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It's Wednesday, April 1st. I'm Owen Poole,
and this is what's going on in tech today

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In a move that CNET's broadband editor called unprecedented, the Federal
Communications Commission has banned all foreign-made routers. The order says, quote

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given the criticality of routers to the successful
functioning of our nation's economy and defense

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the United States can no longer depend on foreign
nations for its router manufacturing, end quote

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This order does not apply to routers that are
already in the United States with previous FCC

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approval, but any new routers entering the
market won't be eligible for sale in the U.S

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The order also applies to any router in which any stage of, quote,
manufacturing, assembly, design, and development, and, quote

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happens outside of the U.S., which is almost all routers. For
example, Netgear is a router manufacturer that is based in the U.S.

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but the routers are actually assembled
abroad, which would fall under this ban

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Cybersecurity experts have said that
there is good reasoning behind the order

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but the execution of the order is flawed and may cause chaos. CNS broadband
editor and router expert Joe Supan says that if you can afford to wait

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to purchase a new router, you should to give time
for the dust to settle. You created your Gmail

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account when you were young and put in a handle
that in retrospect feels embarrassing or

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unprofessional. Google's now giving the opportunity
to change it. Back in January, Google announced a

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plan to let users change the text that appears
before the at gmail.com, which is great news for

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anyone with the email handle they regret and don't
want to lose their data or deal with having two

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different email accounts Should you choose the option to update it your old one doesn become and it will function as an alternate email address that
can still receive emails google says that all your data connected to your gmail account including emails and photos will remain but it is recommended

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to back up all your data just in case which is
just a good general practice to actually change

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your email handle you will need to go to your
google account settings on your desktop or phone

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navigate to personal info and find google account
email once you confirm your identity you will have

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the option to change it. Google will allow users
to change it once every 12 months. And speaking of

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Google, renders of the future Pixel 11 have
reportedly been leaked, and Pixel fans hoping

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for a major redesign might have to wait another
year, because it looks almost the exact same as

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the 10. We're not expected to see the new
generation of the Pixel 11 line until this

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summer, most likely sometime in August, but
Android headlines published the leaked renders

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on Monday, March 30th. The renders are reportedly
for the baseline Pixel 11, and not the Pixel 11

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Pro or the Pixel 11 Fold. Based on the renders,
the screen size looks the same as well as the

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camera bar, but there does appear to be a thinner
bezel which might make the screen appear larger

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even if the dimensions remain unchanged. Expect
Google to tout new AI-centric features as the

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main selling point for the new lineup of Pixel
phones, kind of like Samsung did as a recent

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Unpacked event introducing the new Galaxy S26
lineup of phones. Of course, we are still months

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away from when we should expect more than leaks
about the Pixel 11, so a lot could change in the

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meantime so that's what's going on in tech today
i'm on pool and i'll see you in the next video