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How Safe Is It to Use Public Wi-Fi?

No public Wi-Fi network is absolutely secure. But some are more secure than others.
By Harmon Leon

New York City Launches First-Ever Cybersecurity Initiative to Fight Hackers

By 2020, 30 percent of all cyberattacks will be mobile-based.
By Madina Toure

New York City Joins Nationwide Pledge to Protect Net Neutrality Amid Trump Repeal

Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon could charge higher amounts for consumers who use services like Netflix.
By Madina Toure
How will Airbus and its partners protect against hackers?

‘Seamless’ New In-Flight Wi-Fi Initiative Ignores User Security

By John Bonazzo
How shocking that this device failed.

Internet-Connected Tea Infuser Teforia Shuts Down

By John Bonazzo
Google phone users will be protected from the KRACK security issue in a matter of weeks.

How to Protect Yourself From the Krack Wi-Fi Security Flaw

By John Bonazzo
Security experts doubt that President Donald Trump's latest executive order will help national security.

Will Trump’s Plane Tech Ban Face as Many Legal Challenges as His Immigration Ban?

By John Bonazzo
ADAY

9 Ways to Celebrate International Women’s Day

By Meredith Lepore
Mesh networks can prevent infuriatingly inconsistent WiFi quality at home.

Finally, Home WiFi That Doesn’t Suck

By Rich Jaroslovsky
Is it safe to be on your cell phone in midair? The FAA says yes, but security experts disagree.

FAA’s Relaxation of In-Flight Cell Phone Ban Divides Security Experts

By John Bonazzo
Why can't we just let Harambe stay dead?

Jill Stein’s Harambe Tweets Brought Out the Best in Weird Twitter

By John Bonazzo
In just a few months, Brooklyn Phone Booths will be replaced with wifi kiosks.

Afternoon Bulletin: Wifi Kiosks Replacing Phone Booths, Subway Survival Guide

By Anna Staropoli
A googler on one of his employers bikes.

How to Make Google Maps Forget Where You’ve Been

By Brady Dale
Estonian President Toomas Ilves speaks at a talk entitled "The Estonia Model: Why a Free and Secure Internet Matter "at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, on April 21, 2015. AFP PHOTO/NICHOLAS KAMM

Tommy From Jersey and the Fate of Europe

By John R. Schindler
Home health aides can use eCaring to keep detailed records about their patients.

This Startup Tracks the Health of Your Aging Mom and Dad

By John Bonazzo
Think twice before using in-flight Wi-Fi, especially on American Airlines.

Midair Hack Shows the Dangers of In-Flight Wi-Fi

By John Bonazzo
Mayor Bill de Blaisio makes a call using a LinkNYC kiosk.

De Blasio Unveils LinkNYC Wifi Kiosks, With Promises to Protect Privacy

By Jillian Jorgensen
(Screengrab: Ted.com)

Is an Internet Without Wi-Fi the Future?

By Sage Lazzaro
A swarm of captured mobiles, with one showing the places it has checked in. (Photo: Branger_Briz)

Hackers Map the Travels of Passers-By in Eye-Catching Art Installation

By Brady Dale
Occupy Wall Street protestors march down Fifth Avenue towards Union Square during a May Day rally. (Photo: Monika Graff/Getty Images)

Afternoon Bulletin: Occupy Wall Street Lawsuit Settled, NYPD Prepares for Pope

By Elizabeth Gurdus
More Cubans will have Internet access thanks to relaxed restrictions on Wi-Fi. (Photo: Calixto N. Llanes/Flickr)

Havana Has Only One Wi-Fi Hot Spot, But That’s About to Change

By John Bonazzo
Christy Ferer, CEO of CityBuzz, former journalist, now brand storyteller. (<em>Photo: Francesco Sapienza</em>)

Branded Video Pioneer Christy Ferer Can Find Your Eyeballs Anywhere

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

'Cyborg Unplug' Is a Personal Jammer Against Drones, Glassholes

By Jack Smith IV
HI Putin. (Photo: File)

Russians Now Required to Show ID To Use Public Wi-Fi

By Jordan Valinsky
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