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A fiber optic cable spied on Greenland’s glaciers. It found an alarming problem.

A fiber optic cable spied on Greenland’s glaciers. It found an alarming problem.

One of the buzziest technologies in modern science may be running right under your feet. Fiber optic cables bring you the internet as data-rich pulses of light, but they also detect signals from the surrounding environment: Researchers can analyze the light that’s scattered when a volcanic eruption or tsunami jostles the wiring. Known as distributed acoustic sensing, or DAS, the …

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How to watch or stream Friday’s exclusive streaming game of the NFL’s 2025-2026 football season live, online, and free without cable: YouTube

How to watch or stream Friday’s exclusive streaming game of the NFL’s 2025-2026 football season live, online, and free without cable: YouTube

Less than two years ago, the idea of an NFL game being aired exclusively on a streaming system was revolutionary. Now, it’s almost commonplace, but for some fans, it can still be a frustrating affair. Game two of the 2025-2026 NFL Season takes place tonight, but you won’t find it aired on television. Instead, YouTube will be the exclusive home …

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You can charge your Apple Watch, phone, and laptop with this USB-C cable

You can charge your Apple Watch, phone, and laptop with this USB-C cable

It’s not an entirely new idea given Nomad’s Universal Cable from earlier this year can charge an Apple Watch and an additional device at the same time, but Zens’ new Pro 2 and Pro 3 USB-C cables offer additional functionality and some welcome future-proofing as chargers become more powerful. The cheaper of the two is the €49.99 (around $58) Pro …

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Paramount Skydance Execs Talk Cable Future

Paramount Skydance Execs Talk Cable Future

Paramount Skydance’s top executives aren’t looking to follow moves by NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery to spin off their company’s cable channels into a separate entity. That should not, however, be taken to mean that they’re just fine with the status quo. “There’s no question that [cable is] a super challenging business,” George Cheeks, chairman of TV media at the …

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A Cable Modem, The Way All Network Gear Should Be Mounted

A Cable Modem, The Way All Network Gear Should Be Mounted

Home routers and cable modems are now extremely powerful devices, but they all suffer from the attention of their manufacturers’ design and marketing departments. Instead of neatly packaging them in functional cases, they impose aesthetics and corporate identity on them, usually resulting in a curvy plastic case that’s difficult to integrate with other network infrastructure. [The Eccentric Workshop] did something …

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Razer’s $350 eGPU chassis only comes with a Thunderbolt 5 cable

Razer’s 0 eGPU chassis only comes with a Thunderbolt 5 cable

Razer is launching a new $350 external graphics enclosure that can boost the visual performance of gaming laptops or handhelds, provided you make a few other investments. The Razer Core X V2 is the first of Razer’s Core X eGPU chassis lineup to support the faster Thunderbolt 5 connectivity standard, providing a single cable that provides up to 140W of …

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OnePlus’ 2-in-1 USB cable charges your phone and smartwatch

OnePlus’ 2-in-1 USB cable charges your phone and smartwatch

OnePlus announced a new USB-C charging cable that does more than just pass power and data from one device to another. The OnePlus 2-in-1 Supervooc Cable features an inline pogo pin connector that can be used to charge the company’s OnePlus Watch 3, Watch 2, and Watch 2R smartwatches while also charging a connected smartphone. It’s a more convenient solution …

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