Jacob Kastrenakes
Spotted on the Google stage: a giant Apple logo.
Per 9to5Mac, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian was excited to boast about Gemini’s big new customer. The upgraded Siri is still coming “later this year.”
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Dominic Preston
Emma Roth
The latest iOS 26.4.2 update appears to fix the Signal notification bug.
Earlier this month, 404 Media reported that the FBI obtained deleted Signal messages saved inside an iPhone’s notification database. It looks like the iOS 26.4.2 security update addresses this, as Apple says it has fixed an issue where “notifications marked for deletion could be unexpectedly retained on the device.”
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Cook’s relentless optimization propelled Apple’s fortunes to new heights and an era of predictable profitability.
Allison Johnson
Jay Peters
Tim Cook: “I am healthy. My energy is high, and I plan to be in this new role for a long time.”
Apple’s outgoing CEO and incoming executive chairman addressed employees today about the transition, Bloomberg reports.
John Ternus, who will take over as CEO, also spoke to staff, noting that AI — something that Apple has struggled with, to put it mildly — is “going to create almost unlimited potential.”
Cook and incoming CEO John Ternus made a computer company the most important audio company of the 21st century.
John Higgins
After promoting Johny Srouji, I expect Apple to continue focusing on what makes its recent Macs so great: the chips.
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Cook once said Apple’s greatest contribution to mankind would be ‘about health.’ If true, he’ll get much of the credit.
Victoria Song
Richard Lawler
One more thing about Apple’s new CEO.
If you haven’t learned enough about John Ternus, this WSJ profile has a note about his race car hobbies, and a pic from his college yearbook.
Jess Weatherbed
A fancy twist on FontBook.
Software developer Josh Pucket has released Pica: a macOS app for managing fonts that’s currently optimized for latin script. It’s yet another free tool for the design community (yay!) and it even has a fun launch animation that sends characters cascading down your desktop.
Does Tim Cook’s newly announced successor have what it takes to regain the company’s lost ground in the AI race?
Hayden Field
Jess Weatherbed
“I was very impressed with myself to have the head of Apple calling to ‘kiss my ass.’”
President Donald Trump had some interesting words to say on Truth Social about Tim Cook’s announced departure, claiming the Apple CEO personally requested his aid on several occasions during his presidency. “He makes these calls to me, I help him out (but not always, because he will, on occasion, be too aggressive in his ask!).”
