02 Apr 2026 3 min read Katherine Bourzac is a freelance journalist based in San Francisco. “Bring on the radiation! I can take it,” this Wi-Fi receiver chip would say if it could talk. Yasuto Narukiyo, Sena Kato, et al. … Read more
The wireless Internet has arrived – and now the sky’s the limit. We stand at the brink of a transformation. It is a moment that echoes the birth of the Internet in the mid-’70s, when the radical pioneers of computer … Read more
05 Oct 2025 3 min read University of California, Santa Cruz researchers have developed Pulse-Fi, a prototype system to remotely measure people’s pulse rates using ambient Wi-Fi signals. Erika Cardema/UC Santa Cruz This article is part of our exclusive IEEE … Read more
05 Oct 2024 2 min read Huber & Starke/Getty Images This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Researchers have developed a hybrid technology that would combine Wi-Fi with the Long Range … Read more
Happy April 1st! This post is part of April Cools Club: an April 1st effort to publish genuine essays on unexpected topics. Please enjoy this true story, and rest assured that the tech content will be back soon! That’s what … Read more
A serial burglar in Edina, Minnesota is suspected of using a Wi-Fi jammer to knock out connected security cameras before stealing and making off with the victim’s prized possessions. Minnesota doesn’t generally have a reputation as a hotbed for technology, … Read more
Sometime in 2024, the IEEE will unveil a new 802.11 standard that will bring new capabilities to everyone’s favorite wireless communication standard. But the upcoming 802.11bf standard isn’t for communication — it’s for sensing. The newest version of Wi-Fi layers on … Read more
11 May 2021 — This website presents FragAttacks (fragmentation and aggregation attacks) which is a collection of new security vulnerabilities that affect Wi-Fi devices. An adversary that is within radio range of a victim can abuse these vulnerabilities to steal … Read more
In August 2018, we wrote a blog describing several issues we found in Apple’s CoreWLAN framework and the airport command-line utility affecting Wi-Fi scanning and monitoring in the 2018 MacBook Pro and other similar models. We also submitted the corresponding bug reports to Apple … Read more
