After launching a messaging feature last August, Spotify is now rolling out group chats. The company announced this week that users can now share the podcasts, playlists, and audiobooks they're listening to with up to 10 people.You can only start a chat with someone you've previously shared content with. For example, if you have a collaborative playlist with someone or have joined a Jam or a... »

Google Threat Intelligence Group warned that a diverse and growing collection of attackers, including nation-state groups and financially motivated cybercriminals, are exploiting a path-traversal vulnerability affecting WinRAR that was disclosed and patched six months ago.The high-severity vulnerability - CVE-2025-8088 - was exploited in the wild almost two weeks before RARLAB, the vendor behind... »

Amazon is closing its branded brick-and-mortar grocery stores, with the company consolidating its physical strategy under the Whole Foods name.The closures, which affect its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go locations, were announced Tuesday and amount to about 70 locations across the United States. In a blog post, the company said while it saw positive signs in the stores, it didn't create a "truly... »

Microsoft is announcing a successor to its first in-house AI chip today, the Maia 200. Built on TSMC's 3nm process, Microsoft says its Maia 200 AI accelerator "delivers 3 times the FP4 performance of the third generation Amazon Trainium, and FP8 performance above Google’s seventh generation TPU."Each Maia 200 chip has more than 100 billion transistors, which are all designed to handle... »

The United States and China have signed off on a deal that hands control of TikTok’s U.S. operations to a group of investors backed by President Donald Trump.TikTok said Thursday in a news release that a new company, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, would ensure the app continues to be available in the U.S. The company will "operate under defined safeguards that protect national security through... »

Easily share a 3G/4G connection with up to 64 wireless devices, such as phones, tablets, and laptops, at the same time. 3 LAN ports stand ready to provide internet for wired devices like desktop computers.

Thanks to 4G+ Carrier Aggregation technology which combines different carrier signals for even faster bandwidth, MR505 boosts 300 Mbps download speeds fulfills your devices' needs. It can... »

Stream, game, conference and more with confidence. DOCSIS 3.1 supports speeds up to 10x faster with higher efficiency. Also backwards compatible with 32x8 DOCSIS 3.0 so you can future proof your network.

Don't let your cable modem throttle your speed. A 2.5 Gbps Ethernet port delivers high-speed connectivity to even the fastest routers and computers.

Easy self-installation. Comes with a... »

The Archer C6U creates a reliable and blazing-fast network powered by 802.11ac Wi-Fi technology. The 2.4GHz band delivers speeds up to 300Mbps, ready for everyday tasks like emailing and web browsing, while the 5GHz band delivers speeds up to 867Mbps, ideal for HD video streaming and lag-free online gaming.

Four external antennas send Wi-Fi signals to every corner of your home. Stay connected... »

With an integrated 4G LTE modem and a built-in SIM card slot, all you need to do is inserting a micro SIM card and turning on the router. It has never been easier than enjoy a fast, stable Wi-Fi on 4G LTE network.

Take full advantage of your 4G LTE network to download speed up to 150 Mbps. Share your 4G LTE network with multiple Wi-Fi devices and enjoy uninterrupted HD movies, rapid file... »

EAX17 provides speeds as fast as 3Gbps (2.4+0.6 Gbps) throughout your home.

Dual-core 1.3 GHz processor ensures smooth 4K UHD streaming and gaming.

For maximum performance, the built-in Gigabit Ethernet port connects directly to a wired device,
delivering an unparalleled gaming and streaming performance

One WiFi Name - seamlessly switch between networks in your home for the... »

A dual-band WiFi 7 router with an aggregate of 6.5 Gbps speed, one 2.5G WAN, and four Gigabit LAN, catering to multi-Gig internet access, gaming, and entertainment scenarios.

WR6500 features Broadcom 2 GHz Quad-Core CPU. With 6-stream Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 it supports a total of 6500Mbps wireless speed (5760 Mbps + 688 Mbps Wi-Fi).

The router has 1× 2.5GbE and 4× GbE Ethernet ports. It... »

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... »

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... »

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... »

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,... »

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)... »

The information in this article is intended to improve understanding of all common and advanced network adapter settings under current Windows versions. We will also offer some general suggestions on setting up your LAN for the best possible network performance. Keep in mind that many of these settings can significantly affect performance and reliability in a good or bad way. Consider testing performance using some type of network analyzer or even a simple throughput test before and after... »