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Netgear is very clearly determined to maintain its reputation for outlandishly styled, high-performance WiFi routers. The company has unveiled its first routers using the WiFi 6 (aka 802.11ax) standard, and… well, just look at them. Both the Nighthawk AX8 and Nighthawk AX12 more closely resemble stealth fighters than networking equipment (to better position the antennas, […]
With the official end of the Airport era, it’s time to let a new router into your life. Preferably mesh. https://media.wired.com/photos/5ae3c0cbae3a24477dbe4d89/master/pass/eero.jpg
Enlarge / The AirPort Express was last updated in 2013. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) After sitting in silence for years, Apple’s AirPort base station devices will fade away soon. According to a Bloomberg report, Apple is officially discontinuing the AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express, and Time Capsule Wi-Fi routers. The company hasn’t updated any of the AirPort […]
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered what’s likely to be another state-sponsored malware strain, and this one is more advanced than most. Nicknamed Slingshot, the code spies on PCs through a multi-layer attack that targets MikroTik routers. It first replaces a library file with a malicious version that downloads other malicious components, and then […]
Circle with Disney’s advanced parental controls are helpful if you want to curb what your kids can do online and when, but it has normally required a separate device you plug in to your WiFi router. Why can’t it just be built into the router itself? It is now: Netgear has announced that its Nighthawk […]
Enlarge (credit: D-Link) Home routers from 10 manufacturers, including Linksys, DLink, and Belkin, can be turned into covert listening posts that allow the Central Intelligence Agency to monitor and manipulate incoming and outgoing traffic and infect connected devices. That’s according to secret documents posted Thursday by WikiLeaks. CherryBlossom, as the implant is code-named, can be […]
If you take your Wi-Fi seriously, and can’t abide dead spots, NETGEAR’s Orbi mesh routers are some of the best you can buy according to Gizmodo and The Wirecutter, and Amazon’s running an insane deal on the 2-pack right now. In addition to listing them for an all-time low $ 330, they’re also throwing in […]
LG is redesigning its UltraFine 5K Display so it can work well next to routers. The 27-inch monitor ran into a number of issues if it was placed within two meters of a router, making the display flicker, disconnect, or freeze computers due to electromagnetic interference. In a statement to Recode, LG says it’s planning […]
Rather than replace its aging Thunderbolt display, Apple showed off LG’s new 27-inch Ultrafine 5K monitor as the perfect mate for the new MacBook Pro when they were introduced last fall. Unfortunately, it sounds like this new display comes with a pretty significant flaw. According to 9to5Mac, the LG Ultrafine 5K becomes extremely unstable or […]
