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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

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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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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

Are Free SSL Certificates Better than Commercial Ones?

With Let’s Encrypt gaining popularity, many are wondering if free SSL certificates are better and can replace the commercial ones. Let’s find out!

By Miguel Leiva-Gomez – Jun 24, 2017

How to Add Enrich Tooltips and Glossaries to Your WordPress Site

If your site is using terms that the general population is not familiar with, you can add tooltips and a glossary to your WordPress site to explain the terms. Learn how.

By Jeffry Thurana – Jun 22, 2017

How to Prevent and Report Online Harrassment and Cyberstalking

With all the data you share in social media, it is easy for people to cyberstalk you. Learn how to prevent and report online harassment and cyberstalking.

By Corbin Telligman – Jun 21, 2017

How to Disable Location Sharing in Web Browsers

If you’re concerned about your privacy, you might want to disable the location-sharing feature. Learn how to disable location sharing in various browsers.

By Ada Ivanova – Jun 21, 2017

How to Disable Protected View in Microsoft Word

For documents downloaded from the Web, Microsoft Office will show a Protected View status. Here is how you can disable Protected View in Microsoft Office.

By Nicholas Godwin – Jun 17, 2017

What Is Pharming and How Can It Be Prevented?

Pharming can redirect your computer from a legitimate URL to a fake copy and steal your login credentials. Find out what pharming is and how to prevent it.

By Simon Batt – Jun 12, 2017

Best Kodi Plugins

Top Legal Kodi Add-ons to Stream Media on TV

Kodi is a massively popular open source media center. Though some add-ons for Kodi aren’t legit, these Kodi add-ons are totally legal and awesome!

By Nick Congleton – Jun 9, 2017

3 of the Best Time-Tracking Tools to Make Invoicing Easier

A good time-tracking system makes invoicing easier and improves your productivity. Here are some of the best time-tracking tools you should use to track your time.

By Alexander Fox – Jun 8, 2017

Why You Should Download Opera Mini and Give It a Go

Everyone’s talking about Chrome and Firefox, without paying attention to the better Opera mini browser. Here’s everything you need to know about the quietly brilliant browser.

By Robert Zak – Jun 7, 2017

5 Sites You Can Easily Create Infographics With

Creating infographics is a great way to get your message across, and it is not difficult. Here are some sites that you can use to easily create infographics.

By Fabio Buckell – Jun 7, 2017

Subtitles Malware: What It Is, and How to Avoid It

Text files are usually not associated with malware, but the recent subtitles malware will change this perception. Learn what subtitles malware is and how to avoid it.

By Simon Batt – Jun 6, 2017

4 Gadgets to Get Dad for Father’s Day

Father’s Day is just around the corner, and it’s time for you to get Dad the best tech gift possible. Here are 5 gadgets you can get for Father’s Day.

By Fabio Buckell – Jun 6, 2017

MTE Explains: How DDoS Protection Works

You may have heard of DDos, or even encountered one before, and are looking for ways to counter it. Here’s how DDoS protection works and how you can counter it.

By Miguel Leiva-Gomez – Jun 5, 2017

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What Is Email Bombing and How to Protect Yourself from It

In addition to spam and phishing, email bombing is another threat to be aware of. Learn what email bombing is and how to protect yourself from an email bomb.

By Ada Ivanova – Jun 1, 2017

Happy 30th Birthday – Fun Facts About GIF Images You Probably Don’t Know

For the 30th anniversary of the GIF image format, let’s find out some fun facts about GIF that you probably don’t know.

By Miguel Leiva-Gomez – May 29, 2017

How Are Hackers Identified and Brought to Justice?

With hacking news aplenty nowadays, one might wonder how hackers are identified. Here are some ways security experts can find the source behind a hack.

By Alexander Fox – May 24, 2017

Supercharge Your WordPress Menu with Max Mega Menu

The latest trend in web design is using a mega menu to show all of the navigation menu. Here is how you can easily add a mega menu to your WordPress site.

By Jeffry Thurana – May 24, 2017

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9 Secret Tips and Tricks for Firefox You Probably Don’t Know About

Firefox has a lot going on under the hood that you can play around with. Here are some of the tips and tricks for Firefox that you may not know about.

By Robert Zak – May 22, 2017

Make Documents Great with iSkysoft PDF Editor Pro

Creating feature-rich PDF documents can be quite tricky. Here’s how to use iSkysoft PDF Editor to transform your PDF creation at the click of a button.

By Phil South – May 22, 2017

How To Change The Domain Name Of A WordPress Site

How to Change the Domain Name of a WordPress Site

It might be easy to migrate a WordPress site, but changing its domain name is not as straightforward. Here’s how you can change the domain name of a WordPress site.

By Larry Alton – May 21, 2017

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