WML: Bill Steffen and Tech Talk Tuesday

Justin talks to Bill Steffen about the tornado in Tennessee and is joined by Jeff Barret and Trent Knibbe from the Affordable iStore for Tech Talk Tuesday.

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Five people were killed Tuesday morning after at least two tornadoes touched down in Tennessee, including one that caused damage near downtown Nashville.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared nearly 1,300 points Monday as stocks roared back from a seven-day rout. 

Technology companies led the broad gains, which gave the Dow its biggest-ever point gain and biggest percentage increase since March 2009. The S&P 500 index jumped 4.6%, its best day since December 2018.

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Fourteen states and one U.S. territory vote today on Super Tuesday. About a third of all delegates (more than 1,300) will be up for grabs as people across the country head to the polls in fourteen states and one U.S. territory.

Voters will be looking at an even thinner ballot after Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar dropped out of the race yesterday, following sixth-place finishes in Nevada and South Carolina. Within hours of shuttering her campaign, the Minnesota senator turned around and endorsed Joe Biden. Pete Buttigieg and former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas did the same

Notables 

Mostly cloudy and mild with afternoon rain showers. High 44°. 

Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss is expected to deliver the State of the City address Tuesday evening. This is the first address of her second term as mayor. 

If you ever suspected your older model iPhone got markedly slower as newer models rolled out, the latest news from a lawsuit against the tech company will surely give you some vindication. Apple will pay up to half a billion dollars to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it used software updates to slow down older phones. The proposed settlement agreement requires Apple to pay the owners of certain iPhone models $25 per affected device. The two-year-long lawsuit has inspired global backlash, with some suggesting Apple intentionally diminished their devices' performance to force users to upgrade. Apple says it was just trying to address issues with older lithium-ion batteries. iPhone users in the US can file settlement claims if they owned an iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus or SE device bought before December 21, 2017.

New York City's endangered pay phones will soon go extinct 

But where will thriller movie villains go to call and torment their victims


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