The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple a headphone design patent originally assigned to Beats Electronics, the audio hardware maker Apple purchased for $3 billion in 2014.

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During a recent visit to China, Apple CEO Tim Cook said his company is in talks with banks in the region, as well as e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, to launch Apple Pay

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In a pair of iOS app updates on Monday, The New York Times dropped subscription fees for unlimited article access, while live-streaming video app Periscope added profile creation options for users who lack Twitter accounts.

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In what could be a harbinger of shifting music industry trends, Warner Music Group CEO Stephen Cooper said on Monday that revenue from licensing tracks to streaming services like Spotify outpaced income from digital download sales.

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The Apple Watch may be much more resilient against water damage than Apple has advertised, a series of informal underwater tests shared on Sunday suggests.

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The YouTube homepage on Monday began featuring a series of video banners advertising the Apple Watch, each using shortened clips from the company’s recent series of TV commercials.

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The government of Australia announced on Monday that it plans to investigate alleged tax avoidance in its country by a total of 30 multinational corporations, including the most valuable company on the planet: Apple.

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In want of a free wall outlet, future mobile phone users could simply plug in to the nearest cactus thanks to a new system called E-Kaia –?developed by a team of researchers in Chile –?that collects the leftover energy from photosynthesis.

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With less than a month to go before its annual Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple on Monday issued a third beta of iOS 8.4 to developers, bringing its software update for iPhones, iPads, and iPods even closer to completion.

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