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Watch: Why Apple slows down older iPhones and what you can do about it
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Thursday, January 04, 2018, 05:34 pm PT (08:34 pm ET)
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Today's Headlines
- Watch: Why Apple slows down older iPhones and what you can do about it
- All Mac & iOS CPUs affected by 'Meltdown' and 'Spectre' chip flaws, some fixes already in place with more coming
- Apple Music chief Jimmy Iovine expected to leave company in August
- Apple's App Store rakes in over $890M during Christmas week, $300M on New Year's
- Spotify secretly files for IPO as it reaches 70M paid users
- Apple joins Alliance for Open Media, signaling support for AV1 video
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Watch: Why Apple slows down older iPhones and what you can do about it ~2 hours ago
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