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... »

AQUILA PRO AI R36 BE3600 Wi-Fi 7 Smart Router brings next-gen dual-band Wi-Fi 7 to your home with fast speeds, 160 MHz bandwidth, and Multi-Link Operation (MLO) for seamless, low-latency performance. Equipped with 2.5G LAN ports for ultra-fast wired connections, and four external antennas for stronger signal and wider coverage.

The R36 leverages Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation (MLO) technology to... »

Up to 5.4 Gbps Tri-Band WiFi enables your devices always ready for the fiercest battles. The brand new 6 GHz band provides exceptional bandwidth and congestion-free channels exclusive to Wi-Fi 6E devices.

Archer GXE75 features a 2.5 Gbps Internet (WAN) port, maximizing Gigabit+ speeds delivered by your Internet provider. The more forward-looking upper limit setting can also fully meet the... »

NX31 is equipped with dual-band WiFi 6 technology, providing you with a seamless and fast internet experience. Step into the future with Next-Gen 3000Mbps speeds. It's designed to handle high-speed internet connections, allowing you to download, stream, and work online without any lag.

Featuring a 1GHz dual-core processor, NX31 delivers enhanced performance and reliability.
It ensures that... »

Experience a high-end Tri-Band WiFi 7 range extender with WiFi speeds up to 9.3 Gbps. Now, every device in your home network will run at top performance. The exclusive 6 GHz band provides exceptional bandwidth and congestion-free channels exclusive to your devices.

The 6G band more than doubles the available spectrum, meaning no more competition over the airwaves. Experience blazing-fast speed... »

Elevate your smart home with dual-band Wi-Fi 7 speeds of up to 3600 Mbps and boosted coverage with AI-boosted Smart AiMesh technology. With next-gen ASUS advanced network technologies such as IoT Network, the RT-BE50 safeguard your network end-to-end, 24/7.

Multi-Link Operation (MLO) enables buffering-free connection by intelligently combining and switching between the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands.... »

The Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) is the latest generation in Wi-Fi standards. Thanks to its higher transfer rates, Xiaomi Router AX3200 allows you to easily enjoy nearly twice the speed of a typical AC1200 router. The Wi-Fi 6 router significantly reduces latency and unresponsiveness in end devices, even when multiple users are using multiple devices at the same time.

Xiaomi Router AX3200 offers both... »

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... »