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A single well-aimed jammer can knock out GPS for planes and cars across an entire city

By Cassian Holt

Telecom and Connectivity

A modern distress beacon can tell you rescuers received your call

By Cassian Holt

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One marine beacon can summon rescuers after a boat sinks

By Cassian Holt

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Satellite-to-phone service is starting to erase mobile dead zones across the US

By Cassian Holt

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Your phone can now send texts from cell dead zones through Starlink satellites.

By Cassian Holt

Telecom and Connectivity

Wi-Fi and visible light are the same thing, just at different wavelengths

By Cassian Holt

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More than 95% of internet traffic crosses the oceans through cables on the seafloor

By Cassian Holt

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One hair-thin strand of optical fiber can carry trillions of bits of data a second

By Cassian Holt

Telecom and Connectivity

Wi-Fi, radio and visible light are all the same thing: electromagnetic waves

By Cassian Holt

Telecom and Connectivity

A GPS receiver finds you by timing signals from at least four satellites at once

By Cassian Holt

Telecom and Connectivity

Starlink now serves more than 4 million subscribers across over 100 countries

By Cassian Holt

Telecom and Connectivity

Starlink now serves more than 4 million subscribers across over 100 countries

By Cassian Holt

Telecom and Connectivity

A GPS receiver finds you by timing signals from at least four satellites

By Cassian Holt

Telecom and Connectivity

More than 95% of internet traffic crosses the oceans through seafloor cables

By Cassian Holt

Telecom and Connectivity

One hair-thin glass fiber can carry more data than thousands of copper wires

By Cassian Holt

Telecom and Connectivity

More than 95% of internet traffic travels through cables lying on the ocean floor

By Cassian Holt

Telecom and Connectivity

The first text message ever sent, in 1992, simply read “Merry Christmas”

By Cassian Holt

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A single strand of fiber-optic cable can carry millions of phone calls at once

By Cassian Holt

Telecom and Connectivity

A single modern undersea cable can carry hundreds of terabits of internet traffic every second

By Cassian Holt

Telecom and Connectivity

A GPS receiver fixes its position by timing signals from at least four satellites at once

By Cassian Holt

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