Short answer? Probably not.

This writer has a complex home network. Mesh-enabled, lots and lots of devices plugged into it, a decent-sized family using it heavily. And he did some benchmarking at various times of the day, testing throughput with multiple benchmarks, resetting the router, then doing it again. Not rigorously scientific, but still demonstrative. The result? Didn't make much of a difference.

So he talked to some router manufacturers. And the responses were pretty uniform: modern routers are highly engineered and pretty robust, they're designed to be reliable and have high uptime. If you're having performance issues, the problem most likely lies elsewhere: computer needs a restart, network issue with your ISP, poor network design (you might benefit from a mesh or a faster connection). Or you may need a better/newer router. And, of course, keep your router's firmware updated for performance purposes and to ensure it's patched for the latest security updates.

Do I reboot ours very often? Nah. We have occasional power outages, in which case I'll shut off our UPS which will power off the router. The funny thing is that I read this article last night in bed before I went to sleep, and during the night Russet was working and our ISP had a network shutdown for maintenance. The first thing she did? Reset the router. Didn't make any difference since the upstream network was dead.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3125791/i-rebooted-my-router-and-busted-reddits-favorite-tech-myth.html

A security researcher did some poking around and discovered a bad thing with the Edge browser. Every browser wants you to trust them with your passwords and credit card data. At least in the case of Edge and passwords, that trust may be unwarranted.

The researcher stored a password and then captured all the memory. And found the password in plaintext. Unencrypted, unhashed. Completely readable. Microsoft dismissed this finding, saying that the computer would have to be compromised by malware for this to be a vulnerability.

Well, guess what. COMPUTERS GET COMPROMISED BY MALWARE ON A REGULAR BASIS. THIS IS A PROBLEM.

The Edge browser is based on Google's Chrome browser. There are many browsers based on Chrome, and apparently they take the very minimal resources required to encrypt or hash said passwords.

No word if this problem exists on Edge browser on other operating systems such as Mac.

Now, here's the really bonus extra-stupid thing. If I'm a user on a computer, and I want to view a password for a web site, I HAVE TO ENTER MY LOGIN PASSWORD TO VIEW IT. It's already been decrypted and stuffed into memory in plaintext, but I have to authenticate myself to view it!

This is quite an amazing level of stupidity. The amount of CPU resources required to decrypt one password for one web site is miniscule. There is zero reason to decrypt all of those passwords and stuff them into ram where any malware can steal them.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/researcher-finds-microsoft-edge-stored-passwords-load-in-plaintext

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/05/06/2014204/microsoft-edge-stores-passwords-in-plaintext-in-ram

This is pretty cool. A startup founded by a former NASA engineer has created a device for extinguishing fire with infrasound: super low frequency sound waves that literally push the oxygen away from the fire, denying the fire of one of the things that it needs for combustion!

It's safe to be around when it's in operation as it doesn't destroy or deplete the oxygen in the area, i.e. you won't asphyxiate, and being low frequency it won't damage the hearing of people or pets. In the video there's a demonstration of the device in use on a simulated oil pan kitchen fire, which it extinguishes in under 30 seconds.

There are a lot of unanswered questions, such as will it activate again if the fire reignites, what are long-term maintenance requirements, what about furniture, mattress, or electrical fires, crosswinds, etc. So far, the company hasn't released any specifics as to how its testing is being conducted, nor have any units been released for third parties to verify testing conditions or parameters.

The company also hopes that the unit could be used to fight wildfires, such as mounted on the front of bulldozers. It's working with one California wildfire agency to see if such testing can be done.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/startup-says-sound-waves-can-replace-fire-sprinklers-experts-arent-so-sure/