Netgear Nighthawk XR1000 Gaming Router Review: Congestion Control at Premium Price By Jonas DeMuro The Netgear Nighthawk XR1000 is an entry-level high-end gaming router with DumaOS 3.0, Wi-Fi 6, and Beamforming features for $349.
Asus RT-AX86U Gaming Router Review: Compact but Pricey By Jonas DeMuro Asus’ entry-level gaming router gets the essentials right, with a combination of gaming-centric features in a compact shell.
Asus RT-AX82U Gaming Router Review: Solid Mid-Range Performance, Plus RGB By Jonas DeMuro The Asus RT-AX82U is a powerful mid-range Wi-Fi 6 gaming router with a myriad of features at a reasonable $229 price.
Intel Launches Its First Wi-Fi 6E-Capable Wireless Card By Aaron Klotz The Intel AX210 is the vendor's first Wi-Fi 6E-capable M.2 wireless card.
Intel Acquires Killer Wi-Fi Owner Rivet Networks By Andrew E. Freedman Intel has acquired Rivet Networks, owner of the Killer brand and a competitor in gaming laptops.
800 Gigabit Ethernet Launched With Double the Bandwidth By Niels Broekhuijsen The just-rebranded Ethernet Technology Consortium just announced the 800G Ethernet standard, and it's very fast.
Broadcom Prepares for Wi-Fi 6E With a Series of New Chipsets By Arne Verheyde Broadcom announced a series of chipsets for the new Wi-Fi 6E extension of 802.11ax that brings Wi-Fi to the 6GHz band.
Bluetooth SIG Announces the 'Next Generation of Bluetooth Audio' By Nathaniel Mott Bluetooth SIG announced the "next generation of Bluetooth audio," the fittingly named LE Audio, at CES 2020.
FCC Seeks Public Comment on Efforts to Keep Huawei Out of Wireless Networks By Nathaniel Mott The FCC solicited public comment on its plan to prevent wireless network providers from purchasing Huawei equipment with the Universal Service Fund.
Wi-Fi Alliance Announces Wi-Fi 6E Standard For 6 GHz Support By Ash Puckett The new standard goes live after 6 GHz band approvals go through.
Intel Brings Wi-Fi 6 and 2.5GbE to the Desktop With Cascade Lake-X By Arne Verheyde Intel is bringing 2.5GbE and Wi-Fi 6 to the desktop.
Linksys Aware Uses Mesh Wi-Fi to Detect Home Invaders By Nathaniel Mott Linksys is updating some of its mesh Wi-Fi routers with motion-sensing capabilities to power a home security system called Linksys Aware.
Microsoft Expands Airband Initiative to Offer High-Speed Internet By Nathaniel Mott Microsoft announced that it's expanding its Airband Initiative with the intent of providing internet access to 40 million people by July 2022.
TP-Link Announces Wi-Fi 6 Archer AX50 Router With Intel Chipset By Nathaniel Mott TP-Link announced its Archer AX50, its first router to support Wi-Fi 6 via Intel's new Wi-Fi chipset.
Trump Flip-Flops on Huawei Once Again By Nathaniel Mott President Donald Trump said "we're not going to be doing business with Huawei" after China refused to buy U.S. agricultural goods.
Report: Windows Update Causes Wi-Fi Issues for Surface Devices By Nathaniel Mott The latest update to Microsoft's Surface lineup reportedly caused Wi-Fi issues for some owners.
The FCC Wants ISPs to Be (Slightly) More Honest By Nathaniel Mott The FCC voted to force Internet service providers to more accurately count the number of people to whom they offer broadband Internet access.
Intel Cancels Omni-Path 200 Fabric and Stops Development By Arne Verheyde Intel has killed the Omni-Path 200 series HPC fabric, as reported by CRN, though the company will continue to support OPA100. OPA200 was supposed to launch this year.
EU Fines Qualcomm €242 million Over 3G Baseband Chipsets By Nathaniel Mott The European Commission fined Qualcomm €242 million (roughly $271 million) for "abusing its market dominance in 3G baseband chipsets."