About this episode

The episode discusses the transition of leadership at Apple from Tim Cook to John Ternus, along with various news topics including the FBI and Star Wars.

You didn't see that coming, at least not now, but Tim Cook's successor is John Ternus and there's so much news about both men. Plus what Apple had to update because of the FBI, how "Star Wars" benefits from the Apple Vision Pro, and more, on the AppleInsider Podcast. Contact your hosts: @williamgallagher_ on Threads @WGallagher on Twitter William's 58keys on YouTube William Gallagher on email Wes on Bluesky Wes Hilliard on emai l Wes's blog Hillitech Sponsored by: MasterClass : Get 15% off annual memberships at MasterClass.com Claude by Anthropic : Check out Claude and Claude Pro at Claude.ai/appleinsider Links from the Show: John Ternus in as Apple CEO, Cook becoming Apple Executive Chairman Apple leadership shakeup places Johny Srouji as new hardware chief Tim Cook thanks users & Apple employees after 15 years of being CEO How Tim Cook started at Apple in 1998, and how 15 years of being the CEO ends Don't expect changes from Apple anytime soon, even with new leadership New Apple hardware chief wastes little time in introducing five underlings Ternus will be more decisive than Tim Cook, claims one insider A long-planned Apple CEO transition meets an analyst-driven AI hype…

People in this episode

Hosts: William Gallagher, Wes Hilliard

Topics covered

• Apple leadership
• Tim Cook
• John Ternus
• FBI news
• Star Wars
• Apple Vision Pro

Keywords

• Apple
• Tim Cook
• John Ternus
• FBI
• Star Wars
• Apple Vision Pro
• leadership transition

Sponsors

MasterClass, Claude by Anthropic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI, Apple

Books & works: Star Wars

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