Semiconductor Uncertainty and Software Betas - MOSK: 08.06.2025

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🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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- Trump Plans New Tariffs on Chips and Semiconductors - Apple Seeds Fifth Betas of __OS 26 to Developers - Rumor Has Apple Announcing Next iPhones on 9 September - Apple Seeds RC of macOS 15.7 and macOS 14.8 to Developers - Apple Music for Android Bets Gives Liquid Glass a Miss - Apple Testing ChatBot Assistant in Support App - China Gets Apple Watch Activity Challenge This Friday - Apple TV+ Drop Trailer for Third Season of “Invasion” - Saint Paul, MN is under cyberattack and politicos want to fight Apple's attempt to fight smishing on Checklist No. 434 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Send Ken an email: [email protected] - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	The certainty of uncertainty continues.
0:11.7	Betas and speculation for firmware and hardware.
0:15.2	An Apple support app is testing a chat bot.
0:19.2	It is Wednesday, 6th of August 2025.
0:22.1	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:27.1	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by people like you.
0:32.1	Patrons through Patreon.
0:34.7	Find out more and add your support at patreon.com slash macOS can.
0:43.0	Remember the part in last week's earnings call when Apple CFO Kevin Perak offered guidance for
0:48.2	the September quarter, assuming the then current global tariff rates, policies, and
0:53.6	applications did not change for the balance of the quarter, and no new tariffs were added.
1:00.6	I missed the simplicity of six days ago.
1:06.0	From TechCrunch, President Donald Trump said on CNBC's Squawk Box on Tuesday that his administration
1:12.3	is planning to announce tariffs on semiconductors and chips as soon as next week. However, the
1:18.9	specifics of these tariffs remain unclear. Such tariffs could cause quite a disruption for
1:25.1	U.S. hardware and AI companies, according to TechCrunch.
1:31.1	Tuesday was a big day for developer betas. A piece from Mac Rumors had Apple releasing beta
1:37.2	number 5 of iOS and iPadOS 26 to its developer community. Other pieces from the site said the same for MacOS 26 Tahoe, WatchOS, T-BOS, and VisionOS 26.
1:52.3	If you are wondering when the operating systems will be released to the general public, not just developers or public testers, the world may be zeroing in on an announcement date.
2:04.1	A number of sites, including I Download blog, point to internal documents from German carriers
2:09.7	that have Apple announcing the next round of iPhones on Tuesday, the 9th of September.
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