In telephone communications, any cable pair spliced into the main pair. Many unused bridged taps remain from the early days when party lines were the norm and two or more taps were made on every line.

A 700-foot span across a deep canyon gorge.

Stripe is in talks to acquire stablecoin platform Bridge for a whopping $1 billion, according to Forbes. The talks are reportedly in advanced stages, although nothing has been finalized.

Update: This story has been updated on October 21 after Stripe’s and Bridge’s CEOs confirmed the acquisition on X. Months after cofounder John Collison declared "crypto is back," fintech ...

Three people were killed and several more seriously injured Wednesday when a bridge in Mississippi that was closed nearly a month ago collapsed while a work crew was prepping it for demolition ...

Three people were killed and four others were injured when a bridge, which was being prepared for demolition, collapsed in a “work site accident” in Mississippi on Wednesday afternoon ...

Fire blazing on the rail bridge with the damaged road section below Satellite images show how a key bridge to the Crimean peninsula, damaged by an explosion in October in mysterious circumstances ...

The bridge over the Strong River in Simpson County was closed to traffic. A portion of a Mississippi bridge in the process of being demolished collapsed prematurely, killing three workers ...

Three people were killed and four were seriously injured when a bridge in Mississippi targeted for demolition collapsed Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The bridge, located about 40 miles ...

Courses in cyber, IT and AI are helping to address Gloucestershire's digital skills shortage. There are calls for more people to train in those areas to keep up with a "rapidly changing need ...

A bridge over the Strong River in Simpson County that was being demolished collapsed in a “work site accident,” the authorities said. By Alexandra E. Petri Three people were killed and four ...