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    Web: Headphone jackless iPhone hysteria

    Apple held its iPhone 7 event Wednesday , and the big news is that the new model has no headphone jack. Now rumor has it this new headphone arrangement will allow Apple better control over content rights.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 8, 2016 • 1 min read

    Apple held its iPhone 7 eventWednesday, and the big news is that the new model has no headphone jack. Now rumor has it this new headphone arrangement will allow Apple better control over content rights.

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    If Californians legalize recreational pot, who will cash in?
    1. 0:30Green rush dreams on display at LA’s Cannabis Business Expo
    2. 10:17Prop 64 could pit mom-and-pop pot shops against big business
    3. 17:48Matt Lauer faces critics after NBC’s presidential forum
    4. 28:45Frank Ocean channels psychedelia in ‘Blonde’
    5. 41:35Web: Headphone jackless iPhone hysteriaYou’re reading this
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