Hundreds
of
cables.
Hundreds
of
thousands
of
miles.
The
internet
runs,
in
vastly
more
ways
than
we
realize
or
think
about,
through
a
series
of
garden-hose
size
tubes
on
the
ocean
floor.
Without
those
tubes,
the
modern
world
sort
of
collapses.
And
the
folks
responsible
for
keeping
them
functioning
have
bigger,
harder,
stranger
jobs
than
you
might
think.
On
this
episode
of
The
Vergecast,
we
talk
to
The
Verge’s
Josh
Dzieza,
who
has
been
reporting
on
the
undersea
cable
world
and
just
published
a
feature
about
some
of
the
folks
who
keep
it
running.
It’s
a
story
worthy
of
a
high-seas
action
movie,
and
it’s
all
about
cables.
Then,
we
chat
with
The
Verge’s
Tom
Warren
and
Joanna
Nelius
about
the
new
generation
of
PCs
that
Microsoft
and
others
seem
to
think
are
going
to
be
huge
improvements
over
anything
we’ve
seen
before.
Can
Qualcomm
finally
make
the
PC
chip
we’ve
been
waiting
for?
Is
this
really,
actually,
finally
the
year
of
Windows
on
Arm?
What
the
heck
is
an
AI
PC?
We
cover
all
of
that
and
more.
Lastly,
Alex
Cranz
joins
to
help
us
answer
a
hotline
question
about
e-readers.
Because
it’s
always
interesting
times
in
e-readers.
If
you
want
to
know
more
about
everything
we
discuss
in
this
episode,
here
are
a
few
links
to
get
you
started,
beginning
with
Josh’s
story
on
undersea
cables:
(Originally posted by David Pierce)
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