Author: NY TIMES

The internet is made up of hundreds of cables crossing the floors and the canyons of the earth’s oceans. So what happens when the cables snap? James Glanz, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains what could go wrong with subsea internet cables and how these cables get fixed.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Something doesn’t seem right. DeMarvion Overshown made a great play and the running back caught him. But after the two collided, the defender let go of the Dallas Cowboys linebacker.That’s when Overshow changed the game.The sophomore linebacker raised his right arm, caught the running back’s short pass with one hand and moved the ball to the New York Giants’ 25-yard line. Overshow then completed the run, lifting the ball in the air near the 5-yard line and running into the end zone.The play helped the Cowboys take a 13-7 lead early in the second quarter and they…

Liverpool’s brutal defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday left Carlos Ancelotti’s side – and Kylian Mbappe in particular – injured.At the club, fans and media agreed that with Vinicius out injured, this was a day for Mbappe to prove his worth to his new club after a mixed start to the season.But he didn’t. Quite the contrary, he missed a penalty that would have put his team back in the game.His woes were summed up at the final whistle when, just seconds after he lost possession for the 15th time, Thibaut Courtois made a fine save…

Hi, This is Jon M. Chu and I am the director of “Wicked.” “And Elfie. Can I call you Elfie?” “Well, it’s a little bit perky.” So we’re about midpoint in the movie. And these two roommates, who are very different from each other, have moved into this semi-small dorm room. And it’s Glinda and Elphaba, played by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, and they’ve just bonded over sharing stories with each other. So this is the beginning of their true friendship, their first date, shall I say. This is a very iconic scene. “Popular” is one of those songs…

Ten months ago, on The Longest Night, Ned Rice emailed complete strangers to share his family’s unimaginable plight. The doctors, who came from all over the country, had never met him or treated his three-year-old daughter. Winnie has brain cancer. That’s how Phillies assistant general manager Rice responded.He must gather as much information as possible.”To this day I have not Googled medulloblastoma,” said his wife, Cary Rice. “Because I can’t handle it. I’m also an analytical thinker. But if I get too emotional, I can’t do it.It all feels impossible. Winnie loses her balance several times and now her parents…

Dr. Rajinikanth and his wife Dr. Padma often play chess together for fun at home in India. Their son Gukesh stood by their side, eyes wide open, paying close attention to the strategic movement of every piece on the chessboard. The little boy was mesmerized by the carefully choreographed black and white dance in front of him.”He would be fascinated by how these works work,” Ragini said Athletic team.In the coming weeks, the newly-adult Gukesh could become the youngest-ever world chess champion. By qualifying for the 2024 World Chess Championship in Singapore this month, the 18-year-old has become the youngest…

You can officially count the New York Giants as one of the teams whose offseason will be centered around finding their next quarterback.Daniel Jones was benched and then released, just one development in what’s happening around the league ahead of Sunday’s Week 12 game. The Giants host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and fan favorite Tommy DeVito will start.Elsewhere in this week’s roundtable, our NFL writers Mike Sando, Zak Keefer and Jeff Howe discuss the NFC West. Will this be the most exciting division title game in the league?How about the race for Offensive Rookie of the Year? Is the Denver…

The next two or three months in Ukraine are likely to be exceedingly violent, in a war that has already been the deadliest in Europe in the past 80 years. Marc Santora, who has been reporting from Ukraine since the beginning of the war with Russia, explains why.

We photographed badly wounded Gazans who made it out for treatment. Many can think of little but the dead they left behind. “We wanted to go with them, too,” one child told us.

MALAGA, Spain — Rafael Nadal’s professional tennis career is over after he lost his final Davis Cup match to Dutchman Botic Botic 6-4, 6-4. Van de Zandschulp.That loss was coupled with Carlos Alcaraz and Marcel Granollers losing 7-6(4), 7-6(3) in doubles to Wesley Kouchov and Van de Zande Schulp, who caused Spain to be eliminated from the Davis Cup. The end came to an end for Nadal, one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, who confirmed in October that he would retire from the event.Nadal showed flashes of his old self in his loss to…