Imagine needing to check the price of a pair of shoes every five minutes. A store manager would quickly get suspicious and might even ban you. Web scraping is how you hire thousands of different […]
Joe Supan
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When proxy servers first hit the internet scene in the early 1990s, they had a relatively simple function: caching frequently accessed web pages to speed up load times. Proxy servers still serve that function for […]
Russian hackers have been exploiting vulnerable routers around the world, according to a joint announcement from several federal agencies on April 7, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency as well […]
A few minutes after the sun retreated behind the Olympic Mountains, we spotted our first satellite. It moved across the sky with an eerie persistence, like a car on cruise control. “That’s low Earth […]
Proxy servers have been around practically as long as the internet itself, but their usage has evolved over time. They were initially used primarily as a caching tool. Today, proxy server applications have expanded and […]
Key takeaways: The FCC has banned the sale of new foreign-made routers in the US, and this sweeping order applies to virtually every Wi-Fi router currently available in the US market.My expert advice is to […]
The Federal Communications Commission has moved to ban foreign-made Wi-Fi routers, according to a fact sheet released Monday afternoon. The ban includes “all consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries.” Router manufacturers can apply for an […]
Wi-Fi routers don’t always get a lot of love. Most of us don’t give them a second thought as long as they’re working. In fact, 71% of Americans rent them from their internet provider instead […]
CNET uses custom-made scripts designed by our in-house lab engineer, Gianmarco Chumbe, to carry out our testing and data analysis. We focus on three main measurements when testing routers: speed, reliability and distance. We want […]
We test lots of routers at CNET HQ — mesh and otherwise — so we’re constantly updating our rundowns of the top systems on the market. I’ll note any new mesh systems we test here […]
Wi-Fi routers aren’t the most exciting subject, but paying an extra $10 to $15 a month to rent one can add up quickly. With 71% of Americans choosing to rent their routers from their internet […]
There’s a lot of jargon to decode when shopping for a wireless router. For most people (myself included), the flashy specs don’t really matter. I just want my internet to work smoothly, all the time. […]