Tag: cables
France, the shadow power of submarine cables
A steamroller. In just a few years, American digital giants have seized the strategic submarine cable market, through which 99% of intercontinental telephone and data exchanges pass. While in 2010…
Dug up fiber cables in Lindesberg – sentenced for vandalism
During the trial, the defense told that Lennart Dybeck and his company did not receive the 1.4 million kroner that he was supposed to be paid. After not being able…
Arctic, submarine cables, disputed zones… An essential “geopolitics of the seas”
Consider the following scenario. Due to the premature melting of the ice in the Arctic Ocean, Russia now exports a significant part of its natural gas via the so-called North-East…
Submarine cables: the well-kept secrets of an abyssal treasure
The generalized circulation of information made possible by the Internet is based on a network of infrastructures whose concrete reality is largely unknown. With Submarine cables, Camille Morel, jurist and…
A bump on almost all charging cables: do you know its function?
You must have noticed the small plastic cylinder found on many computer charging cables and other cables. But what exactly is it for? There are currently many types of computer…
That’s what the black cables you find in the middle of the roads are for
On some road trips, cables can be seen on the pavement, which raises the questions: what are they for? Why are these cables installed? The cables that we see on…
Why do so many USB and charging cables have a strange piece of plastic built into them?
Anyone who has ever held a charging cable in their hands will have noticed a strange, round plastic part. But what is it and what exactly does it do? USB…
Camouflage, explosive cables and tanks: Ukraine’s plan to break through Russian defenses
The Norwegians had nicknamed “Hitler’s teeth” the concrete blocks sown on their coasts by the Nazi army during the construction of the Atlantic wall from 1942. Those of Vladimir Putin…
To put an end to tangled cables, adopt wireless headphones! The so-called True Wireless models are light, comfortable and practical for everyday use. We now find them at all prices, with excellent sound and even ambient noise reduction!
Who has never cursed having to untangle a twisted cable when putting on headphones? This painful chore is now over with the development of wireless headphones – called True Wireless…
Submarine cables: how the United States weaves its web against Beijing
It is an immense sea serpent which unrolls its rings between Asia and Europe. 19,200 kilometers long, the Sea-Me-We 6 submarine Internet cable will link France to Singapore by 2025…