Apple's Manufacturing Commitment and Tech Politics

A fifth developer beta is out for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, while the new iPhone 17 launch date has leaked, and Apple tells its staff it's serious about AI, on the AppleInsider Podcast.

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Links from the Show:

• New in iOS 26 beta 5: Camera and Mail toggles, Apple Watch display leak, more
• macOS 26 says goodbye to the classic hard drive icon
• Apple has sold 3 billion iPhones since 2007
• All hands on deck: Tim Cook, Craig Federighi address Apple employees on AI, Siri
• Siri may get Chat GPT-like search powers driven by a new Apple team
• Google mocks Apple's AI delays while standing in a graveyard of late and abandoned products
• This time, the iPhone 17 Air battery may have actually been leaked
• iPhone 17 launch date may have been leaked by German wireless carriers
• Apple's existing U.S. manufacturing partners main beneficiaries of new $100B investment
• Apple's $100 billion investment has almost nothing to do with US iPhone manufacturing
• Apple CEO Tim Cook gifts President Trump gold & glass commemorative plaque
• Apple exempt from 100% semiconductor tariffs, thanks to its $100B U.S. investment
• Made-in-America iPhone not happening anytime soon & Trump seems okay with that
• Wokyis M5 dock review: Mac Plus looks, M4 Mac mini performance

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:27) - Beta 5
• (24:56) - All-Hands meeting
• (32:37) - Siri Answers
• (40:50) - Perplexity
• (51:19) - iPhone 17 launch date
• (58:49) - Plaque
• (01:04:51) - Controversy Corner
• (01:13:19) - Wokyis M5