you need to do is press and hold the mic icon to record the message and click Send.

By Fabio Buckell – Dec 23, 2018

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How to Encrypt Your Documents with LibreOffice

There are times when you need to protect a document with confidential data. Learn how you can use LibreOffice to create and encrypt your important documents.

By Nick Congleton – Dec 20, 2018

Fixing the Emotional Gap in Online Communication

The lack of emotion in online communication causes a lot of emotional firestorms when one don’t understand what others are saying. Here are some ways to fix it.

By Andrew Braun – Dec 19, 2018

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How to Forward Multiple Emails at Once in Gmail with Chrome

Gmail only allows you to forward one email at a time. Multi Forward is a Chrome extension that lets you quickly forward multiple emails. Check it out.

By Mike Tee – Dec 15, 2018

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Philip Hue Versus Syska: Comparing Two of the Best Smart Light Bulbs

Two of the best smart bulbs are Philip Hue and Syska. Where does each bulb differ, and which is the better choice for your home? Let find out.

By Simon Batt – Dec 11, 2018

Useful Chrome Command-Line Switches and What to Do with Them

Google Chrome comes with various command-line switches that you can append to the app launcher. Here are some of the more useful Chrome command line switches you should know and use.

By Alexandru Andrei – Dec 11, 2018

Basic Tech Literacy: Eight Things You Should Probably Know by Now

Basic technology literacy skills are the new fire-making. These 101-level things you’ll need passing grades in to take full advantage of the modern world.

By Andrew Braun – Dec 11, 2018

How to Use the Built-in Dictionary of Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge comes with a built-in dictionary that makes it possible for you to see the meanings of words just by hovering above the words. Here’s how to use it.

By Afam Onyimadu – Dec 9, 2018

How to Disable the Articles on Microsoft Edge Start Page

The latest version of Microsoft Edge came with a “News Feed” feature that shows articles when you open the browser. Here’s how to disable that.

By Tracey Rosenberger – Dec 8, 2018

How to Merge Two Documents in Microsoft Word

When you’re collaborating on a document, it’s helpful to combine two separate documents together. Learn how to merge two documents in Microsoft Word.

By Chris Stobing – Dec 7, 2018

How to Find the Best Wi-Fi Channel for Your Network

Did you know that your Wi-Fi signal has a channel? It’s a good idea to check your Wi-Fi channel to see if it is crowded and affecting your speed.

By Simon Batt – Dec 6, 2018

How To Move Emails From One Gmail Account To Another

How to Move Emails from One Gmail Account to Another

Moving from one Gmail account to another is easy, but what about those emails left in your old account? If you want an easy way to move emails from one Gmail account to another, here’s how to do that.

By Mike Tee – Dec 6, 2018

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What Are Smart Displays and What You Can Do with Them

A smart display is simply a virtual assistant-powered speaker with a screen. The touchscreen adds extra visual functions to the smart speaker technology.

By Tracey Rosenberger – Dec 6, 2018

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