Best Mesh Wi-Fi Systems (2026): I Tested Them All
Forget about patchy internet connections and dead spots in the house. These WIRED-tested, multi-room mesh Wi-Fi systems will keep your whole house online.
Month: August 2026
Employers Are Making Job Candidates Jump Through Hoops to Prove They’re Real
The era of AI cheating, deepfakes and North Korean remote workers is ushering in new screening tactics.
How to Escape Group Chat Hell
Young adults are in more group chats than ever—sometimes more than 20 at a time. Here’s how to tame the chat madness.
The Best Label Makers (2026): Brother, Niimbot, Dymo
Experience the oddly satisfying joy of labeling bins, drawers, and more with the best Bluetooth and traditional label makers.
TerminalFix Uses Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHAs to Deploy Reverse-Tunnel Backdoor
Microsoft has disclosed details of a new ClickFix variant, dubbed TerminalFix, that aims to trick users into running a malicious command in Windows Terminal or PowerShell. “While traditional ClickFix campaigns direct victims to the Windows Run dialog, TerminalFix campaigns apply the same technique but direct users to Windows Terminal or PowerShell instead, increasing the likelihood…
Scientists Create the Littlest Big Bang to Study the Universe's Origins
The discovery redefines how large atoms need to be to produce the extreme state of matter found in the early universe.
Valve vs JSAUX vs UGREEN vs Anker Docks: $60 Gap [2026]
The Steam Deck doesn’t ship with a dock in the box, and neither does the ROG Xbox Ally X, the Legion Go 2, or the MSI Claw 8. Valve wants $89.99 for its official accessory. Anker sells one for as little as $29.99. Between them sit JSAUX and UGREEN, both chasing the same shelf space…
How GNIS' Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps
The U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) has formally changed the name for “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” in the United States. Since we update Google Maps …
ATF Hacked: Qilin Claims Breach, 885 Victims [2026]
A ransomware crew just breached a federal law enforcement agency whose job is to track down criminals, and the agency doesn’t fully know what got taken. On August 26, 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed it was responding to a “cybersecurity incident affecting a standalone system,” a carefully worded statement…
Cursor AI Hack Triggers 23 New AI Agent Risk Rules [2026]
The breach itself is already old news to security teams who track ransomware chatter. What’s new, and what’s actually driving the response inside enterprise security teams this week, is what happened after Reuters and Israeli threat-intelligence firm Gambit Security disclosed on August 27, 2026 that a Russian-speaking affiliate of the Aur0ra ransomware group used the…