Microsoft has deployed a fix to address an outage of their Azure cloud portal that left users unable to access Office 365, Minecraft and other services. The tech company wrote on its Azure status page that a configuration change to its Azure infrastructure caused the outage, and that its fix is being rolled out.Microsoft acknowledged issues with its Azure Front Door, a global content and... »

PayPal said on Tuesday that it is adopting a protocol in combination with OpenAI's "Instant Checkout" feature to let users pay for their shopping directly within ChatGPT, starting in 2026.PayPal is adopting the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), an open source specification developed by OpenAI that lets merchants make their products available within AI apps, consequently enabling users to shop... »

Apple says it will soon introduce an Apple Wallet feature that will allow U.S. users to create a digital ID using their passport, which will then be able to be used at select TSA checkpoints for domestic travel. The feature, previously announced as part of the iOS 26 release, comes on the heels of Apple's expansion of Wallet as more than a payment mechanism or ticket holder, but also a secure... »

Google has taken a decisive step towards practical quantum computers. A research team from Google Quantum AI has reported the first "verifiable quantum advantage" - in other words, a measurable computing advantage over conventional supercomputers that can be reproduced by other systems.At the center of it all is a new algorithm called "Quantum Echoes," which ran on Google's new "Willow" quantum... »

OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, a long-anticipated artificial intelligence-powered web browser built around its popular chatbot, in a direct challenge to Google Chrome's dominance.Atlas is the latest entrant in a crowded field of AI browsers, which includes Perplexity's Comet, Brave Browser and Opera's Neon, as companies race to weave in tools that can summarize pages, fill out forms... »

With a 2.5 Gbps Ethernet port plus an additional 1 Gbps Ethernet port, the SURFboard S34 DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem is a solution for multi-Gigabit home networking.

32 x 8 DOCSIS 3.0 bonded Channels. 2 downstream x 2 upstream OFDM DOCSIS 3.1 channels.

Easily setup your modem and get a real-time view of the devices on your network with the SURFboard Central... »

Experience AX6000 speed with 160MHz channels, up to 1148Mbps at 2.4GHz and 4804Mbps at 5GHz. Enjoy seamless browsing, smooth 4K streaming, and immersive gaming. Benefit from reduced latency for enhanced online gaming and uninterrupted video calls. Features include one 2.5G WAN port and four Gigabit LAN ports, offering versatile customization options for WAN/LAN applications.

Utilizing 8x 5dBi... »

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... »

Give your Wi-Fi connections some more juice, with speeds of up to 3.6 Gbps, to stream, game, browse, and conference lag-free.

HUAWEI WiFi BE3 breaks through the 1 Gbps bottleneck, by offering one 2.5 Gbps WAN/LAN port and three 1 Gbps WAN/LAN ports, which means it's full speed ahead on all of your devices.

The chip architecture and network processor reduce the CPU load and improve the... »

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 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... »