Slashdot Items Tagged "wireless"

Date / Time Story
Wednesday April 03, 2024 @06:30PM Feds Finally Decide To Do Something About Years-Old SS7 Spy Holes In Phone Networks
Monday April 01, 2024 @08:53PM Researchers Unlock Fiber Optic Connection 1.2 Million Times Faster Than Broadband
Monday April 01, 2024 @04:15PM 'Smart Devices Are Turning Out To Be a Poor Investment'
Tuesday March 12, 2024 @08:57PM SpaceX Gets E-Band Radio Waves To Boost Starlink Broadband
Friday March 08, 2024 @07:35PM Google's Newest Office Has AI Designers Toiling In a Wi-Fi Desert
Sunday February 18, 2024 @09:00PM MIT Researchers Build Tiny Tamper-Proof ID Tag Utilizing Terahertz Waves
Tuesday February 13, 2024 @06:36PM Wi-Fi Jamming To Knock Out Cameras Suspected In Nine Minnesota Burglaries
Monday February 12, 2024 @06:07PM The US Government Makes a $42 Million Bet On Open Cell Networks
Saturday February 03, 2024 @12:52AM Ask Slashdot: Can You Roll Your Own Home Router?
Tuesday January 16, 2024 @05:26PM LG Washing Machine Found Sending 3.7 GB of Data a Day
Monday January 15, 2024 @03:47PM Verizon To Keep Charging Controversial Fee Despite $100 Million Settlement
Tuesday January 09, 2024 @05:54PM AirDrop 'Cracked' By Chinese Authorities To Identify Senders
Monday January 08, 2024 @06:47PM Samsung Debuts World's First Transparent MicroLED Screen Is At CES 2024
Monday January 08, 2024 @12:19PM Wi-Fi 7 is Ready To Go Mainstream
Friday January 05, 2024 @08:56AM Mexican Cartel Provided Wi-Fi To Locals - With Threat of Death If They Didn't Use It
Friday December 29, 2023 @03:28PM Wi-Fi 7 Signals the Industry's New Priority: Stability
Thursday December 21, 2023 @01:43AM Wireless TVs Use Built-In Cameras, NFC Readers To Sell You Stuff You See On TV
Saturday December 16, 2023 @12:24AM Researchers Develop World's First Antenna For Ultra-Secure 6G
Friday December 01, 2023 @07:52PM Michigan Installs First Wireless EV Charging Road In US
Wednesday November 22, 2023 @06:19PM Thousands of Routers and Cameras Vulnerable To New 0-Day Attacks By Hostile Botnet
Wednesday November 15, 2023 @05:05PM Qi2 Wireless Charging Spec Is Here, Offering Speed Boosts and Magnets
Tuesday November 07, 2023 @08:01PM Chamberlain Shuts Off Access To MyQ's APIs, Breaking Smart Home Integrations
Tuesday November 07, 2023 @06:24PM Optus Outage Leaves Millions of Australians Without Mobile and Internet Services
Monday October 23, 2023 @05:32PM Millions of Smart Meters Will Be Defunct When 2G and 3G Turns Off
Monday October 23, 2023 @05:02PM Cleveland Launches Ambitious Plan To Provide Citywide Dirt Cheap Broadband
Sunday October 15, 2023 @10:09PM Caltech Ends Its Wi-Fi Lawsuit Against Apple and Broadcom
Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:17PM Amazon's Eero Max 7 Mesh Router Adds Wi-Fi 7 - For a Whopping $600
Thursday September 14, 2023 @04:48PM Why Apple Put a Thread Radio In the iPhone 15 Pro
Thursday August 31, 2023 @05:46PM Wireless Carriers Are Messing With Your Autopay Discount
Monday August 28, 2023 @08:53PM Dolby Atmos' Upcoming FlexConnect May Simplify Wireless Home Theater Audio
Monday July 31, 2023 @08:40PM Microsoft Now Offers Xbox Wireless Controller Replacement Parts For DIY Repairs
Thursday July 13, 2023 @09:24PM Li-Fi, Light-Based Networking Standard Released
Wednesday July 12, 2023 @04:20PM US Ranks 32nd Worldwide On Broadband Affordability, Study Finds
Thursday July 06, 2023 @04:31PM The 5G Threats To Airplanes Quietly Recedes
Friday June 23, 2023 @04:05PM NFC Payments Are About To Become Faster, Easier, and Truly Contactless
Monday June 19, 2023 @06:38PM ASUS Urges Customers To Patch Critical Router Vulnerabilities
Wednesday June 14, 2023 @05:09PM A San Francisco Library Is Turning Off Wi-Fi At Night To Keep People Without Housing From Using It
Friday June 09, 2023 @09:57PM Linux Foundation Announces Collaboration for 'Open Radio Access Network' Prototypes
Friday June 09, 2023 @01:31PM Apple TV To Support VPN Apps On tvOS 17
Wednesday May 31, 2023 @07:39PM Hubble Network Wants To Connect a Billion Devices With Space-Based Bluetooth Network
Wednesday May 17, 2023 @04:04PM Malware Turns Home Routers Into Proxies For Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers
Saturday May 13, 2023 @04:04PM As Wireless Carriers 'Rip and Replace' Chinese-Made Telecom Equipment, Who Pays?
Friday May 12, 2023 @05:17PM Bluetooth Tags For Android's 3 Billion-Strong Tracking Network Are Here
Monday May 01, 2023 @12:29AM Are Public Wifi and Phone Chargers Actually Safe?
Thursday April 27, 2023 @06:37PM Tokyo Has 20x As Much Wi-Fi As It Needs
Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:51PM Google Fi Gets Third Rebrand In 8 Years
Saturday April 08, 2023 @01:48AM FSF Awards 'Respects Your Freedom' Certification to ThinkPenguin's Gigabit Mini VPN Router
Tuesday February 21, 2023 @05:58PM Wireless ISP Starry Is Filing For Bankruptcy
Tuesday January 31, 2023 @04:13PM A Welsh Brand of McDonald's Plays Classical Music, Rations Wi-Fi To Deter Anti-Social Behavior
Monday January 30, 2023 @06:16PM Frontier's Bringing Its 5-Gig Fiber Network Across the Country
Thursday January 19, 2023 @02:28PM OpenWLANMap: Free WLAN-Based GPS Replacement
Friday January 13, 2023 @06:19PM Google's Stadia Controller Is Getting Bluetooth Support
Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:10AM Get a Checklist For the Selection of the Right Wireless PA System For Business
Monday January 09, 2023 @06:33PM Apple Is Reportedly Making An All-In-One Cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth Chip
Friday January 06, 2023 @01:43PM 7 Best Scullcandy Wireless Earbuds In 2023
Tuesday January 03, 2023 @06:13PM Wireless Power Consortium Works With Apple On Next-Gen 'Qi2' Standard Based On MagSafe
Thursday December 29, 2022 @05:46PM NetGear Warns Users To Patch Recently Fixed Wi-Fi Router Bug
Thursday December 29, 2022 @11:45AM Rural Wireless Broadband Providers
Tuesday December 27, 2022 @06:04AM How To Change Wireless Channels On My Linksys Router?
Wednesday December 21, 2022 @05:23AM Know About Wireless PA Systems For Schools Redefined?
Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:16PM Delta To Make Its In-Flight Wi-Fi Free
Friday December 16, 2022 @09:52AM View the Latest Wireless Hidden Camera Price Just at 1249
Thursday December 15, 2022 @10:43AM Smart Wireless Temperature Data Logger
Monday December 12, 2022 @07:25PM Only a Quarter of US iPhones Are Sold Through Apple
Friday December 09, 2022 @11:53AM What's the Difference Between Wireless Charging and MagSafe
Friday December 09, 2022 @11:53AM Is wireless charging as fast as cable
Wednesday November 30, 2022 @11:57PM More Than 1 Billion People Expected To Be Using 5G By Year's End
Friday November 25, 2022 @10:50AM EU Allows Smartphones During Flights
Saturday October 29, 2022 @12:47AM Why Is My Cat Using Baidu? And Other IoT DNS Oddities
Monday October 24, 2022 @06:37PM Comcast's New Higher Upload Speeds Require $25-Per-Month xFi Complete Add-On
Friday October 14, 2022 @10:19PM Lufthansa Says Passengers Can't Use Apple AirTags to Track Checked Bags
Friday October 14, 2022 @10:16PM Lufthansa Changes Mind, Now Says Apple AirTags Are Allowed on Luggage
Wednesday October 12, 2022 @07:06PM How Wi-Fi Spy Drones Snooped On Financial Firm
Wednesday October 12, 2022 @04:57PM Android Leaks Some Traffic Even When 'Always-On VPN' Is Enabled
Tuesday October 04, 2022 @05:45PM Matter Smart Home Standard Officially Launches
Saturday October 01, 2022 @04:15PM Stadia Controllers Could Become E-Waste Unless Google Issues Bluetooth Update
Wednesday September 28, 2022 @04:33PM Google Fiber Touts 20Gbps Download Speed In Test, Promises Eventual 100Gbps
Tuesday September 20, 2022 @01:16PM Advocacy Group Asks FCC To Probe Efficacy of Wireless Industry's Voluntary Phone Unlocking Commitments
Tuesday August 30, 2022 @05:36PM SmartDry's Useful Laundry Sensor To Be Cloud-Bricked Next Month
Wednesday August 24, 2022 @04:29PM Chattanooga, Tennessee offers America's First Community-Wide 25 Gig Internet Service
Tuesday August 16, 2022 @03:49PM Court Upholds FCC's Decision To Reallocate Part of 5.9 GHz Band For Unlicensed Use, Including Wi-Fi
Thursday August 11, 2022 @04:56PM Meta's Flailing Portal Repurposed As a Wireless Portable Monitor
Monday August 01, 2022 @05:07PM Intel To Introduce Wi-Fi 7 In 2024 As Apple Plans Imminent Move To Wi-Fi 6E
Friday July 22, 2022 @05:57PM Chromebooks With Mobile Data To Act As Wi-Fi Hotspots
Saturday June 18, 2022 @05:25PM Verizon, AT&T Agree to Delay Some 5G Rollouts Near Airports
Wednesday June 01, 2022 @07:22PM Canon Wireless Printers Are Getting Stuck In Reboot Loops
Wednesday May 18, 2022 @07:22PM New Bluetooth Hack Can Unlock All Kinds of Devices
Tuesday May 10, 2022 @05:17PM Google Explains Why It's All In On Matter, the First True Smart Home Standard
Friday May 06, 2022 @02:49PM Wi-Fi 7 Home Mesh Routers Poised To Hit 33Gbps
Friday April 29, 2022 @02:48PM Nigeria Blocks 73 Million Mobile Phones in Security Clampdown
Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:09PM California Net Neutrality Law To Remain Intact After Appeals Court Says It Won't Reconsider Earlier Decision
Wednesday April 20, 2022 @11:03PM Delta Confirms It Worked With SpaceX To Trial Starlink's Satellite Internet
Tuesday April 19, 2022 @01:24PM Ukraine War Stokes Concerns in Taiwan Over Its Fragile Internet Links
Thursday April 07, 2022 @04:42PM Black Market SIM Cards Turned a Zimbabwean Border Town Into a Remote Work Hub
Friday April 01, 2022 @04:16PM Four Indigenous People Killed In 'Clash' With Venezuelan Military Over Wi-Fi
Wednesday March 30, 2022 @06:19PM T-Mobile Begins Shutdown of Sprint 3G Network
Thursday March 10, 2022 @11:23PM Router and Modem Rental Fees Still a Major Annoyance Despite New US Law
Thursday March 03, 2022 @05:54PM Meta Says Its Metaverse Ambitions Won't Be Possible Without Better Cellular Networks
Wednesday February 02, 2022 @07:39PM First US Mile of Wireless EV Charging Road Coming To Detroit
Thursday January 20, 2022 @07:07PM FAA Estimates 78% of US Planes Can Now Land At Airports With 5G C-Band
Wednesday January 19, 2022 @06:20PM How Europe Rolled Out 5G Without Hurting Aviation
Monday January 17, 2022 @05:19PM Chromebook 'Nearby Share' to Get 'Self Share' to Send Files to Our Own Devices
Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:14PM Raspberry Pi Can Detect Malware By Scanning For Electromagnetic Waves
Wednesday January 05, 2022 @07:12PM FAA Agrees Not To Seek Any More 5G Delays From AT&T and Verizon
Monday January 03, 2022 @06:06PM Samsung's New TV Remote Uses Radio Waves From Your Router To Stay Charged
Sunday January 02, 2022 @04:42PM AT&T and Verizon Reject US Govt's Request to Delay New 5G Services
Saturday January 01, 2022 @02:46PM US Government Requests Two-Week Delay for 5G Deployment, Citing Aviation Safety
Wednesday December 29, 2021 @04:57PM Federal Court Ruling Will Make Wifi 6E a Reality
Wednesday December 22, 2021 @06:31PM 5G Speeds In the US Rank Dead Last Among Early Adopters
Tuesday December 21, 2021 @10:06AM Boeing, Airbus Executives Urge Delay in US 5G Wireless Deployment
Monday December 20, 2021 @06:15PM Google OnHub Router Support Ending In 2022
Monday December 20, 2021 @01:32PM Security Flaws Found in a Popular Guest Wi-Fi System Used in Hundreds of Hotels
Friday December 17, 2021 @06:16PM Anti-5G Necklaces Found To Be Radioactive
Wednesday December 15, 2021 @07:51PM US Airlines Warn 5G Wireless Could Cause Havoc With Flights
Sunday December 05, 2021 @12:09AM Nine WiFi Routers Used by Millions Were Vulnerable to 226 Flaws
Saturday December 04, 2021 @10:25PM Comcast Reduced 'Working Latency' By 90% with AQM. Is This the Future?
Saturday November 13, 2021 @12:51AM US Rollout of 5G Frequencies Delayed Over Aviation Safety Concerns. Are They Warranted?
Friday October 29, 2021 @11:28PM What Happens When You Use Bluetooth Tags to Track Your Stolen Items?
Tuesday October 19, 2021 @07:06PM New FCC Rules Could Force Wireless Carriers To Block Spam Texts
Thursday October 14, 2021 @04:40PM Elon Musk Says Starlink Will Provide Faster Internet Speeds On Airlines
Tuesday October 05, 2021 @05:07PM Activists Are Designing Mesh Networks To Deploy During Civil Unrest
Tuesday September 28, 2021 @09:41PM Ring Puts An Eero Router Inside Its New Home Alarm System
Saturday September 04, 2021 @03:38PM How AT&T's Tethered Drones Can Become Temporary Cellular Towers
Friday September 03, 2021 @04:49PM Qualcomm Debuts Lossless Bluetooth Audio Streaming With aptX Lossless
Friday September 03, 2021 @02:25PM New Technology Delivers Power To Electronic Devices in a Test Space
Saturday August 21, 2021 @02:44PM 2G and 3G Networks Are Shutting Down. Should You Consider 5G For IoT?
Friday August 20, 2021 @11:36PM 'No Service' Bug Hits Some IOS 14.7.1 Users After Updating Their IPhones
Saturday August 14, 2021 @08:47PM Will Google's Tensor Chip Spell Trouble for 5G?
Monday August 09, 2021 @04:59PM Google Drops Bluetooth Titan Security Keys In Favor of NFC Versions
Saturday August 07, 2021 @01:28AM How a Security Researcher Took Over a Hotel's IoT Devices
Saturday July 31, 2021 @05:35PM Chinese Hackers Used Mesh of Home Routers To Disguise Attacks
Wednesday July 28, 2021 @10:44PM Amazon's Older Kindles Will Start To Lose Their Internet Access In December
Thursday July 08, 2021 @04:47PM More Cellphone Data Use Is Negatively Affecting Wi-Fi Performance, Study Finds
Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:37PM Carrier Caught Injecting 'SMS AD' Into Google Verification Code Message
Tuesday June 29, 2021 @09:41PM United's Latest Jets Will Offer Bluetooth For In-Flight Entertainment
Tuesday June 22, 2021 @08:06PM London Underground To Gain Full Mobile Phone Coverage By 2024
Thursday June 03, 2021 @05:03PM Samsung Will Shut Down the v1 SmartThings Hub This Month
Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:35PM Weak Wi-Fi Password May Have Led UK Police to Bust an Innocent Couple
Tuesday May 18, 2021 @05:56PM NBN Replaces 10,000 Modems After Lightning 'Fries' Devices Across Blue Mountains
Sunday May 16, 2021 @09:47PM Alexa/Echo Owners Become Part of Amazon's Massive 'Sidewalk' Mesh Network By Default
Wednesday May 12, 2021 @04:57PM Researchers Have Developed a Way To Wirelessly Charge Vehicles On the Road
Tuesday May 11, 2021 @09:15PM Tech Industry Quietly Patches FragAttacks Wi-Fi Flaws That Leak Data, Weaken Security
Sunday May 09, 2021 @01:32PM Can Apple's AirTags Be Used to Track Another Person?
Friday April 30, 2021 @08:24PM The FSF Says ThinkPenguin's Wireless-N Mini Router 'Respects Your Freedom'
Friday April 09, 2021 @09:01PM Scientists Connect Human Brain To Computer Wirelessly For First Time Ever
Wednesday April 07, 2021 @03:53PM Broadband Use Surged More Than 30% During Pandemic
Monday March 29, 2021 @09:40PM 'Rectenna' Harvests Electromagnetic Energy From 5G Signals
Thursday March 04, 2021 @06:52PM SpaceX Starlink Factory In Texas Will Speed Up Production of Dishy McFlatface
Sunday February 28, 2021 @07:15PM Verizon Support Recommends Turning Off 5G to Conserve Battery Life
Friday February 05, 2021 @09:41PM Ban on Wireless Modems In Voting Machines Should be Optional, Suggests US Election Agency
Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:39AM AT&T Customer Since 1960 Buys WSJ Print Ad To Complain of Slow Speeds
Monday January 11, 2021 @03:25PM D-Link Made a USB Adapter that Adds Wi-Fi 6 To Your Laptop
Thursday January 07, 2021 @10:07AM Wi-Fi's Biggest Upgrade in Decades is Starting To Arrive
Tuesday December 29, 2020 @04:21PM Ask Slashdot: How Can I Protect My Android Devices From Hackers?
Friday December 18, 2020 @05:34PM Law Banning 'Rental' Fees For Customer-Owned Routers Takes Effect Sunday
Friday December 11, 2020 @08:36PM Norman Abramson, Pioneer Behind Wireless Networks, Dies At 88
Thursday December 10, 2020 @02:15PM India Cabinet Approves Setting Up a 'Massive Network' of Public Wi-Fi Hotspots
Saturday November 28, 2020 @07:25PM Raspberry Pi Used To Hack Tesla Model X SUV Key Fob
Sunday November 22, 2020 @12:34AM US Congress Passes an IoT Security Bill 'That Doesn't Totally Suck'
Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:46PM FCC Takes Spectrum From Auto Industry In Plan To 'Supersize' Wi-Fi
Friday November 13, 2020 @06:40PM In Rural 'Dead Zones,' School Comes On a Flash Drive
Tuesday November 10, 2020 @08:27PM Alphabet Project Uses Light Beams To Bring Broadband To Remote Regions
Friday November 06, 2020 @08:08PM Panasonic Makes Vacuum Gadget To Rescue Wireless Earbuds From Train Tracks
Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:48PM NASA Funds Nokia Plan To Provide Cellular Service On Moon
Friday October 09, 2020 @10:32PM America's FBI Warns of Security Risks in Using Hotel Wi-Fi
Wednesday October 07, 2020 @02:50PM Five Bar and Cafe Owners Arrested in France For Running No-Log WiFi Networks
Tuesday October 06, 2020 @05:10PM Amazon Brings Eero Mesh Wi-Fi To ISPs
Tuesday September 22, 2020 @07:16PM T-Mobile Amassed 'Unprecedented Concentration of Spectrum,' AT&T Complains
Tuesday September 15, 2020 @07:44PM French President Emmanuel Macron Compares 5G Opponents To Amish
Tuesday September 15, 2020 @03:39PM New Google Fiber Plan: $100 For 2Gbps, Plus Wi-Fi 6 Router and Mesh Extender
Monday September 14, 2020 @04:44PM Verizon Acquires Tracfone In a Deal Worth More Than $6 Billion
Tuesday September 08, 2020 @04:13PM Apple, Amazon, Google, and Zigbee Alliance Standard For Smart Home Tech On Track For 2021 Release
Tuesday September 08, 2020 @03:34PM AT&T's Current 5G Is Slower Than 4G In Nearly Every City Tested By PCMag
Monday August 31, 2020 @06:01PM Qualcomm Doubles 5G mmWave Range To 2.36 Miles For Broadband Modems
Sunday August 30, 2020 @09:28PM Smart Dust Is Coming. Are You Ready?
Wednesday August 26, 2020 @04:49PM 5G In US Averages 51Mbps While Other Countries Hit Hundreds of Megabits
Saturday August 08, 2020 @07:05PM '5G Just Got Weird'
Friday August 07, 2020 @10:41PM Researchers Build a Low-Power Radar on a CMOS ChIp
Wednesday July 08, 2020 @04:58PM Over 100 Wi-Fi Routers Fail Major Security Test -- Protect Yourself Now
Wednesday July 01, 2020 @05:38PM Dish Buys Prepaid Carrier Boost Mobile For $1.4 Billion
Tuesday June 30, 2020 @04:15PM Android's AirDrop Competitor Is Coming Soon
Tuesday June 02, 2020 @01:37AM 5G Obliterates Your Phone Battery, But a Power-Saving Fix Is Coming
Thursday May 28, 2020 @04:23PM A $350 'Anti-5G' Device Is Just a 128MB USB Stick, Teardown Finds
Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:17PM New 'Spectra' Attack Breaks the Separation Between Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Thursday May 21, 2020 @04:23PM T-Mobile Connecting Heroes Now Live, First Responders Get Free 5G Service
Monday May 18, 2020 @03:27PM Cell-Tower Attacks By Idiots Who Claim 5G Spreads COVID-19 Reportedly Hit US
Wednesday May 13, 2020 @05:18PM MIT Develops a Way To Use Wireless Signals From In-Home Appliances To Better Understand Your Health
Thursday May 07, 2020 @05:03PM Comcast Resists Call To Open Home Wi-Fi Hotspots, Cites Potential Congestion
Tuesday May 05, 2020 @04:07PM The Average Household Will Surpass ISP's 1TB Data Caps Within 3 Years, Study Finds
Friday April 17, 2020 @04:25PM AT&T Gave FCC False Broadband-Coverage Data In Parts of 20 States
Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:26PM FCC To Approve 5G Network Despite Military Saying It Will Harm GPS
Wednesday April 15, 2020 @04:23PM School District Deploys Over 100 School Buses Equipped With Wi-Fi For Students Without Internet Access
Monday April 13, 2020 @04:19PM 6GHz Wi-Fi Access Could Boost Speeds and Generate $183 Billion By 2025, Study Says
Tuesday April 07, 2020 @05:11PM Verizon Is Cancelling Home Internet Installations During the Pandemic
Friday April 03, 2020 @03:36PM Broadband Engineers Threatened Due To 5G Coronavirus Conspiracies
Thursday April 02, 2020 @04:37PM FCC To Vote On Adding 6Ghz Band To Wi-Fi 6 To Improve Speeds
Wednesday April 01, 2020 @07:59PM California Governor Says 'We Need More Googles' As Company Offers Free Wi-Fi and Chromebooks To Students
Tuesday March 10, 2020 @04:38PM Elon Musk: Starlink Latency Will Be Good Enough For Competitive Gaming
Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:05PM Flaw in Billions of Wi-Fi Devices Left Communications Open To Eavesdropping
Monday February 24, 2020 @05:49PM Petnet's Smart Pet Feeder Goes Offline For a Week, Can't Answer Customers At All