Turns out wireless networks aren't wireless at all. And light pulses in fiber optic cables carry your voice around the world. A new exhibition... How DOES your cellphone work? A new exhibition dials ...

The internet is a global network of servers that moves and stores data using hardware, software, and protocols. Wi-Fi is a local wireless network that distributes the internet signal to devices in ...

Federal IT officials have been actively updating their communications networks in recent years to take advantage of the convergence of IP-based voice, video, and data — and meet federal requirements ...

If we had to make a list of all the annoying things on the planet, slow Wi-Fi would easily take the cake. In a world where almost everything relies on a swift internet connection, sluggish load times ...

Alan is a technology author based in Nova Scotia, Canada. A computer enthusiast since his youth, Alan stays current on what is new and what is next. With over 30 years of experience in computer, video ...

As a society, we’ve been obsessed with abandoning wires and adopting wireless alternatives. It’s only reasonable that we’d eventually want to charge our EVs wirelessly, too. The idea isn’t new, but ...

Most of us do not think too much about how our cellphones work. That is, as long as they work. But a bustling, beeping exhibition that opened in June at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural ...

Through more than 300 objects from around the world, Cellphone: Unseen Connections explores cultural and technological connections created through cellphones. (Smithsonian Institution) Most of us do ...