Florida to get more than $5M from agreement with Apple for iPhone throttling

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced Wednesday a $113 million agreement with Apple, in response to Apple’s decision to throttle consumers’ iPhone speeds in order to address unexpected phone shutdowns. Based on a multistate investigation that included more than 30 attorneys general, Apple allegedly discovered that battery issues were leading to unexpected shutdowns in iPhones. Instead of disclosing those issues or replacing batteries, Apple updated software that reduced iPhone performance…