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 Good morning! Here's the tech news you need to know this Friday. 1. A rocket SpaceX was testing exploded on a launch pad in Florida. The blast destroyed the $60 million rocket itself and Facebook's $200 million Amos-6 satellite that it was carrying. 2. Samsung is halting sales of its Note 7 smartphone after reports of battery explosions. Investors are not reacting well to the news of the battery problems, and the company has lost about $7 billion in market value this week 3. Ireland might decide to keep the €13 billion ($14.5 billion) Apple tax windfall after all. The European Commission ordered the Irish government to collect the back taxes from Apple earlier this week but Ireland's finance minister said the country didn't want them. 4. Europe needs to invest close to $800 billion in its digital infrastructure to catch up with the United States and China. That's according to the European Union commissioner responsible for the issue. 5. Samsung is considering a recall for its latest smartphone, the Galaxy Note 7, following reports of battery explosions. If Samsung issues the recall, it would replace the battery in affected phones, according to a report from The Korea Herald. 6. Apple is planning to push ahead with its €850 million ($950 million) Irish data centre. Some were concerned that an EU tax ruling that has ordered it to pay €13 billion ($14.5 billion) to the Irish government and concerns that multinationals may put Apple off investing in the country. 7. Spotify is making users change their passwords because other companies keep getting hacked. The music streaming service recently sent out an email to some users prompting them to change their passwords "to protect your Spotify account." 8. Brexit just pushed a fast-growing London betting startup towards the US. The startup is called Smarkets and it's expecting revenues of £20 million ($26 million) for FY 2016. 9. Alphabet's Google is reportedly planning to launch two Pixel smartphones in October. The news comes as Google kills off its modular smartphone initiative, known as Project Ara 10. Apple finally joined Twitter. An official account for the tech giant has shown up on the social media platform. | 
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