Source: Christopher Close / iMore It never fails. Every few years or so, a new “game-changing” wireless protocol or standard comes along in the wide world of the Internet of Things (IoT) that promises to bring unity to a fragmented market. Unfortunately, things never really quite pan out, and users […]
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Pico-ITX board and compact system set sail on Elkhart Lake
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Pinterest Email Vecow’s “EPCB-1000” Pico-ITX SBC runs Linux or Win 10 on Intel’s dual-core Atom x6211E with up to 32GB DDR4, SATA, DP, 2x GbE, 2x USB 3.1, and 2x M.2 with SIM. The SBC also powers a “PCB-1000” box PC.Vecow announced the Pico-ITX form-factor EPCB-1000 […]
How to Perform a Windows 10 Network Reset to Fix Internet Connection Issues
We’ve all run into the dreaded taskbar icon that denotes Windows 10 internet connection issues. There are various reasons this can happen, but if you’re really struggling, the quickest fix is to perform a full Windows 10 network reset. From the Anniversary Update onwards, Microsoft offers an easy way to […]
A speciifc network name can completely disable Wi-Fi on your iPhone
Only a couple of weeks after the initial iPhone Wi-Fi bug was found, the same security researcher Carl Schou has found another similar issue. Schou tweeted today that if an iPhone comes in range of a Wi-Fi network named ‘%secretclub%power’, then that iPhone will no longer be able to use […]
Windows 10 Won’t Boot? Here are 7 Actionable Ways to Fix It
Like any other day, you sit back on your chair and hit the power button to get your PC started. To your dismay, however, you soon find that your Windows 10 won’t boot up, as it did during your last session. Although Microsoft has come far with constant improvement on […]
Social Media’s Dial-Up Ancestor: The Bulletin Board System
Images: Original BBSs/Jason Scott Pioneers of Cyberspace: Welcome screens from various computer bulletin-board systems show their operator’s wild creativity. For millions of people around the globe, the Internet is a simple fact of life. We take for granted the invisible network that enables us to communicate, navigate, investigate, flirt, shop, […]
Here are the best workplaces to grow your career
Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Companies including Bank of America and Home Depot are among the best places to grow a career, according to a ranking prepared by professional networking site LinkedIn. The new ranking, released Tuesday, comes at a time when working professionals across the country continue to […]
Hearing reset on local hotel project
July 13, 2021 Mount Airy resident Otis M. “Bud” Oliver’s professional life was somewhat unusual due to encompassing both the judicial and legislative fields — serving as a judge and in city government — but he was recalled Tuesday as excelling at both. “He was just a good man,” former […]
iOS Bug Causes Specific Network Name to Disable Wi-Fi on iPhones
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A wireless network naming bug has been discovered in iOS that effectively disables an iPhone’s ability to connect to Wi-Fi. Security researcher Carl Schou found that after joining a Wi-Fi network with the name “%p%s%s%s%s%n” his iPhone’s Wi-Fi functionality was left “permanently disabled.” Changing a hotspot’s SSID did nothing to […]
Alert: Update to iOS 14.7 Now to Protect Against Dangerous Wi-Fi Bug
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iPhone users should upgrade to iOS 14.7 immediately to avoid a dangerous bug that disabled the device’s Wi-Fi, sometimes irreversibly. Before iOS 14.7, if a user connected to a Wi-Fi network with the name “%p%s%s%s%s%n,” a bug completely disabled the device’s ability to connect to Wi-Fi. According to user reports, […]