A native tablet interface and other significant UI changes for Apple Music on Android are now in beta, as Apple works to keep the client up to par with the iOS version.

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A date has been set for a courtroom battle between Apple and Qualcomm in San Diego in April, one set to resolve some of the ongoing patents and royalties lawsuits between the two companies around the world, but while the possibility of a settlement has been raised in a recent Qualcomm interview, Apple’s legal team insist this not to be the case at all.

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While some rivals appear set to launch hardware with support for nascent 5G wireless technology in 2019 at some point, Apple looks like it’s going to wait another year before making an iPhone that can use them — like it did twice before.

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A panel of tech industry judges narrowed down a dozen contestants picked from over a thousand applicants to pick up the Disrupt Cup award at Disrupt Berlin 2018. The panel ultimately bypassed other startups putting machine learning directly into consumers’ hands, and ultimately decided on a single winner that wiggled its way past the others to win $50,000 — a Swiss startup named Legacy that freezes men’s sperm when they are healthy and young to archive reproductive ability until the time is right.

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Besides just a restaurant-owner that was selling pilfered MacBooks, Apple’s iPad and iPhones are continuing targets of thefts everywhere, including from a blind man at Six Flags, and trouble at a Kijiji meetup.

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Woot with Amazon is delivering the lowest prices ever on Mid 2017 12-inch MacBooks and 15-inch MacBook Pros with discounts of up to $1,050 off. These refurbished models are part of Amazon’s Renewed program and are backed by a 90-day to 1-year Woot warranty.

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Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has updated his predictions for Apple wireless earbud line, with a relatively minor upgrade expected in the next six months, and a more pronounced revision with design changes launching before the end of 2020.

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For two days only, B&H is knocking $40 to $100 off Apple’s new 2018 iPad Pro. Both 11-inch and 12.9-inch models are discounted, with free expedited shipping and no tax in many states. These holiday deals end soon, so grab the savings while you can.

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One of the most overtly impressive products on display at Disrupt Berlin was Otter Voice Notes, a live transcription service from AISense, powered by artificial intelligence. The product generates searchable archives of presentations, meetings, interviews, or any other audio feed, delivering transcribed text synchronized to an audio recording, with identified speakers and keyword metadata.

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Fortnite continues to be a wildly popular mobile game, but while it has been shown to be a great game to play on the iPhone XS Max by AppleInsider, it has yet to be put through its paces on the iPhone XR. As a recent Fortnite update enabled the 60 frames per second option on iOS, now is the ideal time to see how the cheaper iPhone option for 2018 fares against the Samsung Galaxy Note 9.

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