The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be "addictive," calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, and push notifications, as well as its recommendation engine.In preliminary findings from an investigation that sought to determine TikTok's compliance with the European Union's far-reaching Digital Services Act, the Commission said the... »

Aspiring Starlink competitor Logos Space Services has secured FCC clearance to launch more than 4,000 broadband satellites into low Earth orbit by 2035, as reported by Space News. Under FCC regulations, the company must deploy half of the approved amount within the next seven years.The company is headed by its founder, Milo Medin, a former project manager at NASA as well as a former vice... »

Anthropic has announced that it won’t be bringing ads to its AI chatbot Claude, in sharp contrast to confirmed plans from OpenAI to allow advertising in ChatGPT. To hammer the point home further, the company is releasing a Super Bowl commercial that makes fun of unnamed rivals adding adverts to their AI."We want Claude to act unambiguously in our users’ interests," the company says in a new... »

The developer of the popular open source text editor Notepad++ has confirmed that hackers hijacked the software to deliver malicious updates to users over the course of several months in 2025.In a blog post published Monday, Notepad++ developer Don Ho said that the cyberattack was likely carried out by hackers associated with the Chinese government between June and December 2025, citing multiple... »

Unlike many of the companies stuffing AI into their browsers, Mozilla will soon give you a way to turn all of these features off. An update coming on February 24th will add a new "AI control" option to Firefox's settings menu, allowing you to disable or enable the browser's individual AI features, including access to a built-in AI chatbot, translations, AI tab group suggestions, and more.Over the... »

Archer VR1600v unlocks the full potential of your internet connection by providing combined dual band speeds of up to 1.6Gbps. Coupling this with the broadband speeds of up to 100Mbps ensures all your devices perform at their peak.

Multiple inputs provide a variety of internet connection options. As a backup, the WAN port accepts connections from cable or fiber modems via the Ethernet port.... »

Fully compatible with FDD-LTE and TDD-LTE to work with most service providers worldwide. Insert a nano SIM card and turn on the router to share your 4G LTE network with multiple Wi-Fi devices.

MB230-4G supports the 4G+ Cat 6, which uses Carrier Aggregation technology, to achieve fast LTE speeds up to 300 Mbps download and 50 Mbps upload. It can also share a dual band Wi-Fi network for gaming,... »

The AQUILA PRO AI R95 BE9500 Wi-Fi 7 Smart Router brings next-gen tri-band Wi-Fi 7 to your home with fast speeds, 320 MHz bandwidth, and Multi-Link Operation (MLO) for seamless, low-latency performance. Equipped with four external antennas and advanced AI capabilities, it's a seamless blend of performance, elegance, and next-generation innovation.

The R95 features the newly added 6 GHz band,... »

All gigabit Ethernet ports allow you to take full advantage of your broadband speed up to 1 Gbps. Plug your PCs, smart TVs, and game consoles into one of the three gigabit ethernet LAN ports for fast, reliable wired connections.

4 high-performance external antennas boost WiFi signals throughout your home. Beamforming technology detects devices and concentrates wireless signal strength towards... »

Upgrade to faster speeds with the DOCSIS 3.1 mid/high-split cable modem. The Nighthawk CM3000 is specifically engineered to handle today's fastest DOCSIS 3.1 cable Internet speeds that can only be accessed with mid/high-split technology.

Your entire family can enjoy download speeds up to 2.5Gbps and faster upload speeds up to 1Gbps for lag-free gaming, crisp video conferencing, smoother music... »

Powered by Wi-Fi 7 technology, Archer BE450 delivers Wi-Fi speeds of up to 7.2 Gbps, enabling your devices to run at full speed.

WiFi 7 offers accelerated throughput, lower latency, stronger anti-jamming, and higher efficiency.

Multi-Link Operation (MLO) enables Archer BE450 to transmit data with Wi-Fi 7 clients across multiple bands simultaneously to increase throughput, reduce latency,... »

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... »