iOS will get an off switch for iPhone anti-blackout measures
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ABC News' Rebecca Jarvis interviewed Apple CEO Tim Cook yesterday. The majority of the interview was focused on the company's planned $38 billion tax payment to the US government and its plans to invest $350 billion and create 20,000 new jobs in its home country. Jarvis also asked questions about the company's response to recent revelations of deliberate performance reductions to iPhones with aging batteries. Cook responded that future iOS releases will include an option to maintain full performance at the cost of an increased risk of sudden shutdowns. That announcement comes on the tail of the upcoming software tools the company promised to users for gauging the health status of their iPhone batteries.
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