The British heatwave could lead to broadband outages. Take action to avoid losing your Wi-Fi when temperatures rise

British people must prepare for this enjoy a four-day heat wave with temperatures that can rise above 30ÂșC. With the mercury set to rise this week, the Met Office has issued a health warning from today (June 24). The yellow alert – which applies to every region in England except one – started at 8am … Read more

A major security flaw in Windows allows hackers to infect your PC over Wi-Fi. Update right now

LG Gram 17 Pro (2023) review unit on table outdoors running Windows 11

Hackers often take advantage of this malicious documents or illegal software as a way to get their malware onto vulnerable devices, but a new Windows bug could let them do this over Wi-Fi. As reported by Forbesthis new Wi-Fi vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2024-30078) affects all versions of Windows and, if exploited, could be used by … Read more

‘Most exciting moment’ since the birth of WiFi: Chipmakers hail the arrival of AI PCs

Stay informed with free updates Simply log in to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox. The titans of the chip industry descended on Taiwan this week to claim an “AI PC revolution” that promises the biggest advances in decades in the way consumers and office workers interact with their personal … Read more

How Apple Wi-Fi Positioning System Can Be Abused to Track People Around the World

In depth Scientists have suggested that Apple’s Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) could be exploited to create a global privacy nightmare. In an article titled ‘Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based Positioning Systems’, Erik Rye, a PhD student at the University of Maryland (UMD) in the US, and Dave Levin, associate professor at UMD, describe how design … Read more