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HTC and Motorola say they don’t slow old phones like Apple does

HTC and Motorola say they don’t throttle their phones’ processor speeds as their batteries age, something Apple last week acknowledged doing to prevent errors after iPhone owners documented slowdowns.

In emails to The Verge, both companies said they do not employ similar practices with their smartphones.

An HTC spokesperson said that designing phones to slow down their processor as their battery ages “is not something we do.”

A Motorola spokesperson said, “We do not throttle CPU performance based on older batteries.”.

Apple said it introduced this behavior last year, for the iPhone 6, 6S, and SE, as a way to prevent random shutdowns of aging phones.

That said, Apple didn’t make it clear that replacing an iPhone’s battery could resolve this issue and improve performance.

These problems have clearly frustrated iPhones owners who found their phones suddenly slower after an update, and several are hoping to bring a class action lawsuit against Apple for the largely undisclosed practice. »

Apple execs face jail in France after lawsuit over slowing down iPhones

Authored by thelocal.fr

The move by Halte à l’Obsolescence Programmée (HOP - Stop Planned Obsolescence), an environmental association, comes after lawsuits were launched this week in the US against Apple for similar reasons.

“Apple has put in place a global strategy of programmed obsolescence in order to boost its sales” of new iPhones, the group said.

French prosecutors on Thursday confirmed that they have launched a probe into Epson for alleged planned obsolescence in its products. »

Nestle has been bottling and selling water it has no right to in drought-stricken California, state says

Authored by independent.co.uk

Nestlé has been bottling and selling water that it does not have the legal right to use, officials in California have concluded.

“Westerners have savoured the natural goodness of Arrowhead water since bottling began in the 1890s,” the company’s website proclaims.

6/9 Nigeria A girl pumps water from a borehole provided by UNICEF in Old Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria Unicef. »

Online STI kits double testing uptake in young people, study suggests

Authored by theguardian.com

Offering young people testing kits for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) over the internet almost doubles testing uptake compared with inviting them to a clinic, research suggests.

In 2016 alone there were more than 417,000 diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections in England, including gonorrhoea and chlamydia, with rates of STI diagnoses generally higher among young people.

The kits are then posted out, with samples returned by post and results given by phone or text message. »

Alabama Secretary Of State Just Responded To Roy Moore’s Lawsuit To Block Election Result

Authored by politicaldig.com

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill declared Thursday morning that Democrat Doug Jones will be certified the winner of the Alabama special Senate election despite Republican Roy Moore’s refusal to concede and a new lawsuit aimed to block the results and demand for a new election.

Moore filed an election complaint on Wednesday, alleging potential voter fraud in Alabama’s special election and urged a delay in certifying the results.

Merrill confirmed Thursday morning that Democrat Doug Jones will be certified the winner of the Alabama special Senate election. »