Tariffs, App Store, and Special AirTags for Japan - MOSK: 12.30.2025

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 997 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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- Trump Administration Announces Tariffs on Chinese Semiconductors for Mid-2027 - Apple Appeals £1.5B UK Ruling - Third-Party App Stores and Payment Alternatives Headed to Brazil - Apple Japan New Year's Promo Includes Gift Cards and a Special AirTag - Ford Still Committed to Apple's CarPlay - Sponsored by Copilot Money: Get a two months free trial with Offer Code MACOSKEN at try.copilot.money/macosken - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - 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.
0:09.3	Semiconductor tariffs on the horizon.
0:12.0	Brazil's getting third-party app stores,
0:14.6	and Ford says it is still in the car play.
0:18.3	It is Tuesday, the 30th of December 2025. I'm Ken Ray and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:27.6	Brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by co-pilot money, making your money feel clear,
0:34.1	calm, and fully yours. Get a two-month free trial with offer code MacOS Ken
0:40.1	at try.co-pilot.money slash macOS can.
0:46.3	This show is also supported by people like you,
0:50.8	patrons through Patreon.
0:53.7	Find out more and add your support at patreon.com slash macOS can.
1:03.1	I once spent an entire day watching a weather report in Oklahoma.
1:08.5	It's not as weird as it sounds.
1:09.9	I live there briefly. I wasn't trying to watch the
1:13.5	weather. Can't remember what I was trying to watch, actually, but all any of the local stations
1:18.5	would show was some storm that was hundreds of miles away. To be honest, I spent most of the day pissed.
1:25.9	Though I don't remember what it was I was trying to watch,
1:28.5	I do remember being angry that I couldn't watch it
1:31.4	because they kept talking about something happening hundreds of miles away.
1:37.3	Flash forward six hours, and I was sitting in the closet,
1:40.9	TV turned up in the other room as loud as it would go
1:43.7	so I could hear when it was
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