To get internet access in your home, you need both a modem and a router. They aren't interchangeable, and they serve two very different functions. If you think of your home as an island, the modem is ...

Windstream has installed over 80% of its contracted high-speed internet service in underserved areas of Alachua County. The project, funded in part by American Rescue Plan funds, aims to provide ...

I’ve been covering Android since 2023, when I joined Android Police, mostly focusing on AI and everything around Pixel and Galaxy phones. I’ve got a bachelor’s in IT with a major in AI, so I naturally ...

Following the last release in October, Google is rolling out a modem update for the original Pixel Watch released in 2022. This “additional March 2026 software update” just includes “bug fixes to ...

The controversy around the Windows 11 January 2026 Update won't stop rolling in—and now, Microsoft is intentionally disabling support for legacy hardware, not simply breaking it on accident.

Microsoft’s January 2026 Windows 11 update (KB5074109) intentionally disables dial-up modems by removing “unsafe” driver packages like agrsm.sys and smserial.sys. PCWorld reports this security-focused ...

Samsung Internet for Windows has started receiving a new update. The latest version brings several performance improvements and fixes common bugs and glitches. Samsung has released a new update for ...

This article was created in partnership with Best Buy. All selections and source material were provided by Best Buy. While many internet service providers allow you to rent equipment for your home, ...

Older generations remember the sound of dial-up internet from the 90s and early 2000s, but what was once the soundtrack to an era is coming to an end. On Sept. 30, AOL would discontinue its dial-up ...

Whether you've been a Starlink customer since the company's inception or you've been thinking about signing up for the satellite internet service, there's never been a better time to get networked via ...

Earlier this year, Apple released the iPhone 16e with its new C1 5G modem. While tests revealed that it wasn't quite as capable as Qualcomm's counterpart for the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro models, it ...

Today as part of its iPhone Air unveiling, Apple introduced a brand new C1X modem—the successor to the company’s in-house C1. Here are the details. C1X modem is brand new and available in iPhone Air ...