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Killer’s AX 1650 network card taps Wi-Fi 6 for wireless gaming that doesn’t suck
Killer's AX 1650 network card reduces latency and can better deal with network congestion.
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Netgear’s Orbi mesh Wi-Fi system just got insanely cheaper: 30% price drop
Having trouble covering your whole house with Wi-Fi? We gave the Netgear Orbi 4 out of 5 stars, and love this deal.
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Speed up your Wi-Fi with this $47 TP-Link smart router that listens to Amazon’s Alexa
The TP-Link Archer A7 1750 with three antennas and dual-band 802.11 ac Wi-Fi is $47 with an instant coupon on Amazon.
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Blanket your home in Wi-Fi with these excellent Netgear Orbi mesh router deals
Amazon's selling two different Orbi mesh Wi-Fi systems for $180 and $250 today.
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Amazon’s today-only TP-Link blowout includes killer deals on routers, smart home gear, and more
You can grab TP-Link's Archer C5400 gaming router for $168 among many other deals.
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Verizon’s dubious new Just Kids plan is a terrible deal for you and your kids
Verizon is selling a new Just Kids plan that limits data and contacts to "make it easier for families to call a technology truce." If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you.
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5G could be the foundation of next-gen ‘cloud VR’
AT&T, Ericsson, and a number of companies showed off streamed VR to headsets, using 5G to minimize nausea-inducing latencies while keeping the resolutions high.
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Data caps must die: How Google and Microsoft’s cloud gaming ambitions could conquer ISP greed
If Google Stadia, Microsoft XCloud, and Sony PlayStation Now are to succeed, ISP data caps have to die. For once, some big companies might be fighting right alongside consumers against ISP greed.
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Eero’s mesh Wi-Fi router system is $100 off today
The Eero three-unit pack is $300 on Amazon. It hasn't been priced this low in a long time.
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The new USB4 spec promises a lot: Thunderbolt 3 support, 40Gbps bandwidth, and less confusion
Meet USB4, which promises to simply the USB naming scheme and integrate the high-bandwidth Thunderbolt 3 specification.Deal
Eradicate Wi-Fi dead spots with the Linksys Velop mesh router system for $100, a 50% discount
Amazon is offering the Linksys Velop mesh router two-pack for $100, half off its usual $200 price.
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Save big on storage and networking gear in Amazon’s massive one-day sale
Amazon's got a great deal on an 8TB hard drive and an awesome looking gaming router as part of its one-day networking and storage deal.
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Buy this $45 Netgear modem and stop paying your Internet provider’s sky-high monthly rental fees
Netgear's CM500 modem is on sale for $45 on Amazon, a nearly $20 discount.
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Netgear takes its Orbi mesh Wi-Fi system to the next level with Wi-Fi 6
The tri-band system will feature a dedicated 4×4 802.11ax network for data backhaul.
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TP-Link goes all in with Wi-Fi 6 home networking gear, offering five products in 2019
One router, the Deco X10, combines Wi-Fi 6 and mesh-networking tech.
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Belkin takes the wraps off its Linksys Max Stream AC2200 Wi-Fi router
The new Wi-Fi mesh router is the company’s first new home networking product since its merger with Foxconn.
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D-Link partners with McAfee on new line of Exo 802.11ac Wi-Fi mesh routers
Five new routers will come with two years of McAfee antivirus, and five years of IoT protection.
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Black Friday deals: Best smart-home discounts
Upgrade your home with these deals on speakers, thermostats, light bulbs, security cameras, and more.
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Black Friday 2018: The best early deals
You don't have to wait until November 23 for good tech deals: They've already begun rolling out. We'll keep updating this article with new ones as they emerge.
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Qualcomm begins shipping 802.11ay silicon for mobile devices and applications, including VR and UHD video
Qualcomm begins shipping 802.11ay silicon, a multi-gigabit derivative of Wi-Fi that you may see in specialized applications like untethered VR gear.
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Razer gets into networking with Sila, a $250 router built for wireless gaming that doesn’t suck
The Razer Sila is loaded with smart software that prioritizes gaming bandwidth, even over Wi-Fi.
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I played Shadow of the Tomb Raider over 5G, and it didn’t suck
Cloud gaming can be a questionable experience over Ethernet, but on AT&T's 5G service, it was surprisingly decent. Will we someday be playing Fortnite on 5G-enabled laptops?
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AT&T reveals what cities will get 5G wireless in 2018 and 2019
At its Spark conference in San Francisco on Monday, AT&T offered an update on its 5G deployment plans for the next two years.
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Amazon’s huge one-day PC networking and storage sale is packed with tech at all-time low prices
Today, you can grab great deals on SSDs, routers, Wi-Fi extenders, SD cards, and more.
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Netgear’s XR700 Nighthawk Pro Gaming Router features 10-gigabit ethernet
Lag-hating gamers aren’t the only target, this 802.11ad router has Plex Media Server onboard, too. But brace yourself for the price tag.
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Could this be the year for Multi-Gig PCs? Aquantia says yes
Aquantia said to expect Multi-Gig USB adapters as well as far more affordable hardware this year based on its new controllers
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Facebook’s Terragraph hopes to replace fiber broadband beginning with 2019 trials
Facebook and Qualcomm hope that their Terragraph technology, which uses 60GHz "small cells" scattered across your neighborhood, will replace DSL or cable.
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The $1,200 Red Hydrogen One phone is coming to Verizon and AT&T this summer, but why?
Verizon and AT&T have both announced that they will be selling the $1,200 Red Hydrogen One phone when it launches later this summer. But something tells me sales aren't the reason.
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Wi-Fi Alliance’s Wi-Fi EasyMesh certification aims to standardize mesh networks
The new certification program will ensure that wireless mesh network routers, gateways, and access points from different manufacturers will all work together.
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Newegg’s selling an Edimax AC Wi-Fi adapter for $15 today, half off MSRP
The Edimax EW-7822ULC AC 1200 is a Wi-Fi adapter you could put into a Raspberry Pi model or PC without Wi-Fi, and it's on sale at Newegg today.
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Wi-Fi gets quicker with 802.11ax, but buying early might offer few advantages
The latest Wi-Fi standard makes home networks faster, especially for video streaming.
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CES 2018: The best products we saw at the show
CES 2018 is a blur now, but we still remember the products that advanced their category, or broke new ground. Or maybe they just looked cool. Here are the top things we're still talking about.
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The latest Wi-Fi mesh router comes from… First Alert?
Showgoers were doing double takes when they saw the smoke-alarm manufacturer exhibiting routers—and smart speakers—at its booth at CES.
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WPA3 is coming to Wi-Fi routers in 2018, with better encryption and login management
The Wi-Fi Alliance announces the next-gen WPA3 standard, which will help secure routers even with lousy passwords.
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Qualcomm promotes the concept of combining routers with smart speakers
Your next router from Comcast or Cox could double as a smart speaker powered by Alexa, Cortana, or Google, if Qualcomm has its way.
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Netgear Armor is a $70 router update that protects your home network with Bitdefender
Armor, Netgear's new subscription-based security service for your home network, will cost $70 a year and is powered by Bitdefender.
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Netgear targets gamers with its Nighthawk Pro Gaming router and SX10 LAN switch
Netgear's Nighthawk Pro Gaming router and Nighthawk SX10 LAN switch boast gamer-centric network management software.
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D-Link’s McAfee-powered AC2600 router aims for network-wide protection
D-Link's DIR-2680 comes with McAfee's embedded security platform to secure your home devices at the network level.
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D-Link introduces its first 802.11ax routers
The IEEE 802.11ax standard that promises to deliver more bandwidth and better traffic management on saturated home networks.
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D-Link’s latest COVR whole-home Wi-Fi systems look a lot more like whole-home Wi-Fi systems
The company’s first efforts in this space were much more conventional.
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The Linksys WRT32XB gaming router is tailor-made for the Xbox One series
Yeah, it looks just like the Linksys WRT32X from last fall, but Linksys says this one’s designed to recognize and prioritize Xbox gaming traffic.
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Linksys expands it Velop mesh Wi-Fi router line, adding a new dual-band model
Dual-band components will interoperable with tri-band modules and vice versa.
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Netgear’s Orbi Outdoor Satellite extends your Orbi home network to the yard
The Orbi Outdoor Satellite extends the range of your home (or business) network by another 2,500 square feet for better Netflix streaming by the trampoline.
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HDMI 2.1 released: 10K resolution, dynamic HDR, and FreeSync-like game smoothing
HDMI 2.1 adds support for 10K resolution, dynamic HDR metadata, variable refresh rates, and more.
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KRACK Wi-Fi attack threatens all networks: How to stay safe and what you need to know
Researchers have uncovered a Wi-Fi security flaw, dubbed KRACK, that affects nearly any device that uses Wi-Fi, whether or not the network is encrypted. Here's what you can do to stay safe.
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Comcast is the fastest broadband ISP, and T-Mobile is the fastest wireless carrier, Ookla says
Millions of tests conducted by consumers themselves named Comcast as the fastest broadband ISP, and T-Mobile as the fastest wireless carrier.
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Amazon is selling a two-bay Netgear NAS box for less than $200 today
Netgear's ReadyNAS 212 2-Bay NAS is $191.20 on Amazon on Tuesday.
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Amazon has a 50-foot ethernet cable for less than $7
CableMonsta's 50-foot flat Ethernet cable is just $6.90 today if you redeem the applicable promotion.
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3 reasons to turn your Raspberry Pi into a DNS server with dnsmasq
Don't have a DD-WRT router? Get some of the same DHCP and DNS features with a Raspberry Pi.
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