MBW 987: As Gruber as It Gets - Save the Date: September 9th!

MacBreak Weekly (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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3.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

Apple's "Awe dropping" event is set for September 9th. Developer beta 8 of iOS 216, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26 has been released. Apple TV+ is hiking its monthly user price. And Masimo sues US Customs over Apple's Apple Watch blood oxygen workaround.

Apple September Event invites have officially gone out.
iPhone 17 countdown begins as Foxconn ramps up factory hiring in China.
Apple seeds developer beta 8 of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26.
MacOS 26 Tahoe's dead canary utility app Icons.
Apple may back out of MLB entirely as NBC closes in on 'Sunday Night Baseball' rights.
Apple TV+ hiking price, will now cost $13 per month in U.S.
Masimo was last to learn about blood oxygen sensing returning to Apple Watch.
FTC draws hard line on foreign-driven censorship & data demands for Big Tech.
Apple Wallet in iOS 26 adds a toggle to disable controversial feature.
HBO Max launches new Harry Potter immersive environment on Apple Vision Pro.
'F1' & 'Superman' top $600M global; 'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle' killing it overseas.
Elon Musk's xAI sues Apple over claims it favors OpenAI.
Apple patches CVE-2025-43300 zero-day in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS exploited in targeted attacks.

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0:00.0	It's time for Mac Break Weekly. Alex, Andy, and Jason are all here. And yes, the invites have gone out.
0:07.5	We'll talk about Apple's event. We now know the date, the time. We even think we know some of the things Apple will announce.
0:14.1	We'll talk about all those rumors. Elon is suing. He said he would and now he's doing it.
0:18.8	And the FTC threatens American tech companies.
0:23.2	And guess what?
0:24.0	They like it.
0:25.1	All that more coming up next on Mac Break Weekly.
0:30.6	Podcasts you love.
0:32.3	From people you trust.
0:34.8	This is Twitter.
0:39.3	This is Mac Break Weekly, episode 987, recorded Tuesday, August 26th, 2025.
0:47.6	As Gruber as it gets.
0:50.3	It is time of a Tuesday to talk of things Apple.
0:55.7	Welcome to Mac Break Weekly.
0:57.3	I am your genial host, the avuncular Leo Laporte, joining us now my nephews.
1:05.5	Jason Snell, I don't think he wants to be that of Six Colors.com.
1:10.2	Hello, Jason.
1:11.4	Gee, Oglio, what are we going to talk about today?
1:14.7	I shall dandel you on my knee as we talk of something very exciting.
1:19.2	But first, let's say hello to little Andy and Notco at the library.
1:24.3	Hello, Andrew.
1:25.4	If we are three nephews, the question is, are we going to be like Donald Duck, like Huey, or we're going to be like Popeye, Peepi, Pet Buy, and Pupai? Oh, geez, there is a deep cut. I did not know he had three nephews. You're identical nephews. Identical, of course, like Huey, Dewey and Louis, who aren't identical if you're a duck but if you're not a duck
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