Apple redesigns the iPhone home screen, Google makes auto-deleting data default

This is CNET and here are the stories that mattered this week. At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple unveiled a new homescreen design for the iPhone. With the release of iOS 14. The new homescreen will make it easier to navigate through all of your apps and will include widgets for the first time Apple added a new app library. A space at the end of your home screens organizes all of your apps in a simpler, easier to navigate view. Your apps will automatically be organized, they're giving you a wider view of what you've downloaded and letting you hide the ones you don't use frequently, though, you'll still be able to find them in the app library. Later. Apple made a slew of announcements at WWDC, so check out CNET for more. Facebook announced its discontinuing the Oculus go this year, just two years after its 2018 release, and will focus only on the quest as its standalone VR device. Facebook has also announced that the tightly curated Oculus quest. It's going to open up to new apps and software in 2021, including experimental projects that will be easier to load from outside the Oculus App Store. new apps and app updates will stop appearing in the Oculus go store after December 18 this year, but the hardware will continue to get security updates through 2022 And finally. Google is planning on taking some heavy lifting out of maintaining your privacy by getting rid of one of the biggest obstacles actually go into your settings to change your preferences. On Wednesday. The company announced that it will start automatically deleting Google account activities by default, rather than requiring people to do it on their own. The data that Google collects on its users now comes with an expiration date, location history and web and app activity will auto delete after 18 months by default. YouTube history on the other hand will delete after three years. You can stay up to date with the latest by visiting senior