Exploit steals passwords by tapping into keystrokes
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Wi-Fi could help identify when you're struggling to breathe
Wi-Fi routers continuously broadcast radio frequencies that your phones, tablets and computers pick up and use to get you online. As the invisible frequencies travel, they bounce off or pass through everything around them—the ...
Dec 20, 2022
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Security
Data of 40 million plus exposed in latest T-Mobile breach
The names, Social Security numbers and information from driver's licenses or other identification of just over 40 million people who applied for T-Mobile credit were exposed in a recent data breach, the company said Wednesday.
Aug 18, 2021
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Software
Wi-Fi Aware allows neighboring 8.0 Android phones to connect
Google's new Wi-Fi Aware functionality, also known as Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN), allows devices running on Android 8.0 (API level 26) and higher to detect and directly connect to each other without any secondary ...
Hardware
Plug-and-play bug exposes millions of network devices
A bug in a protocol used by virtually all Internet of Things devices exposes millions of users to potential attack, a researcher reported Monday. The fault centers on the Universal Plug and Play protocol, a 12-year-old implementation ...
Telecom
Improving the operation and performance of Wi-Fi networks for the 5G/6G ecosystem
An article published in the advanced online edition of the journal Computer Communications shows that machine learning can improve the operation and performance of the future Wi-Fi networks of the 5G/6G ecosystem. The research ...
Jun 12, 2020
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Engineering
Wi-Fi-boosting 'smart surface' could help remote workers and students
Frustrated with spotty WiFi connection? Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a "smart surface" that could make signal available in dead spots—and also make the existing connection twice as ...
Apr 3, 2020
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Internet
How to boost your internet speed when everyone is working from home
With #StayAtHome and social distancing now becoming a way of life, an increasing number of people are relying on the internet for work, education and entertainment. This has placed greater demand on our network infrastructure, ...
Apr 2, 2020
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Telecom
U.S. providers offer free Wi-Fi for 60 days
U.S. internet and wireless providers have announced temporary measures to make getting online less expensive and onerous as enforced social distancing due to the new coronavirus forces more human interaction online.
Mar 15, 2020
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Engineering
Engineers' custom circuits would make IoT systems 14,000 times harder to crack than current tech
Rice University engineers have one-upped their own technique to increase security for the "internet of things."
Feb 19, 2020
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