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Google And Chile to Build an Underwater Fiber Optic Cable

In an unprecedented move, the Chilean government and Google have announced plans to construct a 14,800-kilometer subsea fiber optic cable called Humboldt cable . The Humboldt project is a cable that will directly connect Asia, Oceania, and South America. It will connect Sydney, Australia, to Valparaiso, Chile. The Humboldt cable, which has a capacity of […]

Palm Scanning Tech Poses Bigger Risks than Mere Surveillance

Tencent’s announcement yesterday that they intended to take palm scanning mainstream has early adopters swooning about convenience and late adopters frowning about security risks and surveillance. The tech itself was deployed by Kodak forty years ago and companies that use it today include Amazon and duty free retailers in some US airports. But now China-based […]