If you want to completely eliminate dead zones in your home, upgrading to a full-fledged mesh system is the best option. We ...

Home-grown consumer electronics brand Portronics has launched Kinetics 8K, a compact Mini UPS Power Bank designed to provide uninterrupted power backup for Wi-Fi routers, modems, and compatible ...

First look: The Hacknect cable conceals inside an ESP32-S3 microcontroller, a chip more commonly found on development boards than tucked inside a cable. By hiding it there, the idea is to turn a ...

To get internet access in your home, you need both a modem and a router. They aren't interchangeable, and they serve two very different functions. If you think of your home as an island, the modem is ...

Scientists in Germany have demonstrated a startling new form of surveillance: identifying people using nothing more than ordinary WiFi signals. By analyzing how radio waves bounce around a room, ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Cable is dying, but it’s a slow death. And — worse — it’s ...

This might just be the last time Apple is using Qualcomm modem on its flagship iPhones. Photo: Lewis Wallace/Cult of Mac An iPhone 17 Pro Max teardown confirms Apple sticking with Qualcomm’s modem for ...

A small company in Andover, Massachusetts, played an outsize role in the broadband revolution. It all started in 1987, when Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard hit on the idea that residential cable infrastructure ...

The first thing to do here is to clear the confusion between an internet modem and a router. While these two might look similar, and non-tech-savvy individuals often use them interchangeably, these ...

Fiber uses fiber-optic lines that transmit data at the speed of light, whereas cable uses coaxial cables, which are traditionally used for TV service. Fiber typically offers faster upload and download ...

Julio is a Senior Author for Collider. He studied History and International Relations at university, but found his calling in cultural journalism. When he isn't writing, Julio also teaches English at ...

A modem-router combo merges two essential components of your home’s internet connectivity: the modem, which establishes your connection to the internet; and the router, which distributes that ...