Openreach said third-party contractors had caused "extensive damage" to its underground cables.

Vinton Cerf, one of the creators of the protocols underlying the internet, will step down as Google's chief internet evangelist next week.

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It started in 1973, when he and Robert Kahn began working on a protocol that would let devices connect and exchange data. It took them the better part of 10 years, but their creation, which went by the not-at-all-marketable name of TCP/IP,

The bill would update the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act to apply to teens up to age 17. But critics say it leaves out a crucial enforcement measure.

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