After more than 18 years at the helm of one of the most storied companies, this week Apple announced that Tim Cook will step down as CEO of the company. The move marks a point of departure for an era of plenty for the American tech giant that produced the iPhone, the MacBook, and the iPod.
Squashing any potential speculation on who would replace Cook, the company tapped John Ternus, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, as CEO.
But the Apple that Cook inherited from founder Steve Jobs is dramatically different from the Apple of 2026. Still a global leader, for Ternus to make his mark, he would need to ship hit, game-changing products that excite audiences in an era where the field has become tightly competitive. Multiple tech companies in India and China have rolled out competitive and cheaper products with all the premium features Apple has.
However, the MacBook Neo, Apple’s cheapest computer, presents a unique opportunity for Ternus to compete in the mid-range device category. AI innovation is another area that tech observers have cited will be his focus, notable as, under Cook, the company had struggled with infusing it into its products, constantly shifting deadlines.
This week, we have all the details on who John Ternus is and what his equally long career at Apple tells us about how he will build.
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📟 Consumer Tech
- It will still be months before we know what the iPhone 18 will look like, but leaks that have come out give us a sense of what we should expect. This week, we compiled all we know so far about the iPhone 18 lineup.
- SpaceX, the Elon Musk-founded company that makes Starlink, announced that it has secured the option to acquire Cursor later this year for $60 billion. If it decides not to proceed with the purchase, SpaceX will instead pay Cursor $10 billion over time for what it calls “AI collaboration.”
- Elon Musk’s Tesla, Inc. is facing renewed legal scrutiny over its door handle design after a new lawsuit alleged that a driver was trapped inside a burning vehicle following a crash.
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🎮 Gaming & Entertainment
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🪙 Crypto & Global Finance
- There was a security breach over the weekend, and it didn’t take long for developers to start reacting. The incident, which occurred at Vercel, a platform many teams rely on to run their apps, quickly turned into a scramble across the crypto space.
