Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. What is Bluetooth? – Henry, age 13, Somerville, ...

The FBI has named a series of Wi-Fi routers as being unsafe. If you're using a router from this brand, you might want to ...

Light-based internet provider Taara, which spun out of Alphabet’s “moonshot” incubator last year, just launched Taara Beam to provide 25Gbps connectivity within cities over invisible beams of light — ...

The project comes as Amazon has committed up to $200 billion this year on AI investments, which include data centers, chips and networking equipment.

Taara, a startup that graduated from Alphabet’s moonshot factory, has slimmed down its technology, which uses near-infrared ...

History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.

The weaponisation of restricting digital connectivity has been increasingly normalised. In 2024, governments imposed 296 internet shutdowns across 54 countries, with at least 72 directly linked to ...