It's Wednesday, April 1st. I'm Owen Poole, and this is what's going on in tech today
In a move that CNET's broadband editor called unprecedented, the Federal Communications Commission has banned all foreign-made routers. The order says, quote
given the criticality of routers to the successful functioning of our nation's economy and defense
the United States can no longer depend on foreign nations for its router manufacturing, end quote
This order does not apply to routers that are already in the United States with previous FCC
approval, but any new routers entering the market won't be eligible for sale in the U.S
The order also applies to any router in which any stage of, quote, manufacturing, assembly, design, and development, and, quote
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.
but the routers are actually assembled abroad, which would fall under this ban
Cybersecurity experts have said that there is good reasoning behind the order
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
to purchase a new router, you should to give time for the dust to settle. You created your Gmail
account when you were young and put in a handle that in retrospect feels embarrassing or
unprofessional. Google's now giving the opportunity to change it. Back in January, Google announced a
plan to let users change the text that appears before the at gmail.com, which is great news for
anyone with the email handle they regret and don't want to lose their data or deal with having two
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
to back up all your data just in case which is just a good general practice to actually change
your email handle you will need to go to your google account settings on your desktop or phone
navigate to personal info and find google account email once you confirm your identity you will have
the option to change it. Google will allow users to change it once every 12 months. And speaking of
Google, renders of the future Pixel 11 have reportedly been leaked, and Pixel fans hoping
for a major redesign might have to wait another year, because it looks almost the exact same as
the 10. We're not expected to see the new generation of the Pixel 11 line until this
summer, most likely sometime in August, but Android headlines published the leaked renders
on Monday, March 30th. The renders are reportedly for the baseline Pixel 11, and not the Pixel 11
Pro or the Pixel 11 Fold. Based on the renders, the screen size looks the same as well as the
camera bar, but there does appear to be a thinner bezel which might make the screen appear larger
even if the dimensions remain unchanged. Expect Google to tout new AI-centric features as the
main selling point for the new lineup of Pixel phones, kind of like Samsung did as a recent
Unpacked event introducing the new Galaxy S26 lineup of phones. Of course, we are still months
away from when we should expect more than leaks about the Pixel 11, so a lot could change in the
meantime so that's what's going on in tech today i'm on pool and i'll see you in the next video