{"id":237708,"date":"2026-06-26T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/not-all-tech-survives-solar-storms-heres-whats-most-at-risk\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T09:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:41:08","slug":"not-all-tech-survives-solar-storms-heres-whats-most-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/not-all-tech-survives-solar-storms-heres-whats-most-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Not All Tech Survives Solar Storms, Here&#8217;s What&#8217;s Most At Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2201195\/solar-maximum-tech-damage-space-weather\/\">Not All Tech Survives Solar Storms, Here&#8217;s What&#8217;s Most At Risk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2201195\/solar-maximum-tech-damage-space-weather\/\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2201195\/solar-maximum-tech-damage-space-weather\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-26 09:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.engadget.com\">www.engadget.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Impacts of Solar Storms<\/strong>: Solar storms can disrupt modern technological infrastructure, exemplified by the 1989 Quebec blackout caused by a geomagnetic storm.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Types of Solar Storms<\/strong>: There are three main types: solar flares, radiation storms, and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) which can cause geomagnetic storms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Effects on Power Grids<\/strong>: Geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) from solar storms can overheat transformers and damage power grid systems, shortening their lifespan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Satellite Vulnerabilities<\/strong>: Solar storms can damage satellite components, cause bit flips in computer programming, and change orbital paths, potentially causing collisions with other satellites.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Communication Disruptions<\/strong>: Satellites and navigation systems such as GPS can be disrupted, as well as radio communication systems that depend on the ionosphere.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Internet Infrastructure Threats<\/strong>: CMEs can damage submarine fiber optic cables through geomagnetically induced currents, threatening global internet infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Preparation and Mitigation<\/strong>: While preparation is challenging due to the rarity of extreme solar storms, essential measures like generators and solar-powered backups can help ensure resilience. The cost and difficulty of upgrading infrastructure to withstand such events are significant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not All Tech Survives Solar Storms, Here&#8217;s What&#8217;s Most At Risk https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2201195\/solar-maximum-tech-damage-space-weather\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-26&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/not-all-tech-survives-solar-storms-heres-whats-most-at-risk\/l-intro-1782344171.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237713,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237708\/revisions\/237713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}