Wireless Networking Stories for 2019

Apple Has Secret Team Working on Satellites To Beam Data To Devices 46
FCC Funds 25Mbps, Data-Capped Satellite In Rural Areas 53
America's FCC Votes Unanimously To Divide 'Safety Spectrum' Into Wifi and Auto Applications 64
AT&T and Verizon Agree To Change Their eSIM Practices 15
Ahead of Merger, T-Mobile Announces Its Cheapest Phone Plan Ever and 5G Coming December 6th 37
Amazon Ring Doorbells Exposed Home Wi-Fi Passwords To Hackers 25
SpaceX Plans To Start Offering Starlink Broadband Services In 2020 125
Verizon's 5G Network Can Only Cover 'Certain Seating Areas' In a Basketball Stadium 66
Unpatched Linux Bug May Open Devices To Serious Attacks Over Wi-Fi 21
Carriers Want To Hide Detailed 5G Maps From FCC and Public 40
Microsoft Plans To Bring Internet Access To 40 Million People By 2022 32
D-Link Home Routers Open To Remote Takeover Will Remain Unpatched 92
Did MacOS Stop Allowing Changes to Wifi MAC Addresses? 118
Did a Poker Pro Use RFID Tags To Cheat? 158
Iraq Shuts Down Internet Access As Mass Protests Turn Violent 55
Woman Who Sleeps In $500 EMF-Blocking Sack Wants Area-Wide Wi-Fi Limits 301
Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables That Hack You Will Be Mass Produced and Sold 57
Both Apple and Amazon Are Quietly Building Networks That Know the Location of Everything 32
The Heat Death of 5G 92
Amazon Sidewalk Is a New Long-Range Wireless Network For Your IoT Devices 46
Faster Wi-Fi Officially Launches Today 30
iPhone 11 Lineup Said To Include Two-Way Charging Hardware, But Software Disabled 16
Wi-Fi 6 Will Upgrade Your Workhorse Wireless Network 66
The Truth About Faster Internet: It's Not Worth It 253
Fearing Data Privacy Issues, Google Cuts Some Android Phone Data For Wireless Carriers 24
Slashdot Asks: Do You Use Your Laptop's Headphone Jack? 283
New Vulnerabilities Found In WPA3 WiFi Standard 58
82% of People Say They Connect To Any Free WiFi That's Available in a Public Place, Survey Finds 123
iPhone Bluetooth Traffic Leaks Phone Numbers -- in Certain Scenarios 51
Apple's AWDL Protocol Plagued By Flaws That Enable Tracking and MitM Attacks 56
T-Mobile Wins $26.5B Sprint Deal Approval With Plan To Create Rival 40
Mozilla Debuts Implementation of WebThings Gateway Open Source Router Firmware 57
From Fitbits To Rokus, Hedge Funds Mine Data For Consumer Habits 60
Huawei Secretly Helped Build North Korea's Wireless Network, Leaked Documents Suggest 83
Bluetooth Exploit Can Track and Identify iOS, Microsoft Mobile Device Users 24
'Never Commit a Crime When Your Phone Is Connected to a Wi-Fi Network' 132
Hong Kong's Protesters Use AirDrop To Spread Information To Mainland Chinese Visitors 85
Frontier Refuses To Waive Router Rental Fee For Customer Who Brought His Own 254
A DIY Internet Network In NYC Now Covers Large Parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn 109
Philips Hue Company Announces Lights That Beam Data At 250 Mbps 41
Retail Stores Use Bluetooth Beacons To Track Customers 47
In Stores, Secret Surveillance Tracks Your Every Move 173
Cringely Predicts The End Of Broadcast TV Within A Decade 171
Teen Makes His Own AirPods For $4 123
Huawei Has Now Been Cut Off By the SD Association, Wi-Fi Alliance 276
5G Could Mean Less Time To Flee a Deadly Hurricane, Heads of NASA and NOAA Warn 153
Russia's Anti-5G Propaganda Campaign Is Spreading Across Social Media 137
Verizon's 5G Network Is Now Hitting Gigabit Download Speeds 88
Division 2 Multiplayer and Single-Player Campaign Broken By Latest Update 27
5G Networks Will Likely Interfere With US Weather Satellites, Navy Warns 62
'Hard-To-Fix' Cisco Flaw Puts Work Email At Risk 47
Why Airpods Are An Environmental 'Tragedy' 267
Wireless Carriers Fight Ban On Throttling Firefighters During Emergencies 173
WiFi Finder, a Popular Hotspot Finder App, Exposed 2 Million Wi-Fi Network Passwords 31
Microsoft Is Jumping Onto the Wireless Earbud Bandwagon, Says Report 38
Fifty 'Connected Cows' Already Have 5G 85
Dragonblood Vulnerabilities Disclosed in Wi-Fi WPA3 Standard 46
Airbnb Guest Found Hidden Surveillance Camera By Scanning Wi-Fi Network 99
Hacker Group Has Been Hijacking DNS Traffic On D-Link Routers For Three Months [Update] 40
Verizon Begins Rolling Out Its 5G Wireless Network In Chicago, Minneapolis 46
Would You Put Ads On Your Homescreens For Free Mobile Service? 98
Researchers Find 36 New Security Flaws In LTE Protocol 23
Engineers Build Teeny-Tiny Bluetooth Transmitter That Runs On Less Than 1 Milliwatt 43
'Your AirPods Will Die Soon' -- The Shrinking Charge Capacities of Lithium-Ion Batteries 250
Trump Blockade of Huawei Fizzles In European 5G Rollout 280
Portland City Council May Ask FCC To Investigate Health Risks of 5G Networks 175
PS4's Remote Play Update Lets You Stream To iOS Devices 38
Samsung Patents Wireless TV With No Power Cable 55
Wireless Skin Sensors For Newborns Will Let Parents Cuddle Fragile Babies 35
New Flaws In 4G, 5G Allow Attackers To Intercept Calls and Track Phone Locations 46
Verizon Plans To Roll Out Its 5G Mobile Network In 30 Cities This Year 37
Texas Lawmaker Wants To Ban Mobile Throttling In Disaster Areas 106
Amazon Is Buying Mesh Router Company Eero 30
Countries With Zero Rating Have More Expensive Wireless Broadband Than Countries Without It 160
Ex-FCC Commissioner Advises T-Mobile, Sprint On $26 Billion Merger 36
Scientists Create Super-Thin 'Sheet' That Could Charge Our Phones 116
Location Finds Bluetooth, Ultra-Wideband 32
Should Lawmakers Be Able To Hold Hearings, Debate and Vote On Legislation Virtually From Their District Offices? 149
Firmware Vulnerability In Popular Wi-Fi Chipset Affects Laptops, Smartphones, Routers, Gaming Devices 100
Apple's AirPower Wireless Charging Mat Is In Production 107
Wireless Tech Company Finds Way To Charge Drones In Flight 66
Wireless 'Pacemaker For the Brain' Could Offer New Treatment For Neurological Disorders 51
Ajit Pai Thanks Congress For Helping Him Kill Net Neutrality Rules 215
Hackers Are Taking Over Chromecasts To Promote a YouTube Channel 90