Parental Control Device May Have Made Kids Less Safe By Paul Wagenseil The Circle with Disney, a parental control network device, had so many security flaws that it may have actually made kids less safe.
Help Me, Tom's Guide: How Much Bandwidth Do I Need to Stream Games? By Marshall Honorof Without a sufficiently high upload speed, you're not going to be able to broadcast a stream that anyone would want to watch.
5 Freedoms That Just Died With Net Neutrality By Avram Piltch Without net neutrality rules, which the FCC just killed, ISPs can obstruct your right to start a business, publish your views or choose which products to buy.
What Is Net Neutrality? By Tom's Guide Staff The FCC, courts, politicians and major tech companies are fighting over how you will access the Internet in the future. Here's what you need to know.
Net Neutrality Won't Save the Internet. Competition Will By Paul Wagenseil Breaking up broadband monopolies to provide real competition, not net neutrality regulations, will give Americans faster, cheaper broadband.
Whoa: T-Mobile Gigabit LTE Hits 673 Mbps In Real-World Demo By Philip Michaels T-Mobile's Gigiabit LTE Network has expanded to more than 400 markets, and the speeds are very impressive.
Free vs. Paid VPNs: Which Should You Choose? By Sue Marquette Poremba Many VPN providers offer free, or partly free, services. But are such services reliable and trustworthy? Or should you stick with paid VPNs?
PureVPN Review: Looks Good, Acts Bad By Brian Nadel PureVPN has servers almost everywhere but is slow to connect and transfer data.
Arris Modems and Routers Have Major Security Flaw By Paul Wagenseil Many Arris or Motorola home-network gateways provided by AT&T may have serious security flaws that can't easily be fixed by home users.
Tom's Guide Remembers Bruno Gulotta, Friend and Colleague Killed in Barcelona Attack By Tom's Guide Staff We lost a friend and a colleague to terrorism yesterday.
How to Download Your SoundCloud Files While You Still Can By Henry T. Casey The music and podcast site SoundCloud may be in trouble, but here's how you can still hang on to your tracks.
This Deals Tool Just Got More Awesome for Amazon Shoppers By Louis Ramirez Honey has two indispensable features to help you shop on Amazon.
Hackers Turn Amazon Echo Into Spying Device By Paul Wagenseil Pop off the bottom of a first-generation Amazon Echo, and you'll find a way to turn the smart speaker into a secret spying device.
Serious Flaw Lets Strangers Hijack Your Security Cam By Marshall Honorof A new flaw is endemic in open-source software that may affect thousands of home security cameras, which may never be fixed.
What Is Pix2Pix, and How Do You Use It? By Don Reisinger Pix2Pix is a creative application for artificial intelligence that can turn a crude line drawing into an oil painting. Here's how it works and how to try it yourself.
Test Your Internet Speed: Tools and Apps Ranked Best to Worst By Don Reisinger We test-drove all of the internet speed test options so you can easily tell whether you’re getting your money’s worth from your ISP or wireless carrier.
This Free Tool Finds Vulnerable Devices on Your Network By Paul Wagenseil Bitdefender's Home Scanner analyzes all the devices on your home network, including smart-home devices, for common security flaws.
How Google Chrome's Ad Blocker Will Work By Michael Andronico, Henry T. Casey According to a new report, Google Chrome could be getting a built-in ad blocker that disables advertisements that the company deems intrusive.
Nest Cam IQ Can Tell Difference Between People and Pets By Philip Michaels The latest indoor security camera from Nest Cam can tell the difference between people and pets without a Nest Aware subscription.
I hated Time Warner Cable, but I came back for Spectrum By Henry T. Casey Verizon's failure to roll out its fastest home internet led me to discover that you can teach an old ISP (Time Warner Cable) new tricks.
Lower Your Internet Bill with This $39 Modem By Louis Ramirez Our favorite budget modem gets a $20 price cut.
How to Use Twitter Lite (and Why You Should) By Henry T. Casey Twitter's new Twitter Lite and Data Saver modes aim to make the service better for those with limits on their mobile internet.
Best VoIP Apps for Your Desktop By John Corpuz Cut down your phone and SMS bills while staying in touch with these VoIP apps.
Price Drop: Verizon Takes 50 Percent off Daydream-ready Smartphones By Louis Ramirez Verizon has slashed the price of Motorola's Z Droid smartphones by a whopping 50 percent.
TP-Link's Mesh Routers Promise to Blanket 4,800 Feet By Philip Michaels The Deco M5 is TP-Link's attempt at whole-home networking product, though its unclear just how much the disc-shaped router will cost when it arrives in March.
The First Alexa-Powered Robot Just Stole Our Hearts By Mark Spoonauer, Althea Chang The Lynx by UBTech has Alexa inside, but it also does Yoga, dances and can even hug your kids during video calls.
SureCall Flare Boosts Your Cellular Signal in Style By Philip Michaels The signal booster breaks with other devices in its class by combining the antenna and booster into a single case.
D-Link Tries Its Hand at Mesh Networking with Covr By Philip Michaels D-Link's Covr uses an AC2600 dual-band router and AC1300 Wi-Fi Extender to make sure your Wi-Fi network reaches every corner of your home.
Linksys Gaming Router Auto-Detects Killer Network Cards By Philip Michaels New Linksys gaming router automatically detects Killer networking adapters on PCs, optimizes performance accordingly.
Linksys Taps Alexa for Its New Mesh Router By Philip Michaels Linksys' entry into the mesh router market is Velop, which boasts a triband setup for better performance and a handful of Alexa skills.
