In context: Apple has always been a pretty big proponent of user privacy, and that's often reflected in its products and business practices. The company has notoriously refused to unlock the smartphones of alleged criminals in the past -- even in very high-profile cases -- due to privacy concerns, and you'll find a plethora of data settings within most of the tech giant's devices.

This focus on privacy has been ingrained into the tech behemoth for a while now, and it seems to start

What just happened? Huawei is continuing to feel pressure as the US government clamps down on what it considers “national security threats.” On Friday, the FCC approved a measure to cut funding to US projects using equipment from Huawei and ZTE or any other "bad actor." The long delayed vote was unanimous.

The Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund has $8.5 billion earmarked for subsidizing carriers in making improvements to the communications infrastructure in the US. In today’s ruling , it said that

Bottom line: Google has quietly confirmed that it is killing Cloud Print, the cloud printing service it originally introduced nearly a decade ago. The good news is that you’ve got a little over a year to find an alternate solution as Cloud Print will remain functional until January 1, 2021.

The Mountain View-based tech giant waived the white flag in a support document related to printing on Chrome devices.

Google launched Cloud Print – primarily as a way to print from Chrome OS – way back in

Rumor mill: As Samsung works to get the unveiling of the Galaxy S11 ready for early next year, leaks are starting to emerge to give us an idea of what the new flagship phone might look like. Rendered images show nothing is radically different, but there are a few notable changes.

Known leaker Steve H. McFly (@OnLeaks) posted renders of the Samsung Galaxy S11 to Twitter on Friday. The pictures (and video below) reveal a few changes to the phone's design,

Through the looking glass: One angle to consider is why people are being polite to a digital assistant in the first place. The tech is designed to respond to your commands and isn’t going to do a better job just because you ask nicely. Are people just being polite because that’s their general nature? Maybe some are doing so to set a good example for their children – if they are nice to digital assistants, maybe they’ll exhibit good manners during interactions with other humans outside the home?

In brief: Walmart subsidiary Jet is shutting down its fresh food delivery business in New York City after launching it just a year ago. Given Walmart's recent success with its own branded grocery delivery service, the development isn't too terribly surprising.

A source familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the shutdown will result in the loss of between 200 and 300 jobs. Jet will continue to sell dry groceries and will still fulfill existing fresh orders that have already been placed.

The development isn’

Worth the wait? For some, Microsoft’s offering will be worth the wait. The buds feature omnisonic sound delivered via 13.6mm drivers and have dual microphone arrays in each bud. Combined with the charging case, you can get up to 24 hours of battery life. They’re also compatible with Office 365 so you can use them to manage various Office tasks