The FCC banned the sale of new consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers and mobile hot spots manufactured outside the US. Here’s what it means for you. In March, the Federal Communications Commission banned new ...

The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max use two Apple-designed wireless chips: the N1, which handles Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and Thread, and the C2 modem for cellular, which Apple says uses 15 percent ...

Next to the row of WAN and LAN ports on the back of most routers, you'll often find a USB port. Unless you've read through your router's manual or experimented yourself, you may not know what it's ...

Not so many decades ago, in much simpler and slower times, many Wi-Fi routers shipped with just a single antenna that could only handle one wireless data stream at a time. As Wi-Fi got better, the ...

There are many clear and hidden perks of fiber internet. One of the big benefits of its development is that multi-gigabit home internet has become a reality across the country: You can pick up speeds ...

The Pixel 11 series brings Google’s updated Tensor G6 chipset that, while not quite as big of an upgrade as we expected, still brings a big new change in a MediaTek-made modem that Google has some ...

Apple may be moving faster than expected in its modem development work, and Qualcomm’s latest comments suggest that shift is already reshaping the iPhone supply chain. Apple may be moving faster than ...

Beyond broadcasting a local network for you and your family to use at home, routers are nifty little gadgets packed with a variety of lesser-known features. For example, did you know you can connect a ...

Is your home network hardware overdue for retirement? Our latest Readers’ Choice survey reveals the router, mesh, modem, and NAS brands with the best (and worst) scores for reliability, value, and ...

If you’ve ever watched your Pixel’s signal bars drop for no reason in a room where every other phone was fine, you already know Google has a modem problem. A new FCC filing suggests the company might ...

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Your Wi-Fi router may be the least glamorous gadget in your home. It sits on a shelf, blinks in the corner and only gets attention when Netflix freezes. However, that little box controls a lot more ...