AT&T is buying $3 billion worth of fibre optic cables from Corning

Today, AT&T has signed a new multi-year deal with Corning to purchase fibre optic cables. The deal is valued at more than $3 billion, and will help AT&T reach its stated goal of connecting 60 million homes and businesses with fibre optic cables by 2030. The carrier has already reached 30 million locations, so half of that, in June this year, six months ahead of its initial schedule.

In its most recent results, those for the second quarter of this year, AT&T reported that it added 646,000 total consumer and business internet net subscribers, of which 367,000 were fibre optic internet… AT&T is buying $3 billion worth of fibre optic cables from Corning.

A 245-million-year-old marine reptile fossil preserves an astonishing amount of detail, including its stomach, liver, and intestines. The discovery reveals that Austronaga minuta was highly adapted for swimming even though its digestive system remained surprisingly simple.

This 245-million-year-old fossil still has its stomach and intestines. This 245-million-year-old fossil still has its stomach and intestines Science News from research organizations This 245-million-year-old fossil still has its stomach and intestines A stunning 245-million-year-old fossil preserves the oldest known largely complete reptile digestive system, offering a rare glimpse inside one of the seas’ earliest specialized swimmers.

Researchers from China, Europe, and the USA, including Dr. Stephan Spiekman, a paleontologist at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart and the University of Hohenheim, have described an exceptional specimen of the long-necked marine reptile Austronaga minuta.

Although its ancestors lived on land, Austronaga had already developed sophisticated adaptations for life in the water by the Middle Triassic. The fossil is nearly complete and preserves not only most of the animal’s skeleton, but also large portions of its digestive system.

Using modern analytical techniques, researchers identified several internal organs, including the stomach, liver and intestines. It is the oldest known example of a largely complete digestive system preserved in a reptile.