Networking

David Gewirtz/ZDNET World Backup Day, celebrated on March 31, is “a day for people to learn about the increasing role of data in our lives and the importance of regular backups.” Because backups are so important, we decided to commemorate this event by showing you how easy it is to ...

Getty Images/Javier Zayas Photography Unless you want to be off the grid, in modern homes and work, you need an internet connection. To make the connection work, you need two different devices: A modem and a router. Also: How to convert your home’s old TV cable into powerful Ethernet lines ...

Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Twitter hasn’t gone to pieces, but since Elon Musk bought the social network and laid off numerous employees, the site’s been failing far more often. Today, March 6, 2023, at approximately noon Eastern time, Twitter began suffering from problems. Also: Why is Twitter turning ...

Carlina Teteris/Getty Images I use VirtualBox every day to test out new applications, new operating systems, how to configure, and even how to break things.  I also use virtual machine technology to deploy servers that I use for various things, and if I don’t configure them correctly, those servers won’t ...

The new free, better Delta Wi-Fi inflight internet is here sjvn/ZDNET Wi-Fi on planes has always been slow and often a little klutzy. Now, Delta and T-Mobile have partnered up to offer faster, smoother, and — oh yes — free Wi-Fi to its SkyMiles customers. As a Delta Platinum Medallion ...

Getty Images Adopting a reliable Virtual Private Network (VPN) is an excellent way to help protect your privacy online and disguise your activities from the companies collecting data on you over multiple websites. Also: How to convert your home’s old TV cable into powerful Ethernet lines However, as with all forms ...

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET No matter whether you use an Android smartphone or an iPhone, chances are that it has a built-in hotspot feature that allows you to share your internet connection with other devices. It’s a great feature, but if this is something that you’re using a lot, then what you ...

The most popular use of UWB is Apple’s AirTag tracker. CNET UWB — short for ultra-wideband — is a low-energy, short-range radio technology that’s been around for a couple of decades (it went under the name “pulse radio” for a while). UWB makes use of super-fast signal pulses (anything up ...

June Wan/ZDNET Bluetooth connections go both ways. You can connect your Android phone to third-party devices and you can connect third-party devices to your phone. That’s all fine and good and fairly simple. However, it can get a bit confusing when you have multiple Android phones in your house. Case ...

isak55 — Shutterstock Just what every Linux system administrator wants just before the holidays: A serious Linux kernel security bug. The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), a zero-day security research firm, announced a new Linux kernel security bug. This hole allows authenticated remote users to disclose sensitive information and run code ...