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Why a Supreme Court loss on IEEPA won’t derail President Trump’s tariffs
As the U.S. Supreme Court wraps up oral arguments in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump and a companion case, the fate of President Donald Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs hangs in the balance. Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977, Trump imposed baseline duties of 10% on imports from nearly every trading partner in April, with escalations up to 50% on select nations like China, Brazil, and the European Union. These levies, tied to declared “national emergencies” over trade deficits and issues like fentanyl trafficking, have generated over $130 billion in revenue this fiscal year while fueling negotiations on everything from border security to intellectual property.
Yet, justices from across the ideological spectrum expressed some skepticism during Wednesday’s hearing about whether IEEPA — a law designed to curb presidential overreach in peacetime emergencies — grants the authority to impose revenue-raising tariffs. Chief Justice John Roberts noted the statute’s silence on tariffs, while Justice Sonia Sotomayor bluntly called them “taxes,” questioning if IEEPA turns the president into an unchecked tax collector. Justice Amy Coney Barrett probed the implications, warning that upholding the tariffs could make it nearly impossible for Congress to reclaim its constitutional power over duties without a veto-proof majority.
Lower courts, including the U.S. Court of International Trade and the Federal Circuit, already struck down the tariffs in unanimous and 7-4 decisions, respectively, ruling that IEEPA’s vague language on “regulating” imports doesn’t extend to broad taxation. Legal experts predict a similar outcome from the high court, potentially by year’s end, forcing refunds for affected businesses and states.
But here’s the deal: A loss wouldn’t gut Trump’s tariff playbook. White House officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, have openly signaled a “Plan B” — a arsenal of alternative statutes that could replicate much of the IEEPA regime. “We’re optimistic, but we’ve always prepared for every scenario,” Bessent told Fox Business post-hearing, emphasizing the administration’s contingency planning.
As one trade attorney put it, “The U.S. government has the authority it needs to try to recreate the IEEPA tariff regime if it chooses to do so.”
The IEEPA Impasse: A Law Meant to Limit, Not Expand, Power
Enacted to rein in the expansive Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 — which President Richard Nixon once used for a 10% universal tariff — IEEPA empowers the president to “investigate, regulate, or prohibit” imports during a declared emergency stemming from an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to national security, foreign policy, or the economy.
Trump used this to cover trade imbalances and non-trade woes, like pressuring Mexico on migration or Brazil on political prosecutions or persecutions, as the case may be.
Critics, including small businesses like Learning Resources (an Illinois toy maker hit with $20,000 in unexpected duties) and Democratic-led states, argue this bypasses Congress’s Article I authority over tariffs.
A bipartisan amicus brief from 171 House Democrats and 36 senators hammered home that IEEPA was never meant as a “tariff statute.”
Solicitor General D. John Sauer defended the move, insisting tariffs are a milder “regulation” than full embargoes — a view echoed by Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Barrett, who questioned why IEEPA would allow trade shutdowns but not duties.
The court’s conservative majority appeared irresolute, weighing textualism against deference to executive foreign policy tools.
If struck down, the ruling would settle that IEEPA can’t be a tariff backdoor, curbing future presidents’ emergency gambits but leaving Trump’s broader agenda intact via other channels.
Plan B: A Menu of Tariff Authorities, With Strings Attached
President Trump’s team isn’t starting from scratch; they’ve already deployed some alternatives and are poised to scale up. These laws, born from decades of congressional delegations, offer explicit tariff powers but demand more transparency and limits — a trade-off for legal durability.
Here’s a breakdown:
Statute Key Provision Tariff Scope & Limits Trump’s Prior/ Potential Use Drawbacks vs. IEEPA Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 Allows tariffs if imports threaten national security (e.g., impairing domestic industries). Requires Commerce Dept. investigation (up to 270 days) and report to Congress. Up to 25%+ on specific sectors/products; applies globally or targeted. No time cap. Already imposed on steel, aluminum, copper, autos since January 2025; covers ~1/3 of imports. Could expand to tech, EVs. Sector-specific (not country-tailored); lengthy probes slow unilateral action. Courts defer on “security” claims. Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 Authorizes tariffs against “unfair” foreign practices (e.g., IP theft, subsidies). USTR investigation required (6-12 months). Broad, up to 100% on targeted goods/countries; can be phased. Used in first term vs. China; new probe on Brazil’s ethanol/digital services in October 2025. Scalable for fentanyl or deficits. Investigation delays; tied to trade violations, not politics (e.g., Ukraine war). Replicable for multiple nations. Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 Permits temporary tariffs/quotas to address “large and serious” balance-of-payments deficits (i.e., trade gaps). Up to 15% ad valorem for 150 days (extendable to 4 months with IMF consultation). Broad application. Untapped by Trump yet; scholars argue it’s the proper tool for deficit-focused tariffs, not IEEPA. Short duration; caps at 15%. Quick for emergencies but requires economic justification. Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) Precedents Broad wartime powers, narrowed by IEEPA for peacetime. Historical use for universal tariffs (e.g., Nixon’s 10% in 1971). Referenced in briefs; could inform hybrid approaches but largely superseded. Peacetime limits make it risky; not a primary fallback.These tools could “essentially reimpose the IEEPA tariffs going forward,” per Brookings Institution analysis, though with “procedural speedbumps” like probes that prevent on-a-whim hikes.
The administration has already launched Section 301 probes on Brazil and could parallel-process others for China or the EU, buying time while pressuring deals.
Economic Ripples
A SCOTUS ruling that IEEPA can’t be used for Trump’s tariffs would trigger immediate refunds — a windfall for importers like Walmart and Target, who’ve absorbed billions in costs — but short-lived relief. In fact, reimposition via alternatives might amplify leverage in talks, as seen with Mexico’s migration concessions in 2019.
Yet, as Politico notes, no single law matches IEEPA’s “flexibility” for tying tariffs to non-trade goals like peace deals.
For Trump, and future U.S. presidents, that’s the real stake — not the ruling itself, but recalibrating his economic nationalism without the emergency declaration.
In the end, the court may close one avenue, but Trump’s tariffs will keep on truckin’. As the justices deliberate, global markets await the next chapter in America’s effort to recalibrate trade in a more reciprocal fashion.
MacDailyNews Take: Nearly all countries in the world impose import tariffs on goods from the United States, as tariffs are a standard tool for revenue generation, industry protection, and trade regulation. Out of approximately 195 sovereign countries (based on UN recognition), over 190 maintain some form of customs duties on U.S. imports, according to global trade databases.
There’s an exceedingly simple way for countries to avoid reciprocal U.S. import tariffs. Whatever tariff level you want is the tariff level you impose. If you don’t wish to face U.S. import tariffs, don’t impose tariffs on U.S. products and services.
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Apple could make $133 billion a year on humanoid robots by 2040 – Morgan Stanley
Apple is renowned for its iconic Mac, iPhone, and iPad. But what’s next? Morgan Stanley predicts humanoid robotics.
In a new research note, the investment bank estimates that Apple’s early-stage robotics efforts could ultimately generate more than $133 billion annually.
Daniel Howley for Yahoo Finance:
“Leveraging Apple’s market share across a number of leading consumer products today, as well as considering the opportunity to monetize both products and services, we conservatively estimate Apple’s Robotics revenue can reach $130 billion by 2040 in our ‘median case,’ which assumes 9% market share …15 years from now,” the analysts, including Apple watcher Erik Woodring, wrote in the report.
Humanoid robots have long been the work of science fiction. But tech companies are increasingly putting the concept forward as a viable commercial product thanks to advancements in generative AI and smaller, more powerful computers.
Foxconn says it plans to deploy humanoid robots at its Nvidia AI server plant in Houston, based on Nvidia’s own robotics technologies. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, a major proponent of humanoid robotics, which the company refers to as physical AI, says robots represent a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity.
Elon Musk’s Tesla is also working on its own Optimus line of humanoid robots…
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1962618811141812475
MacDailyNews Take: $133 billion by 2040 might be laughably low. Bring ’em on!
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Apple reclaims safe-haven status amid waning AI trade confidence
Amid a broad selloff that grounded soaring AI stocks from Nvidia to Palantir Technologies, Apple emerged unscathed. Cupertino posted a modest gain as the Nasdaq 100 dropped 1.6%, echoing Tuesday’s session when Apple edged higher while the index plunged 2.1%. Over the past month, Apple has climbed more than 5%, far outpacing the tech-heavy index’s gain of less than 0.5%.
The outperformance is a return to form for Apple, whose cash-generating prowess and rock-solid balance sheet have in past bouts of turbulence left it relatively unscathed. The stock has lagged behind the broader market for most of this year as investors chased artificial intelligence riches.
“We’re seeing enthusiasm roll over in the more speculative names, which have become frothy and a victim of their own success. And in a risk-off environment, Apple’s cash flow, stability and predictability are all attributes investors are shifting toward,” said Jack Ablin, chief investment strategist at Cresset Wealth Advisors…
Apple is planning to pay about $1 billion a year for an artificial intelligence model developed by Alphabet Inc. to help power an overhaul of its Siri voice assistant.
“This is a positive, since it helps Apple participate in AI and $1 billion is a whole lot less than the other companies are spending,” Ablin said.
Alphabet Inc., Meta Platforms Inc., Amazon.com Inc., and Microsoft Corp. together spent more than $110 billion on capex last quarter, and the four companies are expected to boost combined capital spending 34% to roughly $440 billion over the next 12 months, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple investors holding for the long term will be rewarded.
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Apple blocks iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2 developer betas on C1 modem devices
Apple is now blocking the installation of the iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2 developer betas — released earlier this week—on devices equipped with the C1 modem.
Apple has pulled iOS/iPadOS 26.2 beta 1 for C1 devices.
This includes:
iPhone Air
iPhone 16e
M5 iPad Pro (Cellular)
The update will still show in settings but will fail to install. pic.twitter.com/mcW715tHuJ
— Aaron (@aaronp613) November 6, 2025
As noted by Aaron Perris on X, Apple is preventing the iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2 betas from being installed on devices containing the C1 modem, which includes the iPhone 16e, the iPhone Air, and the M5 iPad Pro (Cellular).
It is not immediately clear why Apple has pulled the betas for these devices, but it is notable that they all include the C1 modem. We’ve reached out to the company and will update this story if we hear back.
Update – November 5, 10:11 p.m. ET: Apple has reissued the iOS 26.1 Release Candidate for the iPhone 16e and iPhone Air, and iPadOS 26.1 Release Candidate for the M5 iPad Pro (Cellular), allowing users running previous betas to upgrade to a more stable version without leaving the beta program.
MacDailyNews Take: Yes sir, the beta program is functioning as designed.
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How Finneas and glass conjured up Apple TV’s colorful new branding
Finneas O’Connell — better known simply as Finneas — has composed a fresh sonic logo for Apple TV, the streaming platform once called Apple TV+. Developed in collaboration with Apple’s longtime creative partner TBWA\Media Arts Lab, the rebrand extends far beyond a memorable audio cue to deliver a bold, cohesive visual identity.
At its core, the new look revolves around dynamic layers of shifting colored light, evoking the diverse genres and emotional depth of Apple TV’s catalog since its 2019 launch. While the effects appear digitally rendered, they were achieved entirely through practical means—using glass elements and captured in-camera for an organic, tactile quality that sets the branding apart.
The five-second version of the new branding, which will run before Apple TV shows, nicely highlights the colored-lights effect. The lush visuals are meant to capture the platform’s cinematic ambitions and remind viewers that Apple TV is where prestige storytelling lives.
The choice to shoot practically aligns with Apple’s love of tactile detail and camera-first artistry, a point emphasized by Tor Myhren, Apple’s VP of marketing communications, in a speech at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity last summer. Myhren said Apple would continue to value human artistry even as it embraces AI tools.
Along with the five-second version, Apple TV made a one-second sting for trailers and a 12-second cinematic version for films…
The new identity will ripple across Apple TV’s ecosystem in the coming months, from app interfaces to marketing campaigns.
Mnemonic, Finneas says, “is sort of a beautiful word for a logo” accompanied by sound. “The things that I think of as real classic mnemonics are NBC — you can hear that in your head — or HBO has its static.” Finneas is well aware of how modern streaming consumption might make this especially ubiquitous, household by household. “If you’re binge-ing the whole season of ‘Ted Lasso’ or ‘Severance’ or ‘Disclaimer’” (the last of those being the limited series that he composed the score for himself), “you’re going to hear the mnemonic 10 times in one day. So it’s gotta be something that’s like the bite of ginger between rolls or something, you know?”
Speaking via Zoom from his home studio, Finneas points to the piano behind him as a starting point for a fleeting piece of music whose instrumentation isn’t easy to pin down before it’s gone in one ear and out the other at the start of a viewing experience. “I have my upright piano back here, so I sat and started there. I’m always more able to make something quickly on a real instrument than I am with software. I played a chord that felt kind of hopeful and kind of optimistic, but had gravity to it and hopefully had a little bit of an enigmatic, mysterious quality. And so I had this chord thing happening and then I started building the sounds around it. I had these pieces of zinc and I was hitting them and then reversing the audio, and I was playing real piano and then reversing that, and playing these bass synthesizers and then pitching those up and gliding them down.”
created the new mnemonic for Apple TV
Never thought I’d get to do something like this but I am so honored and truly couldn’t have enjoyed working on it more. hope this very short piece of music feels like it matches the things I love about Apple so much- They make such beautiful tools. Lucky to use em
MacDailyNews Note: Here’s the 0:05 version:
Watch the 0:12 version here and the 0:33 BTS video here.
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Apple TV premieres new trailer for ‘Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age,’ premiering November 26th
Today, Apple TV revealed the trailer for the expansive new chapter of the award-winning natural history series “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age,” executive produced by Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton, and produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the team behind “Planet Earth.” Narrated by Golden Globe and Olivier Award winner Tom Hiddleston (“Earthsounds”), with an original score by Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman and Kara Talve for Bleeding Fingers Music, the five-part series premieres globally on Apple TV on November 26th.
The new trailer takes viewers into the Pleistocene era, millions of years after the extinction of the dinosaurs, as it has never been seen before. It features strange cycles of hot and cold that create shifting landscapes and a wide variety of mammals with complex behaviors, many resembling animals alive today, fighting to survive. Fans get their first look at clashes between woolly rhinos and saber-toothed cats, based on scientific knowledge gained from fur, soft tissues and stomach contents preserved in permafrost and only recently discovered. Alongside the era’s most iconic animals, like woolly mammoths and Dire wolves, viewers will explore five new astonishing habitats to encounter many incredible creatures that adapted to this strange new world including: the Columbian mammoth, a warm-weather relative of the woolly mammoth with curved tusks over 16 feet wide and sparse hair (Mammuthus columbi); 14-foot-tall bears, the largest to ever exist (Arctotherium angustidens); armadillos bigger than cars (Doedicurus clavicaudatus); and tiny elephant relatives (Stegodon sumbaensis) preyed upon by enormous giant storks (Leptoptilos robustus).
Reconstructed with the latest scientific knowledge, “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” combines current science with cinematic visuals to showcase the intelligence and complex social behaviors of the Pleistocene’s iconic species. This season will explore vast tundras, deserts, expanding grasslands and melting permafrost as these creatures struggle for survival amid extreme climates, the beginning of “The Big Freeze” and eventually, “The Big Melt.”
“Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” continues the storytelling journey of Apple TV’s acclaimed, Emmy Award-nominated natural history series “Prehistoric Planet,” which transported audiences 66 million years into the past to witness the age of dinosaurs across two celebrated seasons. Blending cinematic storytelling with photorealistic visual effects, the series brings ancient worlds to life, offering a firsthand look at some of the most extraordinary creatures ever to walk the Earth. The complete first two seasons of “Prehistoric Planet” are now streaming globally on Apple TV.
The series is produced by the world-renowned team at BBC Studios Natural History Unit with support from the photorealistic visual effects of Framestore (“Gravity,” “The Golden Compass”). Theme by Hans Zimmer, with an original score by Zimmer, Rozman and Talve for Bleeding Fingers Music.
Apple TV offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all of a user’s favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 638 wins and 2,850 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” and Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”
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Apple TV announces new political thriller ‘La Décision,’ starring Raphaël Personnaz and Diane Kruger
Today, Apple TV announced the new seven-episode French-language thriller, “La Décision,” starring César Award nominee Raphaël Personnaz (“The Richest Woman in the World,” “The French Minister”) and SAG Award winner Diane Kruger (“Inglourious Basterds,” “Saint-Exupéry”). The series is directed by “Carême’s” Martin Bourboulon (“Les Trois Mousquetaires”) and Louis Farge (“Culte,” “Eldorado”). César Award winners Sami Bouajila (“Ganglands,” “A Son”), Marina Hands de la Comédie Française (“Lady Chatterley,” “Off Season”) and Fanny Sidney (“Call My Agent!”) also join the cast.
In this riveting race against the clock, the life of the French president (Personnaz) is turned upside down when an 8-year-old girl goes missing. While the public is shocked over the disappearance of the young girl, the tragedy affects the president personally as she is his illegitimate daughter, born of a secret affair unknown to his wife and political advisor Nora (Kruger). When the kidnapping becomes a matter of state, the entire Élysée apparatus intervenes to find the little girl. But who can the president trust behind the closed doors of the palace? He has risen to the pinnacle of power on the strength of his honesty and integrity, but must he betray the very values to which he owes his election? Torn between his private life and public responsibilities, the president is now plunged into a whirlwind of false friendships, unrequited love, power struggles, political games and espionage.
Produced for Apple TV by Solab Films, award-winning White Lion Films, a Mediawan company, and M Films, “La Décision” is executive produced by César Award nominee Nicolas Tiry (“Atlantic Bar”), Noor Sadar (“Machine,” “Malditos”) and Bourboulon. Based on an original idea by Bourboulon and Tiry, the series is created by Marc Dugain and Corinne Garfin (“Coeurs Noirs”), Lamara Leprêtre Habib (“Dans l’ombre”) and Xabi Molia (“Les Sentinelles”).
The series is the latest in French programming from Apple TV, which includes the new thriller “The Hunt,” starring Benoît Magimel and Mélanie Laurent, premiering on December 3, 2025. The International Emmy Award-winning Best French-Japanese Drama series “Drops of God,” inspired by the bestselling manga from award-winning Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto, stars Fleur Geffrier and Tomohisa Yamashita, with season two premiering on January 21, 2026. “Carême” follows the thrilling story of the world’s first celebrity chef, Antonin Carême, starring Benjamin Voisin, who rose from humble beginnings in Paris to the height of culinary stardom in Napoleon’s Europe.
Apple TV offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all of a user’s favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 638 wins and 2,850 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” and Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”
MacDailyNews Take: Apple TV is available on the Apple TV app in over 100 countries and regions, on over 1 billion screens, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV 4K, Apple Vision Pro, Mac, popular smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL and others, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV, PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles, and at tv.apple.com, for $12.99 per month with a seven-day free trial for new subscribers. For a limited time, customers who purchase and activate a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac can enjoy three months of Apple TV for free.
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Apple TV debuts trailer for new French-language thriller ‘The Hunt’ (‘Traqués’)
Today, Apple TV unveiled the chilling new trailer for “The Hunt” (“Traqués”), the upcoming French-language thriller from César Award-nominated creator and director Cédric Anger (“Next Time I’ll Aim for the Heart”) and executive producers Isabelle Degeorges, Clémentine Vaudaux, Alexis Barqueiro and Sidonie Dumas for Gaumont (“Lupin,” “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld,” “Totems”). The drama stars Cannes Best Actor and three-time César Award winner Benoît Magimel (“Pacifiction,” “De son vivant”) and two-time César Award winner Mélanie Laurent (“Inglourious Basterds,” “Wingwomen”), in addition to Damien Bonnard, Manuel Guillot, Cédric Appietto and Frédéric Maranber. “The Hunt” (“Traqués”) will make its global debut on Apple TV on December 3, 2025 with the first two episodes, followed by one episode weekly every Wednesday through December 31, 2025.
Franck (Magimel) and his longtime friends enjoy spending their weekends hunting together, but one Sunday, they come across another group of hunters who start targeting them without explanation. When one of their party is shot, Franck’s friends strike back, sending an attacker to the ground. Barely managing to escape, the four friends keep the event a secret. Franck tries to go back to his life as usual alongside his wife Krystel (Laurent), but in the next few days, he starts to feel like he and his friends are being watched, or worse, tracked by hunters who are now hell-bent on revenge.
In addition to Magimel and Laurent, “The Hunt” (“Traqués”) stars Angelyna Danabe-Mignot, Paul Beaurepaire, Yann Goven, Sarah Pachoud and Patrick De Valette. “The Hunt” (“Traqués”) is created and directed by Anger. The series is produced by the studio Gaumont, and executive produced by Dumas, Degeorges, Vaudaux and Barqueiro through Gaumont.
The series is the latest in French programming from Apple TV, which also includes the International Emmy Award-winning Best Drama “Drops of God,” a multilingual French-Japanese series starring Fleur Geffrier and Tomohisa Yamashita, with a highly anticipated second season premiering January 21, 2026; “Carême,” the thrilling story of the world’s first celebrity chef, Antonin Carême, starring Benjamin Voisin; and “Liaison,” a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future, starring Vincent Cassel and Eva Green.
Apple TV offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all your favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have earned 638 wins and 2,850 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning, history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” and Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”
MacDailyNews Notee: Apple TV is available on the Apple TV app in over 100 countries and regions, on over 1 billion screens, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV 4K, Apple Vision Pro, Mac, popular smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL and others, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV, PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles, and at tv.apple.com, for $12.99 per month with a seven-day free trial for new subscribers. For a limited time, customers who purchase and activate a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac can enjoy three months of Apple TV for free.
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Apple gears up for a banner 2026: At least 15 new products on the horizon
As Apple approaches its 50th anniversary in 2026, the compan is reportedly plotting one of its most ambitious product lineups in years. According to Bloomberg News‘ Mark Gurman, whose “Power On” newsletter has a solid track record of accurate Apple scoops, the company is preparing to unleash at least 15 new devices and features throughout the year.
Gurman’s latest insights, echoed in a comprehensive roundup by MacRumors, paint a picture of a multifaceted refresh across Apple’s ecosystem — from budget-friendly smartphones and powerful laptops to innovative smart home gadgets and long-rumored form factors like foldable displays. “Apple is heading into one of its most pivotal years in recent memory,” Gurman wrote, highlighting the blend of hardware upgrades, software overhauls, and category expansions that could redefine and boost the company’s trajectory.
Early 2026 appears poised to kick off the frenzy with a wave of accessible updates, setting the stage for bolder innovations later in the year. Here’s a breakdown of the key launches to watch, drawn from Gurman’s reporting.
iPhones: Entry-Level Refresh and Foldable Debut
Apple’s smartphone lineup is set for dual evolution in 2026. Launching in the first half of the year, the iPhone 17e will serve as an affordable entry point, building on the $599 iPhone 16e from earlier this year. This model aims to maintain annual updates for budget buyers, a shift from sporadic refreshes, ensuring consistent access to core features like advanced cameras and Apple Intelligence integration.
Come fall, the iPhone 18 series will steal the spotlight. The Pro variants are expected to ditch Qualcomm modems entirely in favor of Apple’s in-house C1 chip, a milestone in vertical integration that promises better efficiency and 5G performance. Even more exciting? The long-awaited first foldable iPhone, rumored to feature a clamshell design in limited colors like white and black, could arrive alongside it. While details on screen size and durability remain scarce, this entry would position Apple against rivals like Samsung in the burgeoning foldables market, potentially priced at a premium to justify the innovation.
iPads: Power Under the Hood
Tablets won’t be left behind. In early 2026, expect a 12th-generation base iPad powered by the A18 chip, offering a performance boost for everyday tasks like streaming and light productivity. The iPad Air will follow suit with Apple’s M4 silicon, enhancing graphics and AI capabilities for creative pros.
Later in the year, the iPad mini gets a glow-up with its first OLED display, delivering deeper blacks and vibrant colors that could make it a compact powerhouse for media consumption. These updates align with Apple’s broader migration to OLED across its lineup, starting with flagships by 2028.
Macs: M5 Everywhere, M6 Redesigns on Deck
The Mac family is primed for a chip overhaul. Early 2026 brings M5-equipped models across the board: a sleeker MacBook Air for portability seekers, MacBook Pros with M5 Pro and Max variants for demanding workflows, and a compact Mac mini refresh. The Mac Studio will also see an update, catering to desktop power users.
By year’s end, Gurman teases a radical MacBook Pro redesign: thinner chassis, OLED touchscreens, and M6 Pro/Max chips. This could mark Apple’s boldest laptop leap since the M1 era, blending laptop and tablet versatility while prioritizing pro-grade displays.
Displays and Peripherals: Studio Evolution
Apple’s external display drought ends in early 2026 with new monitors, potentially succeeding the 2022 Studio Display. Details are thin, but expect high-resolution panels optimized for Mac workflows, possibly with mini-LED backlighting for superior brightness and contrast.
Smart Home and Wearables: Siri Takes Center Stage
Spring 2026 could finally herald a smart home renaissance. A revamped Siri, delayed from earlier timelines, is slated for March or April, boasting deeper personalization and Apple Intelligence smarts — like contextual understanding and cross-device actions. Paired with it: a new wall-mount and/or speaker-based display, evolving the HomePod into a central hub for music, video, and automation.
Security gets a boost with dedicated products, including a first-party camera, expanding Apple’s ecosystem beyond speakers and hubs. Fall brings new Apple Watches, though specifics are under wraps — likely with health-focused upgrades and extended battery life.
Emerging Horizons: Glasses and Beyond
Capping the year, Apple may preview smart glasses before December 2026. Suppliers are already producing prototypes in small batches, hinting at lightweight AR eyewear that could complement the iPhone. This aligns with Apple’s pivot from a budget Vision Pro to glasses as its next wearable frontier.
If Gurman’s roadmap holds, 2026 won’t just be about volume — it’s a strategic plan. With Apple Intelligence maturing, in-house modems permeating devices, and new categories like foldables and security gear, the company is betting big on its vaunted ecosystem and premium innovation.
MacDailyNews Take: For consumers, Apple’s 2026 promises to be a tantalizing buffet — whether you’re eyeing a sub-$600 iPhone, an inexpensive MacBook with long battery life for the road, a super-powerful desktop Mac, a bonafide smart home, a more-useful Siri that works for you, and/or dreaming of a foldable iPhone!
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EU’s DMA forces Apple to remove iPhone-Apple Watch Wi-Fi sync for EU users
Apple plans to disable automatic Wi-Fi network syncing between iPhone and Apple Watch for users in the European Union starting with iOS 26.2, according to a new report. This change is intended to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which mandates that Apple provide third-party accessories with access to iPhone Wi-Fi hardware by the end of 2025.
The iOS 26.2 update, expected next month, aligns with that deadline. Instead of enabling third-party interoperability, Apple has chosen to remove the feature entirely for EU devices. The company reportedly confirmed this approach to French outlet Numerama.
Apple has previously criticized the DMA’s stringent regulations, arguing they could compromise user privacy and security.
Normally, when an iPhone connects to a new Wi-Fi network, it automatically shares the network credentials with the paired Apple Watch. This allows the watch to connect to the same network independently – for example, when the iPhone isn’t nearby – without the user needing to enter the password manually.
Apple Watch will surely still connect to Wi-Fi networks when the paired iPhone is nearby, but users may be required to manually connect to Wi-Fi by typing in the password when the iPhone is out of range. Afterwards, the Wi-Fi network’s credentials will presumably be stored on the watch.
Apple has previously warned that complying with EU interoperability requirements could give “data-hungry companies” access to sensitive information, including notification content and complete Wi-Fi network histories.
Apple filed an appeal against the interoperability rules at the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg on May 30, targeting the Commission’s March decision that requires Apple to make iOS more compatible with rival products including smartwatches, headphones, and VR headsets.
MacDailyNews Take: Meddling EU autocrats, not Apple, forced this feature loss on EU users.
The Law of Unintended Consequences is ironclad. – MacDailyNews, February 14, 2024
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Apple to use Google Gemini model for new Siri while it works to catch up with its own LLMs
Apple is set to underpin its new Siri with Google’s 1.2-trillion-parameter AI model, Bloomberg News reports Wednesday, powering a major voice-assistant overhaul.
Cupertino is leaning on Alphabet’s tech to rebuild Siri from the ground up, paving the way for a wave of new features in 2026.
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
The Google model’s 1.2 trillion parameters — a measure of the AI software’s complexity — would dwarf the level of Apple’s current models… The hope is to use the technology as an interim solution until Apple’s own models are powerful enough.
Following an extensive evaluation period, the two companies are now finalizing an agreement that would see Apple pay roughly $1 billion annually for access to Google’s technology, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private. The new Siri is on track for next spring…
Known internally as Glenwood, the effort to fix Siri with a third-party model has been led by Vision Pro headset creator Mike Rockwell and software engineering chief Craig Federighi. The new voice assistant itself, planned for iOS 26.4, is code-named Linwood.
The model will run on Apple’s own Private Cloud Compute servers, ensuring that user data remains walled off from Google’s infrastructure. Apple has already allocated AI server hardware to help power the model.
While the partnership is substantial, it’s unlikely to be promoted publicly. Apple will treat Google as a behind-the-scenes technology supplier instead… [F]or Apple, the move marks an acknowledgment that it has fallen behind in AI — and is now willing to rely on outside technology to catch up.
Apple still doesn’t want to use Gemini as a long-term solution. Despite the company bleeding AI talent — including the head of its models team — management intends to keep developing new AI technology and hopes to eventually replace Gemini with an in-house solution, the people said.
MacDailyNews Take: As we wrote earlier this week, Apple should follow our advice from April:
With Siri now basically holding a full house of negative associations built up over years of neglect, incompetence, and empty promises, perhaps, if Apple actually manages to fix Siri this time around (a big IF; we’ve heard it all before), a rebrand might be useful. Kill off Siri and introduce something new – since it will actually finally be new – in order to allow it to take off on its own without the weighty baggage of the Siri name.
Then there’s the issue that Google’s Gemini is arguably the third-best of the top three, trailing xAI’s Grok and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
If you’re going to with an external AI partner, why not choose the smartest one? We find xAI’s Grok to be more accurate and useful than Google’s Gemini, ChatGPT, and the rest. – MacDailyNews, July 21, 2025
The issues are: Google’s Gemini is not the best and everyone knows it, Google has a poor reputation for privacy that will tarnish Apple’s, and Google, hello, ripped off the iPhone with Android. Enough with the Google, Apple! – MacDailyNews, July 22, 2025
Apple will likely keep Siri’s Google Gemini underpinnings very secret for many reasons, including:
Google Gemini? Why not just get a Samsung Galaxy phone which already integrates Google’s Gemini AI as a core component of their AI-powered features?
Google Gemini on an iPhone offers precious little differentiation from Samsung, the chief iPhone knockoff peddler. – MacDailyNews, August 22, 2025
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Berkshire may have sold more Apple shares in Q3
Berkshire Hathaway likely trimmed its massive stakes in Apple and Bank of America during the third quarter. While Berkshire made no mention of selling either stock in its latest earnings report or 10-Q filing, the 10-Q contains hints that shares of both companies may have been offloaded.
Barron’s estimates that Berkshire may have sold about 35 million shares of Apple… It is also possible that Berkshire sold between 50 million and 100 million shares of Bank of America from its $300 billion equity portfolio.
The uncertainty likely will be resolved on Nov. 14 when Berkshire releases its 13-F report detailing its U.S.-listed equity holdings.
Here’s what we know now. Berkshire sold $12.4 billion of stocks in the period and realized $10.4 billion of pretax gains. That meant that whatever was sold had large embedded gains.
Berkshire is sitting on huge gains in its Apple holdings and likely has large gains in Bank of America as well, based on information in CEO Warren Buffett’s shareholder letter from 2021, where Berkshire disclosed the cost basis of its 15 largest stockholdings.
In the 10-Q, Berkshire also reported that its cost basis in consumer stocks fell by $1.2 billion. That could mean a sale of about 35 million Apple shares (which has a cost basis of $35 a share). Apple stock averaged about $230 a share in the period. That could have resulted in about $8 billion in Apple sales.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple closed today at $269.07, $11.47 over Apple’s Q3 high of $257.60 (September 26, 2025).
If Berkshire sold 35 million Apple shares precisely on the Q3 high, they left $401.45 million on the table as of the close today. If Berkshire sold at the Q3 low of $202.16 (August 5, 2025), they missed out on $66.91 per share or $2.34185 billion.
So, based on today’s closing price, by selling 35 million Apple shares during Q3, Berkshire left between $401.45 million and $2.34185 billion on the table.
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Apple Original Films and Chernin team for air traffic controller thriller ‘The Flick’
Apple TV is aiming to ramp up the tension sky-high with “The Flick,” a thriller centered on a heroic air traffic controller.
Apple Original Films has acquired “The Flick,” an unpublished short story by writer Matt Hickey, set in the high-stakes world of air traffic control.
Borys Kit for The Hollywood Reporter:
eter Chernin and David Ready will produce for The North Road Company’s Chernin Entertainment. The project marks one of the first features under Chernin Entertainment’s recently inked first-look feature deal with Apple TV+. Hickey, the author, will also produce.
The story follows a controller named Sonny Braden, who is already at his breaking point when he picks up a distress call from the cockpit of a plane whose pilot is unconscious. With storms closing in, dwindling fuel, and a panicked, pregnant passenger at the controls, Braden must talk her through an impossible landing while fighting his own exhaustion, guilt, and unraveling personal life.
The project is described as “a white-knuckle thriller about control, connection, and survival in the thin air between order and chaos, where every second counts.”
MacDailyNews Note: Hickey also wrote the Apple Original podcast series, Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story.
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Apple TV series ‘Pluribus’ gets official podcast
Already picked up in a two-season order by Apple TV, “Pluribus” is a genre-bending original in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.
Join “Pluribus” editor and host Chris McCaleb, along with members of the cast and crew, for an inside look at the making of the new Apple Original series.
Each week, Chris leads a roundtable discussion of the latest episode with a mix of folks who brought the show to life: writers, directors, actors, and—of course—creator and showrunner Vince Gilligan and star Rhea Seehorn. Watch new episodes Fridays on Apple TV, then listen to the official podcast to uncover Easter eggs and hear behind-the-scenes stories you won’t find anywhere else.
Pluribus: The Official Podcast is an Apple TV podcast produced by High Bridge Productions and Sony Pictures Television. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts.
MacDailyNews Note: Pluribus premieres November 7 on Apple TV and new episodes of the podcast will drop alongside the show each week.
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Apple TV series ‘The Last Thing He Told Me,’ starring Jennifer Garner, returns for season two on February 20, 2026
Apple TV on Wednesday revealed a first look and premiere date for the highly anticipated second season of “The Last Thing He Told Me,” starring and executive produced by Jennifer Garner, along with returning stars Angourie Rice, David Morse, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and new additions Judy Greer and Rita Wilson. Based on the forthcoming sequel to Laura Dave’s acclaimed No. 1 New York Times bestselling novel and Reese’s Book Club pick, the eight-episode second season will debut globally on Friday, February 20, 2026 on Apple TV.
Jennifer Garner and Judy Greer in “The Last Thing He Told Me.”
In season two of “The Last Thing He Told Me,” when Owen (Coster-Waldau) shows up after five years on the run, Hannah (Garner) and her stepdaughter Bailey (Rice) find themselves in a race to figure out how to reunite their family before the past catches up to them.
Jennifer Garner and Rita Wilson in “The Last Thing He Told Me.”
The gripping second season also welcomes new and returning cast Augusto Aguilera, Josh Hamilton, Nick Hargrove, Michael Galante, John Noble, Michael Hyatt, and Luke Kirby.
Jennifer Garner in “The Last Thing He Told Me.”
Ahead of the hit drama’s second season premiere, audiences can dive deeper into the story with Dave’s riveting and deeply moving sequel, “The First Time I Saw Him,” available January 6, 2026. Read or listen on Apple Books before watching Hannah Hall’s (Garner) pulse-pounding journey unfold on screen.
“The Last Thing He Told Me” is produced by 20th Television and Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, a part of Candle Media. Created and adapted by Dave, alongside Academy Award-winning co-creator Josh Singer, “The Last Thing He Told Me” was the first collaboration between the married Dave and Singer, who both serve as executive producers alongside Garner and Hello Sunshine’s Witherspoon and Neustadter. Emmy Award nominee Aaron Zelman joins season two as co-showrunner and executive producer with Singer. Daisy von Scherler Mayer and Merri D. Howard also serve as executive producers.
The first season of “The Last Thing He Told Me” is now streaming on Apple TV.
First published in hardcover by Simon & Schuster in 2021, the novel “The Last Thing He Told Me” was a Reese’s Book Club pick, becoming an instant No. 1 New York Times bestseller and remaining on the list for more than 80 weeks, selling over five million copies worldwide. It was the winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Thriller/Suspense of 2021, an Amazon Best Book of the Year in 2021, an Apple Best Book of the Year in 2021; and, in 2022, “The Last Thing He Told Me” was one of the most popular books checked out at libraries across America as well as the No. 1 most popular e-book. The book has been embraced in 39 countries around the globe, including the U.K., where it was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick.
In addition to “The Last Thing He Told Me,” Apple Originals produced by Hello Sunshine include Emmy, SAG and Critics Choice Award-winning series “The Morning Show,” starring Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston; psychological thriller “Surface,” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw; and, the upcoming limited series “Lucky” starring Anya Taylor-Joy, based on the book by Marissa Stapley, a Reese’s Book Club pick, among others.
Apple TV offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all of a user’s favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have earned 638 wins and 2,850 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” and Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”
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Anticipating the M5 MacBook Air: Significant speed increase is on the horizon
As Apple’s silicon evolution accelerates, the M5 chip is poised to invigorate its desktop and laptop lineup, with the MacBook Air emerging as a key beneficiary.
The M5 MacBook Air is slated for a launch in spring 2026 — likely March or April — continuing Apple’s pattern of annual updates for its best-selling Mac. This follows the M4 model’s March 2025 debut, signaling a consistent cadence after the M2’s major 2022 redesign.
The M5 promises tangible performance gains, building on the M4’s foundation. MacRumors suggests up to 15% faster multithreaded CPU performance, 30% improved graphics, and 45% better ray tracing, thanks to TSMC’s third-generation 3nm process. These enhancements will shine in everyday tasks like web browsing and light editing, with particular boosts for AI-driven workflows — up to 20-40% in benchmarks like Geekbench for CPU and GPU.
Expect the standard M5 chip in the MacBook Air’s 13- and 15-inch display configurations, without M5 Pro or M5 Max variants, keeping the Air’s focus on efficiency over raw power.
No chassis overhaul is expected, as the design will retain its famously fan-less form introduced in 2022, complete with notched Liquid Retina (LED-backlit with IPS technology) displays.
Ports will also stay the same with two Thunderbolt 4/USB-C, MagSafe charging, and a headphone jack.
Battery life, already stellar at up to 18 hours on M4 models, should hold or improve slightly with power optimizations.
Pricing is rumored to stay the same as the M4’s $1,099 starting point, keeping the M5 Air as an accessible entry into Apple’s ecosystem. For students and professionals craving portability, this refresh offers evolutionary appeal — snappier AI features for tools like Final Cut Pro or Photoshop, without the Pro’s heft.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple’s M5 MacBook Air is expected to be a simple chip upgrade, but with a significant speed boost, that’s more than enough to keep Air sales soaring.
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Apple supplier Skyworks forecasts upbeat quarterly results on strong mobile chip demand
Apple supplier Skyworks Solutions forecasted first-quarter revenue and profit exceeding Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, highlighting strong demand for its radio-frequency chips in Apple’s cutting-edge iPhones.
The company has gained from the swift uptake of 5G smartphones and the rollout of AI-powered devices, as a leading supplier of 5G radio-frequency chips. It also reaps significant benefits from Apple’s yearly iPhone releases.
Reuters:
Last month, Apple forecast holiday-quarter iPhone sales and overall revenue that surpassed Wall Street expectations, powered by orders for iPhone 17 models that the company is racing to fulfill amid continuing supply constraints.
“In mobile, underlying demand trends remain solid, supported by healthy sell-through and new product launches. Looking ahead, we expect rising AI-driven data traffic to drive greater radio-frequency complexity,” said CEO Phil Brace.
Last month, Skyworks announced a cash-and-stock offer to buy smaller rival Qorvo, creating a $22 billion radio-chip giant. The deal values Qorvo at $9.76 billion. The two companies are major suppliers to Apple and other smartphone firms, where their chips help to handle the radio signals that carry wireless data.
MacDailyNews Note: Skyworks forecast Q1 revenue of $975 million – $1.03 billion (vs. analysts’ consensus estimate of $858.3 million) and EPS of $1.40 per share (vs. analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.94 per share).
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WhatsApp debuts Apple Watch app with voice messages and more
WhatsApp, Meta Platforms Inc.’s widely used messaging app, has launched a dedicated Apple Watch application, enabling users to manage chats directly from their Apple Inc. smartwatch without needing to retrieve their iPhone.
The app incorporates features like call notifications, voice message recording and sending, complete message previews, and reactions, aligning WhatsApp’s capabilities more closely with those of Apple’s native Messages app on the watch.
Chris Welch for Bloomberg News:
Until now, Apple Watch owners could view WhatsApp notifications and respond to messages using the smartwatch, but a standalone app should significantly improve the overall experience. Other enhancements include clearer images and stickers, plus the ability to view more of a chat history on the Apple Watch display.
Meta in a statement described today’s app release as “just the start” of enhancing the WhatsApp experience for Apple Watch users and said additional features are planned for the coming months.
MacDailyNews Take: This will sell even more Apple Watches, especially in places where WhatsApp is popular.
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Apple and Amazon seek $2 million from law firm over alleged misconduct
In the time it’ll take you to read this article, Apple will make $2 million in revenue. Still, it’s the principle that counts.
Apple and Amazon are seeking a total of $2 million in legal fees from plaintiffs’ law firm Hagens Berman after a federal judge dismissed a consumer lawsuit against the technology companies and rebuked the lawyers who filed it.
In a court filing, opens new tab on Monday, Amazon and Apple asked U.S. District Judge Kymberly Evanson in Seattle to award them fees for legal work that they said was necessitated by the law firm’s “lack of candor” during the litigation.
Amazon asked for about $1.4 million and Apple said it should receive about $540,000 for their efforts to combat what they called misconduct by Hagens Berman, the prominent Seattle-based law firm that filed the lawsuit in 2022.
Hagens Berman’s Steve Berman told Reuters on Tuesday that the companies are not entitled to fees and that the plaintiffs will “vigorously” contest their demand.
Evanson in September dismissed the proposed class action, faulting the plaintiffs’ lawyers for dragging out the litigation after the original plaintiff sought to withdraw from the case.
The plaintiff withdrew from the litigation in January 2024, but the companies said Hagens Berman misled the court and opposing counsel about the man’s status for months, spurring unnecessary litigation and expenses.
MacDailyNews Take: Make ’em pay, Apple and Amazon!
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Apple TV lands international thriller ‘Safe Houses’ from Emmy Award-winning showrunner Gideon Raff
On Tuesday, Apple TV announced it has landed “Safe Houses,” a thrilling new eight-episode series that will be showrun and executive produced by Emmy Award winner Gideon Raff (“The Spy”) and inspired by the acclaimed espionage novel by Dan Fesperman.
“Safe Houses” is a fast-paced international espionage thriller set in the aftermath of the killing of a high-ranking CIA officer in Madrid. The series follows Sofia Jiménez, a fugitive agent accused of the crime, and Ambassador Elizabeth Winthrop, his widow, as they each investigate the murder from opposite sides, unraveling a vast conspiracy that could upend the balance of global power.
“Safe Houses” is a co-production between global independent studio wiip and Apple Studios. Otto Bathurst (“Peaky Blinders”) is set to direct the opening block of the series, with Raff directing several additional episodes and serving as executive producer alongside Alexandra Milchan. Paul Lee and David Flynn executive produce for wiip. Mike Seid, who developed the series with Raff, will serve as a co-executive producer along with Adam Berkowitz. Sara Gonzalo will serve as producer. Author Fesperman will serve as consulting producer.
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