Here s what s on the Monday menu.
Facebook apologizes after Safety Check feature mistakenly asked users in New York, Washington and elsewhere whether they were OK after Sunday s deadly explosion in Pakistan.
Apple s latest iOS update is crashing some iPhones and iPads.
Oculus Rift, Facebook s virtual reality viewer, is shipping; early reviews are mixed. (Polygon, Verge)
European Commission launches public consultation on Google tax on snippets — that is, taxing Google and other search engines to run snippets that link to other content.
In case anyone cares, a new Kanye West song is now available on Spotify and Apple Music, although the album that it s from is still exclusively on Tidal. West recently said he would make his work available on Tidal only, but he appears to have changed his mind.
Twitter has assigned T-Mobile CEO John Legere his own emoji. The only other person who has his own Twitter emoji is the pope.
Japan s NTT Data is buying Dell s IT services unit for $3 billion.
Photo: The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset on display in June 2015. The headset is now shipping. (AP/Eric Risberg)
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