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Google, Meta’s Request to Use Undersea Data Cable to Asia Get US Government Backing

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Google, Meta’s Request to Use Undersea Data Cable to Asia Get US Government Backing

The Biden administration recommended on Friday that Alphabet’s Google and Facebook parent company Meta obtain permission to use the submarine cable system to handle the growing Internet traffic in Asia. The government urges the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to grant these companies permission to send and receive data on the existing 8,000-mile Pacific fiber optic cable network. The submarine optical cable system connects the United States, Taiwan, the Philippines and Hong Kong.

Submarine cables transmit almost all Internet data traffic. Meta seeks a license to use the Philippines to the United States, while Google requires a license to connect to Taiwan.

The two companies pledged to protect the privacy and security of American data, especially intelligence operations against China. Google and Meta’s plan abandoned the previous proposal to use a network cable to connect to Hong Kong, which is controlled by Beijing. Several U.S. government agencies have recommended blocking the plan in 2020.

The US Department of Justice stated that in view of China’s “continuous efforts to obtain sensitive personal data of millions of Americans,” it needs to reach a national security agreement with Google and Meta.

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The Chinese Embassy in Washington and Google did not immediately comment. Google said in 2020 that it needs data connections to handle the growing traffic between its data centers in Taiwan and the United States.

A Meta spokesperson said, “The wired system increases the capacity of the Internet between the United States and the Philippines” to “help people stay in touch and share content.” It said that the cable is safe and the data is protected by advanced encryption.

According to the agreement, Google and Meta must conduct an annual assessment of the risk of sensitive data, and they must be able to limit or stop data traffic on the cable within 24 hours. About 300 submarine cables form the backbone of the Internet and carry 99% of the world’s data traffic.

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)

Tom signs Nolan’s next

This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.

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Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).

Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.

Tom’s busy schedule

Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.

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As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.

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