On this episode of Last Week in Tech, the team:

-explains why average iPhone users will want an iPhone XR

-explores Facebook Messenger's simplified design (http://pops.ci/Mnv1tf)

-and breaks down Tim Cook's four-point plan for data privacy in the U.S. (http://pops.ci/6IDPMK http://pops.ci/KYV7nN).

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Our team:

Corinne Iozzio (www.twitter.com/corinneiozo)

Stan Horaczek (www.twitter.com/stanhoraczek)

Jason Lederman (www.twitter.com/lederman)

Music by:

Billy Cadden (www.twitter.com/billycadden)

Edited by:

Jason Lederman (www.twitter.com/lederman)