Patch to Google Cast bug will speed up Google WiFi, Chromecast devices

Users of those devices were disappointed to see slow speeds and no one exactly knew why, but Google's put the spanner to the works.

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Wi-Fi WPA2 standard subject to KRACKS — key reinstallation attacks

The encryption keys that your phone or computer and your Wi-Fi router may not be as safe as you think they are. The scramble is on for a fix.

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Google WiFi runs on USB Type-C to Pixel C spec

Google engineer and USB Type-C evangelist Benson Leung mentioned a bit of a discovery for Google WiFi, the network-meshing router modules that the company introduced this week.There’s nothing on the router’s spec sheet that just quite mentions what’s going on with the power adapter, — other than it has a 15W maximum, but the device only consumes 9W — but Leung announced that USB-C connectors are on the ...

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Google WiFi router rumored to mesh network, be controlled by OnHub app

Google may be giving its OnHub Wi-Fi router a few friends to boost users’ coverage and still have the network all under one umbrella.Sources to Android Police and Droid Life say that in addition to the several products Google will launch on October 4, we’re also looking at Google Wifi, Google-made routers that will work like what

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Here’s what the Google OnHub should have been

When we stop to think about just how much technology has entered into our lives, we’ve got to pause and give consideration to the technologies that enable the smartphones and tablets that have become such an integral part of our lives. To a certain extent these devices can stand alone (requiring only power to charge them, a cellular signal to feed them data, and a human to operate them). However, without that connection to the web, the utility of our mobile devices is greatly diminished.Now we are sitting on the eve of an evolutionary leap – the Internet of Things is knocking ...

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