US Bans Huawei and Others Linked to 'Foreign Adversaries' By Nathaniel Mott President Donald Trump issued an executive order to make things harder for Chinese companies, especially Huawei, which was also added to the Entity List.
US DOJ Wants Judge Koh to Take It Easy on Qualcomm By Nathaniel Mott The Justice Department said U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh should be careful not to rush to punish Qualcomm in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case.
Cox Introduces 'Elite Gamer' Internet Fast Lane By Nathaniel Mott Cox Communications introduced a Cox Elite Gamer service that allows people to pay $15 per month for better connections to popular multiplayer titles.
Report: CIA Links Huawei With Chinese Intelligence By Nathaniel Mott The CIA reportedly warned its allies that Huawei is funded by several members of the Chinese government's intelligence apparatus.
Vodafone’s Gigafast Broadband Advert Challenged By Virgin Media in the UK By Zak Storey The UK ISP Vodafone has had its "Gigafast" broadband package advertising pulled after Virgin Media complaints to Advertising Standards Agency
Intel Demos Its First 400GbE Silicon Photonics Transceiver, Outlines Design By Paul Alcorn Intel demoed its latest silicon photonics transceiver that pushes data at 400G speeds via lasers embedded onto a silicon die.
Amazon Confirms 'Project Kuiper' Internet-Providing Satellite Constellation Plans By Nathaniel Mott Amazon confirmed that it plans to create a satellite constellation that could provide internet access to tens of millions of people via Project Kuiper.
Intel Launches Wi-Fi 6 AX200 Adapter With the Latest 802.11ax Standard By Joe Shields Intel has annouced the release of the Wi-Fi 6 supported AX200 W-Fi adapter. The module supports speeds up to 2.4 Gbps MU-MIMO (2x2) and Bluetooth 5.
Nvidia Scores Partners to Help Drive Its Game Streaming Initiative By Nathaniel Mott Nvidia said at GTC 2019 that it partnered with SoftBank and LG U+ to form the GeForce Now Alliance, which is meant to improve cloud gaming around the world.
Researchers Break Transfer Record With Marea Subsea Cable By Nathaniel Mott Infinera "smashed through efficiency records for data transfer, nearly doubling data capacity and approaching the theoretical limit for such a transfer."
Qualcomm Announces a 5G Platform for PCs By Nathaniel Mott Qualcomm announced at MWC Barcelona 2019 the Snapdragon 8cx 5G compute platform to allow PC manufacturers to connect their devices to 5G wireless networks.
US to Seek Extradition of Huawei CFO - Report By Nathaniel Mott The U.S. reportedly plans to formally ask Canada to extradite Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou amid the looming trade war between the U.S. and China.
Huawei CEO Warns ‘Mediocre Employees’ of Looming Pink Slips Amid Global Concerns By Nathaniel Mott Huawei's CEO told workers that “mediocre employees” will probably be laid off in the coming months as the company struggles with global distrust.
CenturyLink Let One Bad Networking Card Disrupt 911 Services in Multiple States By Nathaniel Mott Bad packets sent by a single bad network card in CenturyLink's infrastructure reportedly led to 911 service disruptions in several states over the holidays.
Qualcomm Reveals First 802.11ay Wi-Fi Chipsets By Nathaniel Mott Qualcomm announced new chipsets for the 802.11ay wireless protocol, which operates on the 60GHz band and offers significant improvements over its predecessors.
Wi-Fi Alliance Simplifies Things With Version Numbers By Nathaniel Mott The Wi-Fi Alliance is doing away with the official 802.11n/ac/ax designations in favor of the much easier to understand Wi-Fi 4, 5 and 6 version numbers.
US Tariffs Now Include Wireless Routers, China Responds By Nathaniel Mott The Trump administration spared Bluetooth devices with its latest round of tariffs, but it also said it will target "network router-type devices."
Killer xTend Goes Prime Time: Expanding the Wireless Network By Ian Cutress There has been several times in this life as a technology journalist when expanding my wireless network would have helped what I do.
US & UK: Russia Is Attacking Network Infrastructure Devices By Nathaniel Mott The U.S. and UK released a joint statement accusing Russia of sponsoring groups attacking routers, switches, firewalls, and Network-based Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) devices.
