TNW 430: Understanding the US Router Ban - What the Ban on Consumer Foreign-Made Routers Means For You

TNW 430: Understanding the US Router Ban - What the Ban on Consumer Foreign-Made Routers Means For You

Author: TWiT March 27, 2026 Duration: 58:52

Dan Moren joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! Rumors of iOS 27 are slowly making the rounds, with Apple's planned AI reboot. A look inside the lawsuit between Halide co-founders. The US just banned consumer routers made outside of the US. And NASA unveiled its initiatives to return back to the Moon.

  • Dan talks about the rumors of iOS 27 and Apple's planned AI refresh, alongside a new "Ask Siri" feature, that will be part of the unveiling of iOS 27 & macOS 27 at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference later in June.
  • Mikah goes a bit deeper into the lawsuit that Lux co-founder Ben Sandofsky brought against Sebastiaan de With over financial misconduct and bringing source code with them over to Apple.
  • Sean Hollister of The Verge joins the show to talk about the US's ban on imports of new foreign-made consumer routers and explains what the ban is seeking to do.
  • And Mikah explains NASA's initiatives and plans to return to the Moon, and what NASA plans to do once they return.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren

Guest: Sean Hollister

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