Wireless Networking Stories for 2018

Logitech Will Restore Third-Party Harmony Home Automation 42
AT&T Will Put a Fake 5G Logo On Its 4G LTE Phones 81
Logitech Disables Local Access On Harmony Hubs, Breaks Automation Systems 151
T-Mobile Denies Lying To FCC About Size of Its 4G Network 31
FCC To Probe Whether Carriers Gave Inaccurate Broadband Coverage Data 57
Thieves Are Boosting the Signal From Key Fobs Inside Homes To Steal Vehicles 269
Starbucks Says It Will Start Blocking Porn On Its Stores' Wi-Fi In 2019 218
Google To Open Project Fi To iPhone, Samsung, and OnePlus 66
Amazon May Be Hiding Its Plans To Test New Wireless Tech By Masquerading as a Massage Spa 20
US Wireless Data Prices Are Among the Most Expensive On Earth 107
Using Airport and Hotel Wi-Fi Is Much Safer Than It Used To Be 60
Most ATMs Can Be Hacked in Under 20 Minutes 78
Senators Ask Four Major Carriers About Video Slowdowns 108
A 100,000-Router Botnet Is Feeding On a 5-Year-Old UPnP Bug In Broadcom Chips 39
Microsoft Aims To Bring Internet To Rural Tribal Lands In Washington, Montana 53
Sprint Is Throttling Microsoft's Skype Service, Study Finds 84
iRobot, Google Team Up To Understand Your Smart Home 60
Ajit Pai Killed Rules That Could Have Helped Florida Recover From Hurricane 225
Qualcomm's New Wi-Fi Chips Are Meant To Rival 5G Speeds 34
Fire At AT&T Facility Causes Outage For Over a Million U-Verse Fiber Customers In Texas 54
Ask Slashdot: Can You Install a Wifi Mesh Network in a Barn? 97
A Mysterious Grey-Hat Is Patching People's Outdated MikroTik Routers 74
Wi-Fi Now Has Version Numbers, and Wi-Fi 6 Comes Out Next Year 133
Apple's Device Enrollment Program Can Leak Sensitive Data About Devices, Owners 24
Using Wi-Fi To Count People Through Walls 26
Amazon Is Making It Easier To Set Up New IoT Gadgets 48
FCC Angers Cities, Towns With $2 Billion Giveaway To Wireless Carriers 131
Apple's AirPower Wireless Charger Is Facing Overheating Issues, Says Reports 120
Some Northern California Cities Are Blocking Deployment of 5G Towers 187
MIT Is Building a Health-Tracking Sensor That Can See Through Walls 49
T-Mobile, Ericsson Sign $3.5 Billion 5G Agreement 16
Tesla's Keyless Entry Vulnerable To Spoofing Attack, Researchers Find 100
MikroTik Routers Are Forwarding Owners' Traffic To Unknown Attackers 31
Inside the Haywire World of Beirut's Electricity Blackouts, and the Struggle Faced By Residents To Keep Their Lights and Wi-Fi On and Gadgets Charged 115
Smart Tags Add Touch Controls To Ordinary Objects 37
Police Bodycams Can Be Hacked To Doctor Footage, Install Malware 104
Engineers Say They've Created Way To Detect Weapons Using Wi-Fi 91
Verizon Nears 5G Launch Deals With Apple and Google: Bloomberg 32
Hashcat Developer Discovers Simpler Way To Crack WPA2 Wireless Passwords 150
T-Mobile, Nokia Reach $3.5 Billion Agreement To Build Nationwide 5G Network 40
Teen Allegedly Broke Into a Couple's Home To Ask For Their WiFi Password, Police Say 316
Wi-Fi Alliance Launches WPA3 Security Standard 97
The iPhones of the Future May Be Wireless, Portless and Buttonless 249
T-Mobile and Sprint Ask For Merger Approval 48
Kickstarter Bets On 'Wired' Arduino-Compatible IoT Platform 138
Android Messages Will Now Let You Send Texts From Your Computer 107
Time Warner Deal Aftermath: AT&T Is About To Give Free TV To Its Wireless Customers 51
MIT's AI Uses Radio Signals To See People Through Walls 76
WiFi Phishing Attacks Discovered Around Atlanta City Hall 16
FBI Tells Router Users To Reboot Now To Kill Malware Infecting 500,000 Devices 84
Comcast Website Bug Leaks Xfinity Customer Data 43
Should T-Mobile Stop Claiming It Has 'Best Unlimited Network'? 55
Ask Slashdot: Which Is the Safest Router? 386
Researchers Create First Flying Wireless Robotic Insect 64
Connected Cars Don't Necessarily Disconnect Previous Owners When Resold 111
Researchers Want To Turn Your Entire House Into a Co-Processor Using the Local Wi-Fi Signal 102
Volkswagen, Audi Cars Vulnerable To Remote Hacking 75
Sprint, T-Mobile Aiming To Reach Merger Deal Next Week 79
Old AM Broadcast Towers Get a New Life 126
Apple Discontinues Its AirPort Router Line 189
AT&T, Verizon Under US Investigation For Collusion To Lock In Customers 39
Planet Fitness Evacuated After WiFi Network Named 'Remote Detonator' Causes Scare 168
Google Is in Talks to Buy Nokia's Airborne Broadband System: Bloomberg 12
Russia Debuts Postal Drone, Which Immediately Crashes Into Wall 107
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Benchmarks Show Significantly Improved Performance 85
Researchers Test Tooth-Mounted Sensor-Enabled Chips 28
Ask Slashdot: Are There Any USB-C Wireless Video Solutions? 127
Google Fiber Is a Faint Echo of the Disruption We Were Promised 173
Intel, Microsoft, Dell, HP and Lenovo Expect PCs With Fast 5G Wireless To Ship Next Year 59
Seattle To Remove Controversial City Spying Network After Public Backlash 83
A Flaw In Hotspot Shield Can Expose VPN Users, Locations 25
Android Can Now Tell You How Fast Wi-Fi Networks Are Before You Join Them 44
Ajit Pai's FCC Can't Admit Broadband Competition Is a Problem 109
Google Releases Fix For Chromecast Wi-Fi Crashes 32
Google Home and Chromecast Could Be Overloading Your Home Wi-Fi 129
FCC Undoing Rules That Make It Easier For Small ISPs To Compete With Big Telecom 98
With WPA3, Wi-Fi Security is About To Get a Lot Tougher 121
Wireless Charging Nears Unification As Powermat Cedes To Qi 37
Asus Is Turning Its Old Routers Into Mesh Wi-Fi Networks 30
Roombas Will Soon Build a Wi-Fi Coverage Map While They Clean 58