Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said that the UK would drop its mandate for Apple to provide an encrypted data "back door."

In February, Apple pulled its Advanced Data Protection end-to-end iCloud encryption from British customers' devices after the government requested access to the data. Following the events of the British government pressuring Apple to build a "backdoor" to allow government authorities to access user iCloud data.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said the British government order “would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens.”

Google taps Skylo to power emergency satellite messaging on its new smartwatch. Apple reportedly has a similar feature in the works for its next-gen Apple Watch Ultra.

Google’s Pixel phone lineup isn’t the only thing getting an upgrade in the coming weeks. The company also took the time during its recent Made by Google event to introduce the forthcoming Pixel Watch 4,