In a bid to alleviate the migrant and refugee crisis impacting Europe and the Mediterranean, rock band Imagine Dragons on Monday partnered with Apple and SAP to release a new single on iTunes, “I Was Me.”

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Apple on Monday released the fifth preview of its next iOS point release, making a new beta of iOS 9.1 available to developers and end users enrolled in the iOS public beta program.

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Facebook on Monday added basic 3D Touch commands to its iPhone app, while Microsoft updated the iOS version of its Office suite with features like automatic font downloads, and quicker document navigation in Word.

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A U.S. federal judge is asking Apple to comment on whether a sought-after government order to unlock a customer’s iPhone would be “unduly burdensome.”

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In a limited run this weekend at just four theaters in New York City and Los Angeles, Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs biopic managed to smash per-theater averages for any movie released in 2015 so far.

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Two years after regaining control of his eponymous PC maker, Michael Dell on Monday announced plans to acquire enterprise giant EMC and combine the two firms in a $67 billion deal that will create the largest privately-owned technology company in the world.

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Apple’s new pressure-sensing 3D Touch technology, introduced with iPhone 6s, lets users swiftly navigate iOS 9 with Quick Actions and “Peek and Pop” previews. A lesser known — but equally functional — feature turns iPhone’s soft keyboard into a trackpad for granular cursor control, making text entry and navigation a snap.

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Apple is actively blocking Chinese access to the News app shipped as part of iOS 9, a number of iPhone and iPad users recently reported, a move thought to be motivated by that country’s stringent media rules.

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This week saw Apple honor Steve Jobs on the fourth anniversary of his death, and simultaneously make a series of small-scale product announcements, while putting out fires related to iPhone battery life and iOS security.

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Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter on Friday to conduct a bit of damage control after making seemingly disparaging comments about Apple’s automotive ambitions and hiring practices.

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