Google is implementing a networking upgrade for Android that could make local file sharing and network access feel much more ...

If you have iOS 14 or later on your iPhone (or iPadOS 14 on an iPad), then you might have seen an app ask permission to "find and connect to devices on your local network." It's not always clear what ...

A data communications network within a home or office. "Local network," "local area network" and "LAN" are synonymous. Today's local network standards are TCP/IP, Ethernet and Wi-Fi. See LAN. THIS ...

So now that macOS Sequoia is here, half the apps on my machine are asking for permission to "access local network resources", but is there an explanation somewhere about what that actually means? Do ...

Local Network Game Transfers, now available on the beta Steam client, allow a player to transfer an existing Steam game installation from one PC to another over a local area network (LAN). This means ...

Internet networking involves a lot of alchemy, and I confess to occasionally dropping an eye of newt (or an IP of newt) into a boiling pot to fix problems on my local network. There’s a particular ...

Valve’s Steam gaming platform allows you to download and install games you’ve purchased on multiple computers. But up until now doing that required connecting to ...

Game downloads can put a strain on home internet networks and push the boundaries of ISP data caps, but Steam is testing a solution that promises to free up bandwidth. Local Network Game Transfers, ...