Intro

In this second of two special AppleInsider Podcasts,. we examine Apple's 2025 and this time July to December. It's six months of new devices, new rumors, and old legal battles, all on the AppleInsider Podcast.

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Links from the Show:

July

• Apple aims for easy Mac setup with in-store wireless updates
• How Jeff Williams' departure from Apple will shuffle exec
• Ireland ends Apple tax saga with $15 billion windfall
• Apple backs US rare earth magnets supply chain with $500 million deal
• Meta hires more Apple AI talent in poaching spree
• Apple sues Jon Prosser over iOS 26 leaks
• Apple insists its AI training is ethical and respects publishers
• AppleCare One can cover devices up to four years after 
• AppleCare One offers single plan for all your devices
• BMW confirms it will not support CarPlay Ultra
• App Store developers must now provide age rating details
• Apple is training manufacturers in the US
• Apple hits back at DOJ antitrust suit paragraph by paragraph
• Apple has sold 3 billion iPhones since 2007

August

• Tim Cook, Craig Federighi address Apple employees on AI
• Apple Cinemas may regret their name as lawyers step in
• ALS sufferer uses iPad in demonstration of thought control
• Apple confirms AI support tool in new legal page
• Apple's U.S. manufacturing set to get anothe...