Google’s laying a subsea fiber-optic cable connecting Africa and Australia
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🗓️ 24 May 2024
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From the BBC World Service: Google is expanding its network infrastructure, with an aim of enhancing internet connectivity and competing in the cloud computing market. Then, days after President Biden imposed higher tariffs on EVs from China, Elon Musk says he doesn’t support them — contradicting a warning he made back in January that Chinese carmakers would “demolish” global competitors if there were no trade barriers.
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| 1:08.9 | Listen now. Google plans for a new internet cable between Africa and Australia but it's not something |
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| 1:27.4 | marketplace morning report from the BBC World Service, Will Bain in |
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| 1:33.6 | Yeah earlier this month eastern and southern Africa experienced internet |
| 1:37.5 | outages caused by faults along numerous submarine cables puts the issue of |
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