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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

Social Media

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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

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

What Is Web DRM and How Does It Affect You?

Just recently the standards body for the Web approved a new form of Web-based DRM. What does this Web DRM mean for you, and how will it affect you? Let’s find out.

By Alexander Fox – Aug 12, 2017

Cybersecurity and Road Signs Are Concerns for Self-Driving Vehicles

While we’re intensely focused on the positive aspect of self-driving vehicles, we often forget to look at the downsides that might come up along the way.

By Miguel Leiva-Gomez – Aug 11, 2017

How to Play Media Files on Your PS4

Your PS4 is more than just a gaming console. You can use it to play music and videos too. Learn how you can play media files on a PS4.

By Robert Zak – Aug 10, 2017

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Pros and Cons to Using Electron Apps

Electron apps are cross-platform compatible and easy to code, making them a new favorite for developers, but what are their cons, and should you care? Let’s find out.

By Corbin Telligman – Aug 9, 2017

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7 Websites Where You Can Find and Download Free Audiobooks Legally

Listening to audiobooks is one easy way to read a ton of books quickly and efficiently. Here are 7 of the best websites where you can download free audiobooks legally.

By Nicholas Godwin – Aug 7, 2017

Email Harvesting Explained and How to Protect Yourself from It

With email spamming so prevalent, you can protect yourself by dodging the most prevalent method: email harvesting. Learn what email harvesting is and how to protect yourself.

By Simon Batt – Aug 7, 2017

How to Stop Websites from Asking for Your Location

It can be annoying when every website you visit asks for your location. Follow these steps to stop websites from asking your location in various browsers.

By Kenneth Kimari – Aug 5, 2017

How to Set Up and Use Philips Hue Bulbs

If you have just received your Philips Hue color starter kit, follow this guide to set up Philips Hue Bulbs in your house and start using them.

By Corbin Telligman – Aug 5, 2017

Eye Tracking: Useful Feature or Just a Gimmick?

A new technology in Windows 10 can track your eye movements and allow you to navigate the PC. Is this eye tracking feature really useful or just a gimmick? Let’s find out.

By Miguel Leiva-Gomez – Aug 4, 2017

Connect WordPress to Apple News Publisher in 3 Easy Steps

Apple News Publisher is great way for webmasters to increase their website traffic and income. Learn how to connect WordPress to Apple News Publisher.

By Nicholas Godwin – Aug 3, 2017

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7 of the Best WordPress Advertising Plugins You Should Use

Are you looking to make some money from your WordPress site? Here are some of the best WordPress advertising plugins you can use to add ads to your site.

By Ada Ivanova – Aug 2, 2017

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How to Create an Encrypted USB with VeraCrypt

VeraCrypt is a powerful cross-platform tool for encrypting files and drives. Learn how to use it to encrypt your portable USB drives.

By Nick Congleton – Aug 2, 2017

5 Tips to Make WordPress Easier to Use for Your Clients

If you are setting up a WordPress site for your clients, you will want to make WordPress easier to use and avoid user errors. Here are some tips for that.

By Nicholas Godwin – Jul 27, 2017

Google Forms Featured

How to Easily Create and Add Google Forms to WordPress

You don’t necessarily have to use a form builder plugin for WordPress. Here is how you can create and add Google Forms to WordPress.

By Fabio Buckell – Jul 25, 2017

What Your ISP Knows About You and Why You Should Care

With the repeal of the Internet Privacy rules, there are several pieces of data that your ISP can obtain from you. Here’s what your ISP knows about you, and why you should be bothered.

By Nicholas Godwin – Jul 24, 2017

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How to Protect Your High Profile WordPress Website from Attacks

To further protect your website from attacks, implement these advanced WordPress security measures to improve the security of your site.

By Nicholas Godwin – Jul 23, 2017

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The Complete Guide to Improve Your Home WiFi Security

Your home WiFi could seriously be compromising your security. These simple improvements can greatly improve your home WiFi network’s security.

By Nick Congleton – Jul 22, 2017

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How to Create an Anonymous Bootable Tails USB

Tails is an excellent option for an anonymous operating system. Learn how to make your own bootable Tails USB to turn any PC into an anonymous one.

By Nick Congleton – Jul 20, 2017

7 Apple Music Tips and Tricks You Probably Didn’t Know About

While there are plenty of features in Apple Music, some of them are out of plain view. Here are a few Apple Music tips and tricks that you probably are not aware of.

By Corbin Telligman – Jul 18, 2017

How to Set Tabs Aside in Microsoft Edge

The new “Set Aside” feature in Microsoft Edge allows you to declutter your browser. Learn how to set tabs aside in the Edge browser to improve your productivity.

By Fabio Buckell – Jul 18, 2017

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