Apple acknowledges that it deliberately slows down some older iPhones as their batteries age. The company sayd its software "throttles" apps and processes, such as Snapchat filters, that require more computing power, in order to keep the phones from unexpectedly shutting down.
Another day., another health scare at Chipotle. The Los Angeles health department is investigating reports that customers got sick after eating at one of the chain's restaurants. Concerns sent Chipotle stock down more than 3 percent on Wednesday.
Some major corporations are already making good on President Trump's promise that corporate tax cuts will help middle-class Americans.
AT&T and Comcast say they will give employees a thousand dollar bonus following the passage of tax reform. Meanwhile, banking giants Wells Fargo and Fifth Third bank saying they'll raise the minimum wage they pay employees once the bill is signed into law.
UAW president Shawn Fain said the union would strike at a small number of Ford, General Motors and Stellantis factories, but that if the Big Three "continue to give us insulting offers, then our strike is going to continue to grow."
Hundreds of Milwaukee bar patrons who hoped to score free drinks through its offer to pay their tabs whenever the New York Jets, and former Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, lose had to pay up after the Jets got an overtime win despite an injury that took Rodgers out of the game.
The HBCU Transformation Project, a coalition of 40 historically Black colleges and universities, on Wednesday announced a $124 million gift from philanthropic funders Blue Meridian Partners to increase enrollment, graduation rates and employment rates for the schools' graduates.
