Apple on Monday announced an expansion to TestFlight that allows up to 10,000 users to beta test apps prior to release on the App Store.

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Spotify on Monday announced that it has 60 million paid subscribers, keeping it well ahead of Apple Music in the on-demand music industry.

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A deeper dive into the HomePod firmware that was briefly available over the weekend shows the A8-powered device will boast 1GB of RAM available and a 272-by-340 pixel screen, suggesting that rudimentary app support will be possible for the hardware in the future.

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Police in the Netherlands have arrested a gang of Romanian thieves suspected of stealing iPhones worth 500,000 euro ($590,000), with the gang said to have used a high-risk technique of breaking into the back door of delivery trucks while they were still in motion on a highway.

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Apple on Monday released another trailer for “Carpool Karaoke,” its exclusive Apple Music show set to premiere next week.

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A new analysis details Apple’s historical pricing trends with the iPhone, and predicts that the 256-gigabyte “iPhone 7s Plus” could reach a price as high as $1100, with the “iPhone 8” at that point or even higher.

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A class action lawsuit charging that Apple deliberately “broke” FaceTime on older iPhones can continue, a U.S. District judge has ruled, tossing out an Apple motion to dismiss.

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Apple’s anticipated “iPhone 8” will pack more pixels than ever into a screen size slightly smaller than the iPhone 7 Plus, the latest details culled from Apple’s own HomePod firmware reveal.

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Back to school deals on Macs hitting a fever pitch this week with high-end 15″ MacBook Pros with Radeon 455 graphics now $600 to $1,100 off exclusively for AI readers. Apple’s 2015 27″ iMac 5Ks are also slashed by up to $1,100 with no tax collected outside NY and NJ. Plus, get a free $50 prepaid Visa with two pairs of AirPods or save $100 on the eero Wi-Fi 3-pack.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed off on a new law that will ban virtual private networks (VPNs) and other technologies enabling anonymous access to the Web, likely signaling an impending wave of removals from Apple’s regional App Store.

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