An enthusiast is DIYing his own Steam Machine through ancient, lost methods known as cables that turn his existing PC into ...

Believe it or not, fiber optic cables have been around since the 1950s, but how do they work? It turns out the answer isn't ...

The UK's leading telecoms provider BT has been trialing a new type of optical fiber that could significantly boost the performance of future 5G networks. Called hollow core fiber, the technology ...

In California, thousands of miles of fiber optic cables crisscross the state, providing people with internet. But these underground cables can also have a surprising secondary function: they can sense ...

Conducted jointly with China Telecom and optical equipment maker Dekoli, the test ran on the world's longest cross-border ...

A 100-year-old equation and a fiber-optic cable off the coast of Svalbard led researchers to discover they could detect swimming whales—even if they were completely silent. The discovery broadens the ...

Fiber uses fiber-optic lines that transmit data at the speed of light, whereas cable uses coaxial cables, which are traditionally used for TV service. Fiber typically offers faster upload and download ...

Bird nests woven from fiber-optic cables — the same cables used to guide drones and shield them from jamming along the ...

The same fiber optic networks that provide internet can simultaneously act as earthquake sensors, as demonstrated in a new study. In California, thousands of miles of fiber optic cables crisscross the ...