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  • Apple is responding to owners of older phones who have increasingly said they notice slower performance after they upgrade their devices' software.
  • When The Beatles' members started Apple Records 40 years ago, they still depended on larger companies for the basics. Independent labels, including some run by musicians, have come a long way since. A small but growing number of musicians are taking the idea of the independent label even further.
  • Along with stopping sales of its consoles, the company announced a $2 million donation to UNHCR and the international NGO, Save the Children, to support the victims in Ukraine.
  • NPR's Laura Ziegler reports that the drug P.C.P. is back. Phencyclidine (fen-SIE-kluh-deen) has been in and out of vogue in U.S. cities over the last 30 years. In its powdered form, P.C.P. is known as "angel dust" or "crystal"... but it's as a liquid that the drug is making a comeback. At a press conference last week, federal authorities cited an increasing demand, especially among young people, for liquid P.C.P.
  • Commentator Frank Deford explains why he thinks football has a better claim on being America's national pastime than baseball.
  • Ed Martin advanced bogus claims about election fraud in swing states in 2020, and he spoke at a boisterous rally in Washington the day before the siege on the Capitol.
  • For evidence of the volatile swings of Tuesday's stock market, consider that for a bit, Apple became the most valuable American company, surpassing Exxon Mobil. The day's trading spanned 600 points, as investors rallied from two days of steep declines and digested guidance from the Federal Reserve.
  • The Apple store in the Baltimore suburb of Towson was the first in the U.S. to unionize. The contract agreement must be approved by roughly 85 employees there. A vote is scheduled for Aug. 6.
  • Android users have long complained that texting someone with an iPhone on iMessage is an unpleasant experience. The Justice Department argues it is also an example of anti-competitive behavior.
  • In this episode, Jim talks about a "fruitful" discovery while on a walk with his dog.
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