Apple chief designer Jony Ive appears to have left the company, with the removal of his profile from its leadership page. His plan to depart was revealed back in June. Ives’ focus will shift to his own design firm, LoveFrom, along with long-term collaborator Marc Newson (who joined Apple’s design team in 2014 — the pair …

We’ve all had printer problems, but the Irish government’s saga tops them all. A Komori printer, which cost €808,000 ($880,500), was initially delivered to the Houses of the Oireachtas, Ireland’s legislature, in December 2018 but couldn’t fit into the building, The Irish Times reported over the weekend. As a result, the device was put into storage for 10 months as the …

Anonymous internet forum 8chan resurfaced over the weekend after going offline in August following a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas. Now named 8kun, the site had 63 active public boards as of Nov. 4.  Two days later, however, the rebranded site was back in internet purgatory when its domain registrar pulled the plug. Domain registrar Tucows said N.T. Technology, the …

Russia has reportedly passed a law banning the sale of phones, computers and smart TVs without Russian software preinstalled. It’ll come into force in July 2020, according to the BBC. Legislation was apparently passed by the country’s lower house of parliament on Thursday, but the list of impacted devices and software has yet to be determined.  It won’t mean devices …

The US Commerce Department for the third time has extended a temporary license that lets American companies do business with Huawei. This 90-day reprieve for the embattled Chinese telecom follows the first one in May and the second in August. The department blacklisted Huawei following a May executive order from President Donald Trump that effectively banned the company from US communications networks. It …

Apple celebrated Veterans Day on its homepage Monday, as America paid tribute to those who’ve served in its military.  “Here’s to the brave ones. We’re proud to honor America’s veterans and service members this Veterans Day and every day,” the banner on the Cupertino, California, company’s site reads, with a reminder about its 10% discount for vets. It’s also a …

President Donald Trump’s chief technology officer, Michael Kratsios, is urging European countries to join the US in “taking a stand” against Chinese companies like Huawei as they try to dominate the next-gen 5G wireless networks and artificial intelligence markets. Speaking at Web Summit in Lisbon on Thursday, Kratsios noted the danger of countries “opening their arms” to these companies as …

With Google’s Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL available now, it’s almost time to say goodbye to their 2016 predecessors. The Pixel and Pixel XL will get their last software update in December, the search giant confirmed. The original Pixel pair didn’t get the November security update Google released on Monday, as previously reported by The Verge, but will get …

Licenses allowing US companies to sell equipment to Huawei “will be forthcoming very shortly,”  Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Bloomberg. A deal regarding the controversial Chinese company is apparently on track to be signed this month, as part of a wider US-China trade agreement. The government has received 260 license requests, Ross told the business outlet on Sunday, a considerable …

Now playing: Watch this: Everything about Apple TV Plus you need to know (The… 9:33 Apple TV Plus dropped Friday, and one of the major draws to the streaming service is a one-year free trial if you’ve bought a new iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV or Mac since Sept. 10. After that year passes, you’ll immediately be charged $5 …