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Unlike many devices in your home, you probably don’t think much about upgrading your router. Routers can work for a long time, and it’s easy to overlook when one isn’t getting firmware updates anymore or doesn’t support the latest Wi-Fi standards. This can make upgrading to a new Wi-Fi router more difficult, since throwing away a…

So long as the hardware is healthy, a router will continue connecting your devices to the internet long after the manufacturer stops releasing firmware updates. There’s no built-in kill switch outside of eventual hardware failure that will silence your router forever. Unfortunately, once firmware updates cease to be a regular thing, your router loses its…

Netflix has been actively building out its roster of family-friendly and party games over the past year and a half. Today, the streamer got a notable new addition to its library with Codenames Party. As with the other titles in Netflix’s party game collection, players can join the action by scanning a QR code and…

If you recently bought an iPhone 18 Pro and have been experiencing problems with Face ID, you’re not alone. Apple confirmed in September to9to5Mac that the new iPhones may “restart unexpectedly” when Face ID fails to authenticate. While this may sound troubling, the good news is that Apple has recently released an iOS update that fixes…