The FCC just added foreign-produced consumer routers to its Covered List — meaning new models can no longer be marketed or sold in the United States without a national security exemption. The official language is measured. The implications are not. FCC Chair Brendan Carr cited a supply chain vulnerability that could "disrupt the U.S. economy, critical infrastructure, and national defense" and a "severe cybersecurity risk" that could be immediately weaponized against American

VPNs had their time.They made us feel  private, even if all they really did was move our data through someone else’s pipe. But a small startup called Phreeli might have just pulled the next big lever in the evolution of privacy. It’s not another app or encrypted messenger. It’s a carrier — a full-blown phone service that doesn’t know who you are. You sign up with a zip code. That’s it. No name. No ID. No personal record. They’ve built a zero-knowledge billing system that can

We just teleported the state of light through a live internet cable. That’s not metaphor — it’s infrastructure now. Let’s talk about what that means for trust, sovereignty, security, and how we even define “sending information” anymore. “Beam Me Up” Just Became a Network Protocol Not to get overly sci-fi here, but yes — we’re officially in Star Trek territory. In 2025, scientists at Northwestern University teleported the quantum state of a photon  across 30 kilometers of comm

Introduction: Undersea data cables, a pivotal component in global internet infrastructure, is at the heart of a burgeoning geopolitical...