Facebook blames outage on error during routine maintenance
The global outage that knocked Facebook and its other platforms offline for hours was caused by an error during routine maintenance, the company said.
Oct 6, 2021
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Telecom
Compact amplifier could revolutionise optical communication
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, present a unique optical amplifier that is expected to revolutionize both space and fiber communication. The new amplifier offers high performance, is compact enough ...
Sep 21, 2021
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Internet
Computer scientist warns global internet is not prepared for a large solar storm
Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi, a computer scientist at the University of California, Irvine, presented her findings last week at the SIGCOMM 2021 data communication conference regarding her concerns about vulnerability in the global ...
Internet
Bending light for cheaper Internet
Wide area networks (WANs), the global backbones and workhorses of today's Internet that connect billions of computers over continents and oceans, are the foundation of modern online services. As COVID-19 has placed a vital ...
Aug 26, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Light meets superconducting circuits
In the last few years, several technology companies including Google, Microsoft, and IBM, have massively invested in quantum computing systems based on microwave superconducting circuit platforms in an effort to scale them ...
May 10, 2021
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Business
Facebook grows in Oregon with data center, fiber-optic cable
Facebook is growing its footprint in Oregon, announcing Thursday that it will expand its data center in Prineville—already the social media giant's largest in the United States.
Mar 19, 2021
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Business
Facebook halts project for undersea data cable to Hong Kong
Facebook has decided to halt its efforts to build a trans-Pacific undersea cable that would have connected California and Hong Kong, due to tensions between the United States and China.
Mar 11, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Data transfer system connects silicon chips with a hair's-width cable
Researchers have developed a data transfer system that can transmit information 10 times faster than a USB. The new link pairs high-frequency silicon chips with a polymer cable as thin a strand of hair. The system may one ...
Feb 24, 2021
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Business
US wants undersea data cable to skip Hong Kong
US Justice Department officials on Wednesday recommended that a high-capacity undersea data cable system proposed by Google and Facebook bypass Hong Kong, citing potential national security concerns following China's moves ...
Jun 17, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Are salt deposits a solution for nuclear waste disposal?
Around the world, there are pools of water filled with nuclear waste waiting for their final resting place. This is waste that was created from decades of nuclear power generation, and the waste must be handled carefully.
Apr 29, 2020
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