Episodem 169 - The King is Retired. Long Live the King!

About this episode

The episode discusses the retirement of Tim Cook and various updates in the tech industry.

The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 169 - The King is Retiring. Long Live the King! Recorded Sunday April 26, 2026 - Live from iTechGear Central Hosts Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org Christopher Gavula - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com Joel McLaughlin - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current The Linux Link Tech Show Host, Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast and Fitness for the Rest of Us Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired Apple Segment Tim Cook to Step Down on August 31,2026, John Ternus to Step Up on September 1 - Chris G https://t.ly/soNyA Vision Pro Creator Mike Rockwell has Considered Leaving Apple - Joel https://t.ly/5ZBu7 John Ternus explains what he thinks of Apple Vision Pro https://t.ly/ZUyvh Is Apple's iPad being Phased Out? - Chris G. https://t.ly/ooi45 Masimo's AW Ban Dismissed with Prejudice by US District Court - Chris https://t.ly/h4teY 5 Reasons why its Impossible to Leave the Walled Garden - Chris https://t.ly/aZNMf AI Segment Meta to Lay Off 10% (or 8000) Employees in May - Chris G. https://t.ly/FRYoN Claude's New Connectors use AI to Order Food, Control…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Spera, Christopher Gavula, Joel McLaughlin, Larry McJunkin

Topics covered

• Apple leadership changes
• AI developments
• Mobile technology regulations
• Product updates
• Tech industry news

Keywords

• Apple
• Tim Cook
• John Ternus
• AI
• Meta layoffs
• removable batteries
• Masimo
• Vision Pro

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple, Masimo, Meta, FCC

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