NYTIMES (Brian X. Chen) - A Wish List for the Man Replacing Tim Cook as Apple’s C.E.O.
John Ternus, an Apple veteran who runs hardware engineering, will take over an extraordinarily profitable company in need of new ideas.
AXIOS (Ina Fried) - Apple enters post-Cook era chasing its next hit
The Tim Cook era is coming to a close with an existential challenge for Apple: figuring out what comes after the iPhone. Why it matters: Cook extended the iPhone's success into products like the Apple Watch and AirPods and built a powerful services business. But the company hasn't broken into a major new category — and has stumbled into the AI era. Driving the news: Apple announced Monday that Cook will cede the CEO reins to hardware chief John Ternus, while remaining with the company as executive chairman. - The company also promoted Johny Srouji, the driving force behind Apple's chip success, to the new role of chief hardware officer. - That could entice Srouji, whose name is often mentioned in tech CEO searches, to stay in…
HUFFPOST - Apple's New CEO Is A Product Perfectionist Taking On The AI Age
John Ternus, a 25-year Apple veteran who started out designing external displays, arrives in the top job with decades of experience.
AXIOS (Dan Primack) - Apple could win the AI race without running
Apple isn't burning mountains of cash to buy GPUs for the sake of training AI models and processing prompts. - Nor is it investing huge sums in frontier labs like OpenAI or Anthropic, as are rivals like Amazon and Microsoft. Why it matters: Apple may reap the rewards of everyone else's spend. Success from the sidelines. Apple's playbook: Keep selling high-end consumer hardware that will become even more essential as AI becomes more ubiquitous. - AI advancements could lead to shorter upgrade cycles, while Apple's reputation for enhanced privacy could become an enhanced selling point. - All the while, "taxing" the frontier labs via the App Store. It doesn't matter to Apple which app gets used most, so long as it's being used. Behind the…
ABCNEWS - Samsung discontinuing its texting app, tells users to switch to Google Messages
Samsung is saying goodbye its namesake texting app
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NPR (Chloe Veltman) - From scrappy startup to tech giant, Apple celebrates its 50th year
Countercultural mythmaking and global corporate dominance have helped the tech corporation sail through criticism.
YOUTUBE (Facts Matter with Roman Balmakov) - Man Accidentally Hacks an Army of 7,000 Robot Vacuums
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NYTIMES (Brian X. Chen) - The Smart Home Never Quite Worked. Now It’s Getting an A.I. Reboot.
Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.
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NYTIMES (Kalley Huang) - Bring On Defunct: The iPod Enthralls Young Music Listeners
It’s not exactly going analog, but people looking to move away from streaming say Apple’s old device is a small step away from constantly being online.
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NEWSNATIONNOW (Zach Kaplan) - Software engineer mistakenly gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums
Azdoufal found that once he could communicate with DJI's servers, he could control not just his vacuum but also thousands of them.