Have you ever heard of wardriving? It’s the act of searching for and mapping Wi-Fi networks from a moving vehicle. It’s a really cool way to create a map of the wireless signals in a certain location.

The much-used phrase of every connected traveler ("Excuse me, what's your wifi password?") may start phasing out. For those looking to hook up to an airport's Wi-Fi, there's now a map for that. Anil ...

Apple's Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) can be used to map and track Wi-Fi access points (APs) around the globe. But in a presentation at Black Hat 2024, University of Maryland researcher Erik Rye will ...

Map shows how places have changed over time becoming more connected. — -- Here's one way to put it into perspective just how connected we are around the world. The estimated 900 million Wi-Fi ...

This week’s column is my last Working Mac column for Macworld. You’ll still find me elsewhere on the site, but I want to say thank you for the last two years and for your input and insights each week.

You can say goodbye to airport boredom. One of the many downsides of flying is having to get to the airport hours before you actually board the plane. You can try to pass the time by playing cards, ...