#wi-fi

#wi-fi

CVE-2026-28819 (Wi-Fi) stands out as the strongest candidate for the most severe as it states, "An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges." The combination of arbitrary code execution at the kernel level is about as bad as it gets on a severity scale. Plus, it affects all three macOS versions (Tahoe, Sequoia, and Sonoma).

British Airways confirmed that travelers would be permitted to make both voice and video calls while in flight, coinciding with the launch of high-speed Starlink internet across its fleet.

Even with a Netgear Orbi 970 mesh Wi-Fi network, backed by a 2Gbps AT&T fiber-optic Internet connection, I sometimes have Wi-Fi slowdowns. That's because my home has two buildings. One's primarily an office, while the other is where I lay my head. The former is a new 1,000-square-foot building, while the latter is a 3,000-square-foot historic building with its characteristic thick walls, typical of older homes. It's not easy to cover all that space, even with top-of-the-range network gear.

The WBA says that the reports collectively cover six areas related to emergency services: Wi-Fi as mission-critical infrastructure: Wi-Fi's evolution to a standards-compliant, resilient infrastructure capable of supporting emergency and public safety services Emergency services access: Ways to ensure support for E-911/E-112 calls over Wi-Fi regardless of mobile subscription status Priority access for NS/EP users: How to provide real-time prioritization of first responder traffic during network congestion

Search for 'View Network Connections' and click to see a list of all your network adapters, showing any connected networks and their status.

The use of geolocation via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi allows apps to track our movements indoors, often without explicit GPS permissions, raising personal privacy concerns.

Right now, there's only one solution. It is Starlink.

Prime Day offers significant savings on high-performance wireless routers, including top brands like TP-Link, Netgear, Asus, Amazon, and GL.iNet.

Sen. Ted Cruz's bill proposes reallocating the 6 GHz spectrum from Wi-Fi to mobile carriers, potentially prioritizing AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile.

It turns out that Windows PCs, MacBooks, and many Android phones can share a local Wi-Fi connection this way. I wish I'd known about this earlier, because it can be useful in all kinds of scenarios.