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Wed, Aug 26
Cook Steps Down as Apple CEO on September 1, Ternus Takes Over and Joins the Board
A hardware engineer takes the CEO seat at a company trailing in the software narrative — Apple is betting its in-house silicon can close the AI gap.
Apple Debuts First 2nm Chip M6, AI Performance Up to 4x M4
Apple didn't pitch an AI story — it just stuffed the Neural Accelerator into the cheapest machine it sells.
Sat, Aug 22
Apple Cuts 200+ Roles, Vision Pro and Siri Teams Each Lose About 100
With immersive video shut down and the Siri architecture intact, Apple is betting its last chips on the 2027 glasses.
Wed, Aug 19
Apple macOS Tahoe 26.7 Release Candidate Leaks Clues to Over a Dozen Unreleased Products
Apple chose earbuds, not glasses, as the carrier for Visual Intelligence — a bet on what users are willing to wear, not the ideal form factor.
Sat, Aug 15
Apple teams with Alibaba on China-specific LLM, could be first foreign firm to win China approval
The compliance pathway for foreign companies offering generative AI in China now has its first concrete precedent—and its template value outweighs Apple's own sales.
Fri, Aug 14
Apple Proposes Up to 15% Commission on External Link Purchases; Epic Says It Should Be Zero
The dispute has narrowed from "whether external links are allowed" to "how many percentage points the cost evidence can justify," and Apple's services business profit margin rides on this evidentiary question.
Tue, Aug 11
TrendForce: iPhone 18 Pro BOM Cost Expected to Rise Nearly 38% on Memory Price Hikes
This memory cycle has hit final pricing directly, and Apple's gross margin is the first place to feel the pressure.
Apple Reportedly Testing CXMT Memory Chips, Constrained by U.S. Technology Transfer Rules
Supply-chain shortages and congressional pressure have collided; Apple must deliver its answer by August 21.
Mon, Aug 10
Report: Apple Tests CXMT Chips, Plans Use in China-Market iPhones and MacBooks
Memory shortages are cyclical; supplier qualification is permanent — CXMT is trading one cycle for a long-term ticket.
Wed, Aug 5
OpenAI Publishes Chat Logs to Rebut Apple's Trade-Secret Charges, Says Apple Employees Asked Ex-Colleague for Files After His Departure
The most damaging evidence in a defendant's presentation is often the plaintiff's own messages.
Mon, Aug 3
Bloomberg's Gurman: MacBook Air Supply Tight; Apple Looks to Make Glasses and Headsets Health Devices
AI's compute bill is reaching consumers by a different route: not a price increase, but a wait.