Most people only pull out their travel router when they go on vacation, but that same little device can fix several ...

The smart TV or streaming box sitting in your living room may have spent the past several years quietly renting your home internet connection to hackers, password-spraying crews, and government ...

The Popa botnet reportedly turns millions of cheap Android TV boxes into residential proxies, routing strangers' traffic ...

Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all things home internet. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a master's degree. Cierra is ...

Wifi on the go is often unreliable – on buses, trains and, increasingly, planes. Whether via cellular or satellite systems, ...

Researchers at Binghamton have studied how wars, such as in Ukraine, have led to better landmine detection and don't require internet connections.

KeepSolid CEO Vasyl Ivanov explains how hotel WiFi captive portals evolved into both a security vulnerability and a programmatic ad channel, and what VPN clients should do about it.

Your internet provider may be throttling your streaming traffic. A VPN encrypts your data so your ISP can't target video and ...

The role of home internet has changed. What was once a utility that powered a handful of devices is now the digital ...

The name of your Wi-Fi networks may have more of an impact on its speed than you might think, and it's a very easy fix.

When the power goes out, or you're going camping, you roll out your power station and connect the devices you want to keep ...

Stop rebooting your router blind—check this status page first ...