Technology

PayPal, Google get cozy in new digital wallet

PayPal CEO Dan Schulman has been busy cutting deals.

PayPal and Alphabet's Google deepened their relationship with a new agreement that enables payments through the tap of a phone from PayPal accounts at thousands of new retail locations.

Could a $700 router be worth the money?

The Netgear R9000 is truly fast.

Once upon a time you could squeak by in life with an $80 router, which would do the simple job of blanketing your house in a respectable cloud of wi-fi. But in 2017, a satisfactory home network isn't just a single cheap box tucked away in a corner. For many homes, it's a whole system of routers, which work together to reach every single corner. These "mesh" router setups aren't cheap, though. They start at $350 and many can be as pricey as $700). So what happens if you spend that same amount of cash on just one mega router? I connected my Brooklyn apartment using a Netgear Nighthawk X10 R9000 to find out.