New undersea web cable to connect major Asian information hubs

NEC has announced the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) Consortium’s plans to build a high-performance submarine cable connecting Hong Kong, China’s Guangdong Province, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The Japanese company was selected by the consortium to construct the 9,400-kilometer long ADC cable which […]

Zoom admits to shutting down activist accounts at the request of the Chinese government

Zoom, the wildly successful video chat service that has been a ubiquitous feature of life during the COVID-19 pandemic, said that it shut down three accounts at the request of the Chinese government for holding memorials for the victims of China’s violent suppression of peaceful […]