Apple's legal battles with Samsung and the European Union roared back to life this week. The company also hit a new milestone with Apple Music, and we took a second look at the iPhone X -- a gamble on the future of smartphones.
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Everything you need to know:
- Apple and Samsung are back in court over damages owed > >
- Apple made its first payment of back taxes to the Irish government > >
- The U.S. government won't be able to intervene in Apple's appeal of those taxes > >
- Apple Music hit 50 million subscribers > >
- A new campus could be headed to North Carolina > >
- Reviewing the iPhone X six months later > >
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A roundup of all of our hottest stories this week:
Apple versus Samsung $548M smartphone patent battle returns to courtApple makes first payment of $15.3B disputed Irish tax bill to escrow accountApple must fight $15.3B EU tax bill without US government help, court saysTim Cook confirms Apple Music's 50 million users, push into TV and moviesApple eyeing North Carolina's Research Triangle for new campusVideo: the iPhone X reviewed, six months laterReview: Linksys Velop dual-band routers are an affordable mesh networking solutionApple Mail affected by critical PGP, S/MIME encryption vulnerabilitiesApple sued over iPhone's alleged role in EgyptAir flight 804 crashVideo: What's new in iOS 11.4 beta 5: Is this the 'gold master?'Apple grows self-driving test fleet to 55 vehicles as project remains in shadowsHands On: FileMaker Pro 17 beefs up its app development featuresTim Cook warned Donald Trump to cooperate with China on trade during White House meetingApple and EFF secure podcasting win as Supreme Court refuses case from patent trollUS Senate votes to preserve net neutrality, but effort faces overwhelming oddsApple's North Carolina 'Triangle' campus a 'done deal' if legislation passesApple's Everyone Can Code Swift lessons available for blind and deaf students in fallApple supplier Toshiba gets China's approval to execute $14B memory chip unit saleApple sold about 600,000 HomePods in the first quarter