Networking

More than 18 months later, many of those rural communities are still waiting for broadband. That is because a little-known Las Vegas company that won a bid to implement the program missed filing deadlines and failed to secure regulatory approvals needed to receive the money. The situation serves as a cautionary tale as the federal government rolls out yet another costly program—this one with a price tag of $42.5 billion—to deploy broadband to rural areas. “It’s frustrating to see that there were dollars…

Pros Wi-Fi 6 and 5G mobile broadband Easy-to-use iOS/Android app Fast, far-reaching wi-fi performance Cons Expensive Security features and parental controls require additional subscriptions Lacks advanced features for IT managers Netgear has an extensive range of premium priced Orbi mesh networking systems that are well designed, easy to use and deliver good performance, making them a good – if pricey -- option for both offices and homes.   That's particularly true of the latest addition to the range, the…

Web3 has plenty of money going for it — well, yes quite a bit less than a few months ago — but it’s still hard to argue that mainstream consumers have lined up to embrace web3 internet services. There have been some flash-in-the-pan hits so far, but investors are still searching for consumer use cases that make the most of blockchains, tokens and NFTs, beyond just trading them. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) GP Sriram Krishnan believes the incentive structures of web3 makes the space a natural fit for social networking,…

Washington Post: Some teens say French social networking app Yubo, which had 18M downloads in the US, ignored reports that the Uvalde shooter threatened violence on the app — Young people who met the alleged gunman online said he had threatened to kidnap, rape or kill. But they said their reports … Washington Post: Some teens say French social networking app Yubo, which had 18M downloads in the US, ignored reports that the Uvalde shooter threatened violence on the app …

SÃO PAULO—Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, flew to Brazil on Friday to announce a plan to connect thousands of schools in the Amazon to the internet and help monitor illegal logging across the world’s biggest rainforest. In a joint statement with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. chief executive said he planned to get 19,000 of the most remote schools online by using the Starlink satellite networkof his…

Long considered a bellwether for corporate tech demand, Cisco’s results and forecast paint a worrisome picture for supply. Photo: Jordi Boixareu/Zuma Press…

Tension between Ottawa and Beijing arose from the detention of Huawei’s finance chief. Photo: fazry ismail/Shutterstock…

Southwest Airlines Co. LUV -2.89% plans to offer faster Wi-Fi, bigger overhead bins and in-seat power ports for the first time, as airlines compete to attract customers returning to travel.Airline executives said they hope the $2 billion of upgrades would be particularly attractive to business travelers, as Southwest makes a play to gain a bigger share of the corporate travel market. Southwest, which allows travelers up to two checked bags at no cost, had stuck with the…

The transaction to acquire Switch for $34.25 a share was unanimously approved by a special committee of Switch’s board. Photo: Pavlo Gonchar/Zuma Press…