Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has written a letter to the chief executive officers of Apple and Google to ask them to remove TikTok from their app stores, warning its "vast influence and aggressive data collection pose a specific threat." The app, which Congress has already banned from federal government devices, has come under increasing criticism... »

Twitter announced late Monday night it would shut off free access to its API Feb. 9 and start charging outside developers and other companies whose apps and software need access to its services.Claiming its dataset is "among the world's most powerful," Twitter said it was committed to enabling "fast and comprehensive access" to devs wishing to create features and apps linked to the social media... »

Netflix is now detailing how it aims to maintain password sharing within a household while cracking down on outside usage. The company aims to curtail account sharing this year by asking people to pay extra money to use the streaming service outside the household for extended periods of time.As a result, Netflix will require users to identify a "primary location" for all accounts that live within... »

Google is in the process of telling Google Fi customers that their data was stolen as part of the T-Mobile breach earlier this month. On Jan. 5, a hacker breached T-Mobile's network and stole data from 37 million customer accounts. For those who aren't familiar, Google Fi uses T-Mobile's network for the majority of its connections. The "primary network provider" is almost guaranteed to be... »

Facebook can secretly drain its users' cellphone batteries, a former employee contends in a lawsuit.The practice, known as "negative testing," allows tech companies to "surreptitiously" run down someone's mobile juice in the name of testing features or issues such as how fast their app runs or how an image might load, according to data scientist George Hayward.Hayward was axed by Meta in November... »

ASUS 4G-N16 is no ordinary Wi-Fi router. Just insert a 4G LTE SIM card and its built-in modem connects to the internet wirelessly via super-fast mobile broadband. You can enjoy up to 150 Mbps downloads and 50 Mbps uploads.

External mobile broadband antennas perform better than internal antennas. Indoors, the best 4G LTE reception is usually found near a window, but if this isn't practical you... »

Unleash ultra-fast 7.8Gbps speeds and experience WiFi 6E's new 6GHz "express lane" with the NETGEAR Nighthawk RAXE300 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Router.

8 simultaneous WiFi streams ensure everyone in your house enjoys no-lag AR/VR gaming, uninterrupted 8K streaming, and smooth video calls all at the same time.

A new 6GHz band provides the fastest speed and the greatest capacity for new WiFi 6E... »

9.2 Gbps Tri-Band WiFi 7: enables your devices to run at full speed. Enjoy fluent 4K/8K streaming, immersive AR/VR gaming, and blazing-fast downloads.

Multi-Link Operation (MLO): increases throughput, reduces latency, and improves reliability for emerging applications.

Full 2.5G ports: one 2.5 Gbps WAN port and four 2.5 Gbps LAN ports break through the 1G bottleneck, driving your devices to... »

Get fast wireless coverage with Prolink DL-7303 4G+ Wi-Fi router. Featuring a Dual Band 2T2R MIMO Wireless Technology, experience greater throughput and strong network performance, for a lag-free HD video streaming, smooth online gaming session and quick file downloads.

No configuration needed. With the Automatic Network Selection (Auto APN) feature, all you have to do is insert a SIM card to... »

The GWN7062 is a secure dual-band router powered by the latest Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) technology. The GWN7062 provides dual-band 2×2 MU-MIMO with DL/UL OFDMA technology and supports wireless Mesh networking and wired AP connections.

It features a 64-bit 1.2GHz quad-core processor to provide Wi-Fi speeds up to 1.77 Gbps with up to 256 wireless devices, allowing the GWN7062 to power smart office... »

Next-generation WiFi 7 router with dual 10G ports boosts speeds up to 19000 Mbps.

New 6 GHz frequency band with 320MHz bandwidth & 4096 QAM which is 2X data rate compares to WiFi 6E and increase throughput by 20%​.

Multi-link operation (MLO) allows data transmissions to span multiple frequency bands at the same time​.

Multi-RU puncturing reduces potential channel interference and... »

Windows Vista introduces a number of new features to the TCP/IP stack, including CTCP, and TCP Window Auto-Tuning. This new implementation works much better by default than previous Windows versions with broadband internet connections, and is able to adjust the RWIN value on the fly, depending on the BDP (bandwidth-delay product). This, however, introduces some problems with older routers and restricts the user from tweaking some of the TCP/IP parameters. Still, there is always some room for... »

The TCP/IP speed tweaks below work with Windows 8, 10, 2012/2019 Server. The Windows 8/10 TCP/IP implementation shares many traits with earlier Windows versions, however, there are many subtle differences and updates, new syntax for applying tweaks using PowerShell cmdlets, and some new settings. Windows 10 generally works well by default for many broadband connections, yet there is always some room for improvement and we will try to cover all relevant settings and their effect on your... »

Introduction With the popularity of wireless networks and mobile computing, an overall understanding of common security issues has become not only relevant, but very necessary for both home/SOHO users and IT professionals alike. This article is aimed at illustrating current security flaws in WEP/WPA/WPA2. Successfully cracking a wireless network assumes some basic familiarity with networking principles and terminology, as well as working with command-line tools. A basic familiarity... »

I've often found it useful to get just the wireless functionality out of a WiFi router and reuse it as an access point. Wireless routers seem more common, and are often priced even lower than wireless access points. Adding an access point to a wired network already in place, or to one where the main NAT router is provided by the ISP is usually the easiest solution. However, introducing a second NAT router on the network is not a good idea, especially without some tweaking to set it up... »

Online Gaming can often benefit from some fine-tuning of Windows TCP/IP settings and the Network Adapter properties. This article is intended to supplement our general broadband tweaks and list only TCP/IP settings that are specific to online gaming and reducing network latency. Some of these settings are also mentioned in our general tweaking articles, however, the emphasis here is on latency rather than throughput, and we have complemented the tweaks with more gaming-specific recommendations... »

Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are very common on the Internet these days, and they can make your online experience miserable. In some cases of Distributed Denial of Service Attacks (DDoS), they can bring down websites, or cripple entire networks in a matter of minutes, preventing connectivity for many customers. There are different types of DoS attacks, and we've tried to explain the most common types and ways to mitigate their effects to you or your network.Types of Denial of Service (DoS)... »

Microsoft enforces a limit on half-open TCP/IP connections that is hard-coded in tcpip.sys. The maximum simultaneous half-open (incomplete) outbound TCP connection attempts per second that the system can make is intended to limit the spread of malicious viruses and worms, as well as limit the possibility of launching a DDoS attack. However, it has proven to also limit some applications using many TCP connections, such as P2P and P2PTV programs.When the OS reaches the half-open connection limit,... »

To change TCP/IP related settings in Android you need root access. The only exception are a couple of trivial changes that are available to non-rooted devices, namely dynamic vs static IP address, and changing the DNS server. Assuming you are working with an already rooted device, the settings are listed below:Android TCP/IP tweaks (root required)In order to change other TCP/IP stack settings, you need to edit the settings in /proc/sys/net/core/ , similar to what is explained in our Linux... »