Automated Frequency Coordination: The 6GHz’s Cool AFC Extended Range

Automated Frequency Coordination, or AFC, is a valuable wireless networking feature that has recently become a reality with the release of the Wi-Fi 7 standard. It enables a Wi-Fi 7 broadcaster (router or access point) to significantly increase the range of its super-fast 6GHz frequency band. However, similar to Wi-Fi 7’s MLO feature, AFC has proven to … Read more

Synology DS225+: That Cool 2.5Gbps Port

Today, Synology announced the availability of its 2025 2-bay Plus DiskStation NAS server, the DS225+, for the US market. Considering the 2024 model year DS224+, the release of this new version is somewhat unexpected. All other previous 2025 Plus servers, including the DS925+, DS425+, DS725+, DS1825+, and DS1525+, are refreshed versions of those released at … Read more

Windows 11 Upgrade (to 25H2, 24H2, and more) on Unsupported Hardware: ISO Downloads and More

This post will help you upgrade any Windows 10 computer, including those that don’t meet the hardware requirements—without TPM 2.0, lack Secure Boot, or run on an unsupported CPU—to any release of Windows 11, including version 24H2 and the latest version 25H2 (still in Preview stage). There’s no need for a third-party tool or finicky … Read more

New Grok AI model surprises experts by checking Elon Musk’s views before answering

To generate text, every AI chatbot processes an input called a “prompt” and produces a plausible output based on that prompt. This is the core function of every LLM. In practice, the prompt often contains information from several sources, including comments from the user, the ongoing chat history (sometimes injected with user “memories” stored in … Read more

Hackers exploit a blind spot by hiding malware inside DNS records

Hackers are stashing malware in a place that’s largely out of the reach of most defenses—inside domain name system (DNS) records that map domain names to their corresponding numerical IP addresses. The practice allows malicious scripts and early-stage malware to fetch binary files without having to download them from suspicious sites or attach them to … Read more