Receding ice in the Arctic has, for the first time, allowed the laying of fiber optic cables to cross over the top of the world to connect London to Tokyo.

Elevation Partners, a private equity fund co-founded by Irish rockstar Bono, said that it will be seeking $1 billion for a secondary fund.

For $2 a pop, Wal-Mart photo center employees will add digital copies of DVDs or Blu-ray discs that customers own to a digital library they can access from their computers, smart phones and other Internet-connected devices, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Announcing the attack, The Consortium said it had posted a portion of the data online – including 82 official .gov and .mil email addresses allegedly listed in the customer database.