(September 18, 2023, 10:18 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals split panel affirmed a federal judge’s dismissal for failure to state a claim a putative class suit claiming that Apple Inc. violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other statutes by concealing the fact that its software updates to fix security defects in iPhones, iPods, iPads and Apple TVs (collectively, iDevices) significantly slowed their performance....