Here is a quick tip in case you find your download speed over Wi-Fi is slower than you believe ought to be. Lately, I was checking out my broadband net connection and observed that the rate of the 2.4GHz signal was very slow. However, once I switched over to the 5GHz signal from my dual-band router I could get the full 50 Mbps download speed that I am supposed to get from my internet provider. In the meantime, the 2.4GHz sign was hovering somewhere around 8 Mbps.
What factors influence WiFi speed?
Several variables impact your wifi speed, including frequency, locality, the amount of devices linked to your wifi, and the type of cable (connection type) used to link your modem router.
Here are the elements that influence your WIFI’s speed.
Internet package
Obsolete devices
Internet connection type
Internet package:
Your wifi speed is determined on your internet bundle. Because your internet service includes a certain amount of bandwidth. Low bandwidth plans offer slow wifi speeds, whereas large bandwidth plans have fast wifi speeds. You must select a high bandwidth plan.
Obsolete devices:
When you are using obsolete gadgets that are unable to capture today’s wifi speed. That may have an impact on your WiFi speed.
Internet connection type:
In today’s world, a reliable and fast Wi-Fi connection is essential for work, entertainment, and staying connected with friends and family. A sluggish Wi-Fi connection, on the other hand, might be aggravating and reduce your performance. Here are ten simple steps to help you boost your Wi-Fi speed and improve your internet experience.
Here are 10 Simple Steps to Boost Your Wi-Fi Speed:
1. Position your router in the perfect spot:
The best region for a router is somewhere in the center of the home, and on a table or shelf as opposed to the ground. Having the route in open – free from walls and obstructions – allows, as does pointing the antennae instantly upwards. Using the Helmholtz equation, a researcher at Imperial College London, found that it’s best to limit the number of walls and corners the signal has to traverse. Placing it in the centre of the house is the premier way to avoid black spots.
2. Limit the Number of Connected Devices:
Too many devices connected to your Wi-Fi network can slow down your internet speed. Disconnect devices that you’re not using or limit the number of devices connected at any one time.
The router’s firmware allows it to connect with other devices. When you upgrade the router firmware, it can have a positive influence on wifi speed by introducing bug fixes and security patches that improve overall performance.
When you do not change the firmware on your router, it has a negative impact such as sluggish wifi speed and an unstable online experience.
4. Put your router in a beer can:
Use an empty beer can as a DIY parabolic antenna – a reflective case with a purpose to take away signal from different devices, even as boosting the signal from your router.
Cut the top and bottom of the beer can and then cut it down the center so it turns into a sheet of metal. Wrap this around the back of your router’s antenna so it forms a dome, leaving the front unexposed – voila. Empty Pringle’s bins also make for easy DIY Wi-Fi amplifiers.
5. Use a password:
Protecting your home broadband network with a password can assist speed it up, in addition to offering vital security. Keep an eye on what devices are using your network at any given time – more devices will result in slower speeds.
6. Set your router to reboot regularly:
Rebooting your router is a fail-safe manner to speed it up. In preference to doing it manually each time your Wi-Fi is sluggish, set up an automatic timetable in order that it restarts once a day or week.
Frequency is another aspect that might improve your wifi performance. A greater frequency might imply faster internet service. There are several routers that run at millions of cycles per second.
If your Wi-Fi signal is weak in certain areas of your home, consider using a Wi-Fi extender. A Wi-Fi extender can boost your Wi-Fi signal and provide better coverage in dead spots around your home.
9.Upgrade Your Router:
As your router becomes obsolete, you should replace it. As new technology is released, you must upgrade your router.
10. Look for new technology:
Wireless connection canst your boo wifi speed. you have to upgrade yourself with new technologies which may help you to boost your wifi speed.
Fundamentally, wifi is a wireless connection to your devices, and wireless connections may be sluggish wifi speed on your devices due to a variety of variables such as how distant the router is from your device, barriers such as walls and floors, the number of devices connected to your wifi network, and one of the most critical reasons, electromagnetic interference.
Pintarnya raises $16.7M to power jobs and financial services in Indonesia
Pintarnya, an Indonesian employment platform that goes beyond job matching by offering financial services along with full-time and side-gig opportunities, said it has raised a $16.7 million Series A round.
The funding was led by Square Peg with participation from existing investors Vertex Venture Southeast Asia & India and East Ventures.
Ghirish Pokardas, Nelly Nurmalasari, and Henry Hendrawan founded Pintarnya in 2022 to tackle two of the biggest challenges Indonesians face daily: earning enough and borrowing responsibly.
“Traditionally, mass workers in Indonesia find jobs offline through job fairs or word of mouth, with employers buried in paper applications and candidates rarely hearing back. For borrowing, their options are often limited to family/friend or predatory lenders with harsh collection practices,” Henry Hendrawan, co-founder of Pintarnya, told TechCrunch. “We digitize job matching with AI to make hiring faster and we provide workers with safer, healthier lending options — designed around what they can reasonably afford, rather than pushing them deeper into debt.”
Pintarnya tackles this challenge by partnering with asset-backed lenders to offer secured loans, using collateral such as gold, electronics, or vehicles, Hendrawan added.
Since its seed funding in 2022, the platform currently serves over 10 million job seeker users and 40,000 employers nationwide. Its revenue has increased almost fivefold year-over-year and expects to reach break-even by the end of the year, Hendrawn noted. Pintarnya primarily serves users aged 21 to 40, most of whom have a high school education or a diploma below university level. The startup aims to focus on this underserved segment, given the large population of blue-collar and informal workers in Indonesia.
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“Through the journey of building employment services, we discovered that our users needed more than just jobs — they needed access to financial services that traditional banks couldn’t provide,” said Hendrawan. “We digitize job matching with AI to make hiring faster and we provide workers with safer, healthier lending options — designed around what they can reasonably afford, rather than pushing them deeper into debt.”
image credits: Pintarnya (Founders of Pintarnya Ghirish Pokardas, Nelly Nurmalasari, and Henry Hendrawan)
While Indonesia already has job platforms like JobStreet, Kalibrr, and Glints, these primarily cater to white-collar roles, which represent only a small portion of the workforce, according to Hendrawan. Pintarnya’s platform is designed specifically for blue-collar workers, offering tailored experiences such as quick-apply options for walk-in interviews, affordable e-learning on relevant skills, in-app opportunities for supplemental income, and seamless connections to financial services like loans.
The same trend is evident in Indonesia’s fintech sector, which similarly caters to white-collar or upper-middle-class consumers. Conventional credit scoring models for loans, which rely on steady monthly income and bank account activity, often leave blue-collar workers overlooked by existing fintech providers, Hendrawan explained.
When asked about which fintech services are most in demand, Hendrawan mentioned, “Given their employment status, lending is the most in-demand financial service for Pintarnya’s users today. We are planning to ‘graduate’ them to micro-savings and investments down the road through innovative products with our partners.”
The new funding will enable Pintarnya to strengthen its platform technology and broaden its financial service offerings through strategic partnerships. With most Indonesian workers employed in blue-collar and informal sectors, the co-founders see substantial growth opportunities in the local market. Leveraging their extensive experience in managing businesses across Southeast Asia, they are also open to exploring regional expansion when the timing is right.
“Our vision is for Pintarnya to be the everyday companion that empowers Indonesians to not only make ends meet today, but also plan, grow, and upgrade their lives tomorrow … In five years, we see Pintarnya as the go-to super app for Indonesia’s workers, not just for earning income, but as a trusted partner throughout their life journey,” Hendrawan said. “We want to be the first stop when someone is looking for work, a place that helps them upgrade their skills, and a reliable guide as they make financial decisions.”
OpenAI warns against SPVs and other ‘unauthorized’ investments
In a new blog post, OpenAI warns against “unauthorized opportunities to gain exposure to OpenAI through a variety of means,” including special purpose vehicles, known as SPVs.
“We urge you to be careful if you are contacted by a firm that purports to have access to OpenAI, including through the sale of an SPV interest with exposure to OpenAI equity,” the company writes. The blog post acknowledges that “not every offer of OpenAI equity […] is problematic” but says firms may be “attempting to circumvent our transfer restrictions.”
“If so, the sale will not be recognized and carry no economic value to you,” OpenAI says.
Investors have increasingly used SPVs (which pool money for one-off investments) as a way to buy into hot AI startups, prompting other VCs to criticize them as a vehicle for “tourist chumps.”
Business Insider reports that OpenAI isn’t the only major AI company looking to crack down on SPVs, with Anthropic reportedly telling Menlo Ventures it must use its own capital, not an SPV, to invest in an upcoming round.
Meta partners with Midjourney on AI image and video models
Meta is partnering with Midjourney to license the startup’s AI image and video generation technology, Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang announced Friday in a post on Threads. Wang says Meta’s research teams will collaborate with Midjourney to bring its technology into future AI models and products.
“To ensure Meta is able to deliver the best possible products for people it will require taking an all-of-the-above approach,” Wang said. “This means world-class talent, ambitious compute roadmap, and working with the best players across the industry.”
The Midjourney partnership could help Meta develop products that compete with industry-leading AI image and video models, such as OpenAI’s Sora, Black Forest Lab’s Flux, and Google’s Veo. Last year, Meta rolled out its own AI image generation tool, Imagine, into several of its products, including Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. Meta also has an AI video generation tool, Movie Gen, that allows users to create videos from prompts.
The licensing agreement with Midjourney marks Meta’s latest deal to get ahead in the AI race. Earlier this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg went on a hiring spree for AI talent, offering some researchers compensation packages worth upwards of $100 million. The social media giant also invested $14 billion in Scale AI, and acquired the AI voice startup Play AI.
Meta has held talks with several other leading AI labs about other acquisitions, and Zuckerberg even spoke with Elon Musk about joining his $97 billion takeover bid of OpenAI (Meta ultimately did not join the offer, and OpenAI denied Musk’s bid).
While the terms of Meta’s deal with Midjourney remain unknown, the startup’s CEO, David Holz, said in a post on X that his company remains independent with no investors; Midjourney is one of the few leading AI model developers that has never taken on outside funding. At one point, Meta talked with Midjourney about acquiring the startup, according to Upstarts Media.
Midjourney was founded in 2022 and quickly became a leader in the AI image generation space for its realistic, unique style. By 2023, the startup was reportedly on pace to generate $200 million in revenue. The startup sells subscriptions starting at $10 per month. It offers pricier tiers, which offer more AI image generations, that cost as much as $120 per month. In June, the startup released its first AI video model, V1.
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Meta’s partnership with Midjourney comes just two months after the startup was sued by Disney and Universal, alleging that it trained AI image models on copyrighted works. Several AI model developers — including Meta — face similar allegations from copyright holders, however, recent court cases pertaining to AI training data have sided with tech companies.
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