Update 3/9/25: After receiving concerns about the use of the term 'backdoor' to refer to these undocumented commands, we have updated our title and story. Our original story can be found here. The ...

Quectel Wireless Solutions, an end-to-end global IoT solutions provider, unveiled its new FME163R Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 module which features 2 x 2 MIMO connection capability and an M.2 2230 Key-E ...

Apple’s most famous chips are the A- and M-series processors that power its iPhones, iPads, and Macs, but this year, its effort to build its own wireless chips is starting to bear fruit. Earlier this ...

For years now, Apple has wanted to replicate its success in processors with its own in-house cellular modems. The company spent $1 billion to buy Intel’s modem technology in 2019, and since then the ...

Recent discoveries by cybersecurity researchers have unveiled undocumented commands hidden within Bluetooth chips, potentially impacting over a billion devices globally. These functionalities, ...

Apple will apparently start with a chip that replaces the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip it already uses from Broadcom, but down the line, it might make a chip that includes cellular functionality, too.

Apple is switching over to a new Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chip that it designed in-house starting in 2025, reports Bloomberg. The combined Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chip will replace components from Broadcom, ...

Apple might switch to in-house Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips starting with next year’s iPhone 17. The company plans to fully transition to its custom Wi-Fi chips within three years after that. Broadcom ...

Unfortunately, we have another serious security vulnerability to tell you about. This time around, it's on high-end Bluetooth headphones and headsets from a range of manufacturers including Sony, ...

TL;DR: Apple plans to integrate a new in-house Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip into upcoming M5-based 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models, enhancing power efficiency and saving logic board space. This ...

Security researchers have discovered dozens of undocumented commands hidden in a Bluetooth chip found in billions of devices. Credit: Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images A potential security ...