The Daily Populous

Thursday January 18th, 2018 evening edition

image for Tim Cook says users will be able to turn off iPhone battery performance throttling in future iOS update

Apple had already said that a future iOS update will give users more insight into the state of their battery.

In an interview with ABC News, Tim Cook was asked for his take on Apple slowing down iPhones with degraded batteries.

Moreover, he says that this forthcoming update will give users the option to disable the throttling to maintain normal CPU performance but be at risk of unexpected shutdowns.

In its public apology letter on Apple.com regarding the iPhone slowdown debacle, Apple described the update in the following way:.

This implied an enhancement of the Battery screen in iOS Settings to include more information about the iPhone’s battery health and whether users were being subjected to Apple’s advanced power management throttling.

Apple will not recommend users disable the throttling as it may mean that they will not be able to use their device in emergency situations.

Apple’s battery throttling techniques is activated on iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone SE as of iOS 11.2. »

Trump administration bars Haitians from U.S. visas for low-skilled work

Authored by reuters.com

It cited what it said were “high levels of fraud and abuse” by Haitians with the visas, and a “high rate of overstaying the terms” of their visas.

Just a few dozen Haitians entered the United States on the visas each year since they were given permission to do so in 2012 by the Obama administration, according to DHS data.

Sixty-five Haitians entered the United States on H-2A visas, given for agricultural work, in the 2016 fiscal year, according to DHS data, and 54 Haitians were granted H-2A visas by the State Department between March and November 2017. »

Amazon won't say if it hands your Echo data to the government

Authored by zdnet.com

By its quarterly revenue, it's no longer a retail company -- it's a cloud giant and a device maker.

The company's flagship Echo, an "always listening" speaker, collects vast amounts of customer data that's openly up for grabs by the government.

In fact, Amazon has been downright deceptive in how it presents the data, obfuscating the figures in its short, but contextless, twice-yearly reports. »

Mike D Says Beastie Boys Book Is Coming Out This Year

Authored by pitchfork.com

Back in 2013, Beastie Boys’ Mike D and Ad-Rock signed a book deal to write a memoir that was planned to come out in 2015.

Now, in an interview with Matt Wilkinson on Beats 1, Mike D says that the book will arrive in fall 2018.

We just had the good fortune of being around all of it so I think that’s No. 1. »