Apple CEO Tim Cook will be one of several speakers appearing later this month at Startup Fest Europe, an event in Amsterdam intended to spur the growh of startup businesses.

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Apple’s struggles with social networking continue, as its mostly-ignored artist Connect feature is said to be set for a “demotion” in the upcoming revamp of Apple Music in iOS 10.

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Streaming became Warner Music Group’s biggest revenue source in the first quarter of 2016, driven largely by services like Spotify and Apple Music, the company revealed in its latest financial results.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook is reportedly flying to Beijing later this month to meet with senior Chinese government officials — including, unusually, officials in charge of propaganda.

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Apple processor supplier TSMC is starting to tape out the design for an “A11” chip that could go into small-scale production as soon the second quarter of 2017, in preparation for that year’s iPhones, a report said on Friday.

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Starting today, students enrolled in an eligible college or university will today be able to subscribe to Apple Music at a discounted price, as Apple is offering half off the standard subscription rate for its streaming music service.

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This week on the AppleInsider podcast, we discuss Apple’s stock, the ‘iPhone 7’ and rumors of the headphone jack reappearing, a patent for a possible ‘Apple Pencil 2’, smart voice assistants, Fitbit’s performance, and more.

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Apple, Google parent company Alphabet and a number of established car makers are reportedly on the hunt for prime real estate in the San Francisco Bay Area to serve their respective autonomous vehicle projects, with Apple in particular said to be looking at an 800,000-square-foot plot.

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Another recent Apple hire has been linked to the company’s rumored “Project Titan” automotive initiative, as a report on Thursday uncovered a Google patent application for electric vehicle charging systems co-invented by current Apple employee Kurt Adelberger.

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Immersion Corporation, a leader in haptic feedback technology, expanded its legal battle against Apple on Thursday with a new patent infringement suit targeting technology built into iPhone 6s and various MacBook models.

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