After four years out of the spotlight, Frank Ocean last week debuted not one, but two new albums on Apple Music. And while the rare double release delighted fans, it raised the ire of one of the world’s biggest record labels, potentially marking the beginning of the end for streaming exclusives.
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Apple on Wednesday stopped signing code for iOS 9.3.2 and iOS 9.3.3, meaning device users who upgraded to the most recent iOS 9.3.4 version, or who have not yet upgraded from iOS 9.3.1, are no longer able to access the release.
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As the Unicode Consortium evaluates a proposed update to emoji standards that includes new Google-recommended characters representing various professions, Apple in August submitted its own suggestion to add another five jobs to the list.
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Upcoming Macs may support USB 3.1 Gen 2, enabling peripheral speeds up to a maximum 10 gigabits per second, code discovered in macOS Sierra suggests.
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A noted smartphone product leaker known for collecting data from Chinese manufacturers has published an assembly sheet for the “iPhone 7,” but there does not appear to be any clear designation on the paper that directly points to Apple as the client.
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The U.S. Treasury Department issued a special white paper on Wednesday, threatening that it will “consider potential responses” should the European Commsission demand that Ireland collect billions of euros in back taxes from Apple.
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Facebook stores a significant amount of data on every user, including details about devices and operating systems you’ve used to access the service, and what political affiliation you may be. Here’s how to find out what the world’s largest social network knows about you.
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Microsoft has released a significant 2.0 upgrade of its Word Flow keyboard for the iPhone, mainly adding a wide range of integrated search functions.
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When iOS 10 arrives this fall — most likely in September — Siri’s voice should sound a little more natural thanks to machine learning technology Apple is implementing, an interview revealed on Wednesday.
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In a joint press conference in Paris on Tuesday, the interior ministers of France and Germany called on the European Commission to enact laws that would give countries on-demand access to encrypted communications under some circumstances.
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