Diplomatic duties for Tim Cook after stepping down as Apple CEO

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to you after seeing The Jellicle Ball, a revival of Cats that I found fabulous and which the Guardian called “thrillingly new”.Apple announced late on Monday that Tim Cook will step down as CEO but will not leave the iPhone maker. Head of hardware engineering John Ternus will succeed him on 1 September.“I love Apple with all of my being,” Cook said in a press release announcing his succession

Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears

The US spy tech company Palantir published a manifesto extolling the benefits of American power and implying some cultures are inferior to others – in what MPs have called “a parody of a RoboCop film” and “the ramblings of a supervillain”.“Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive,” wrote Palantir in a 22-point post on X over the weekend, which also called for an end to the “postwar neutering” of Germany and Japan.The post exhorted the US to reinstate a military draft, saying that “free and democratic societies” need “hard power” in order to prevail.It also predicted a future dominated by autonomous weapons: “The question is not whether A.I

Who is John Ternus, Apple’s next CEO?

Apple has announced longtime company veteran John Ternus as the next CEO of the company, succeeding the current CEO, Tim Cook, who is set to transition to executive chair of Apple’s board of directors later this year.Ternus’s term as CEO will begin on 1 September. The hardware engineering executive is a longtime Apple insider, indicating the company will stay the course that has led to record profits under Cook’s leadership. Apple’s yearly profit now tops $100bn, and in January it announced record revenue from its iPhones, boosted by renewed demand in China.“I am profoundly grateful for this opportunity to carry Apple’s mission forward,” Ternus said in a company press release

Fifteen years after Steve Jobs, Tim Cook leaves a dramatically different Apple

After 15 years, Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple’s top executive. At age 65, he leaves behind a hardware juggernaut that, under his leadership, brought about a global smartphone revolution and transformed Apple into one of the most profitable publicly traded companies in history.With a reputation for logistical management, Cook first joined Apple in 1998, overseeing its worldwide sales and operations. In 2009, he temporarily began running day-to-day operations when the company’s legendary co-founder, Steve Jobs, took medical leave due to complications from pancreatic cancer. In 2011, just a few months before Jobs’s death, Cook took over as CEO

Tim Cook to step down as Apple chief as John Ternus named replacement

Apple announced on Monday that it had named a replacement for Tim Cook as CEO after nearly 15 years, with head of hardware engineering John Ternus succeeding him on 1 September. Cook will stay at the company in the role of executive chair.“It has been the greatest privilege of my life to be the CEO of Apple and to have been trusted to lead such an extraordinary company. I love Apple with all of my being,” Cook said in a press release.Cook, 65, who succeeded Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, has been CEO since 2011

Sonos Play review: a great jack-of-all-trades portable speaker for home or away

The Play is a new portable wifi and Bluetooth home speaker that packs the best of Sonos into a jack of all trades that is intended to be a reset point in the company’s recovery from its app debacle that lost it faith, favour and a chief executive.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.It is the first truly new music speaker since Sonos launched its new app in May 2024, which junked fan-favourite features while causing stability and usage problems for new and old customers alike