We all want faster internet connections. Wi-Fi 6, the next generation of wireless networking, claims to be just that. As with all new wireless standards, Wi-Fi 6 promises significant advantages, in ...

After our review of Google’s Nest Wi-Fi kit last fall, we received an unexpected request: Ars reader GerbilMagnus hopped into the comments and asked for an explainer about how we test Wi-Fi.

Battery life and application performance are two of the more important performance-based attributes of a laptop computer, and they can significantly influence each other. While most laptops modulate ...

Software tools for testing Wi-Fi can run on a laptop, but dedicated hardware tools offer the convenience of a sometimes less cumbersome form-factor that are compact enough to fit in the pouch of a ...

We test dozens of laptops every year here at ZDNET: from the latest MacBooks to the best Windows PCs, aiming for a dual approach. On one hand, we run a series of benchmarking programs to gather ...