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Finland and Sweden are getting a new submarine data cable across the Baltic Sea. Finnish broadcaster Yle, citing Swedish public broadcaster SVT, reports that explosive growth in artificial intelligence and data centres has sharply increased demand for new digital submarine connections. The project reflects a broader European push to expand digital infrastructure and secure connectivity between Nordic countries.

Multiple internet service providers in the Philippines are reporting problems, with Downdetector showing a sharp increase in outage reports. The UP Diliman Network Helpdesk indicated that one undersea cable segment has been damaged, which is being blamed for the connectivity issues. Users are jokingly calling it a forced "social media detox" as access slows or cuts out across the country.

Parts of the Philippines experienced slow or intermittent internet on Friday after undersea cable segments connecting the country to Singapore and Hong Kong went offline. The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has launched an investigation into the cause of the outage. Users reported degraded connectivity, and authorities are working to determine whether the damage was accidental or otherwise while repair efforts are expected to restore full service.

Internet users in the Philippines are experiencing widespread connectivity problems after the submarine cable linking the country to Singapore went offline. The cable fault has knocked out many internet connections across the archipelago, with repairs and restoration of service expected to be a priority for affected providers.

Parts of the Philippines are experiencing internet disruptions after an undersea cable went offline, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reports. Undersea fiber cables carry most of the country's international data traffic, so a single failure can slow or cut connectivity in several regions at once. Repair work for submarine cables typically involves dispatching specialist vessels and can take days or longer depending on the fault's location.