This is Ternus’ biggest challenge, as he and Cook notch up key win

We learned yesterday that Apple was at risk of losing Mike Rockwell , the exec tasked with rescuing the new Siri project after Tim Cook lost confidence in former AI head John Giannandrea.

A deal appears to have been struck to retain Rockwell long enough to deliver the Siri upgrade, and Ternus and Cook also notched up an even important retention win …

Any change in senior leadership at a company potentially exposes the company to the risks of losing other key personnel. A new org chart mean that reporting lines are changed for a whole succession


Opera One now lets you boost audio up to 500%, gets improved PiP experience

Opera is rolling out an update to Opera One with several improvements to its in-browser video streaming and conferencing experience. Here are the details.

Opera is updating its Opera One browser today with the possibility to add YouTube and Twitch buttons to the sidebar that offer one-click access to these platforms.

According to Opera, this makes it easier to watch streams or videos without needing to constantly switch tabs.

Opera One users can pin these panels for a side-by-side layout, or quickly pop the video out

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Apple executive in charge of Siri revamp has considered stepping back, report says

reports that amid recent leadership changes at Apple, Mike Rockwell, who created the Vision Pro and now oversees efforts to revamp Siri, has considered leaving or reducing his role at the company. Here are the details.

In a new on the talent retention challenges John Ternus will face as Apple’s next CEO, Bloomberg says Mike Rockwell, who’s currently leading efforts to overhaul Siri, has recently weighed his options at the company.

Rockwell was tasked with revamping the upcoming AI-powered Siri as part of a broader


This detail about Apple’s CEO transition shows the company can still keep important secrets

While it had long been expected that John Turnus would succeed Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO, a key detail in the transition process shows that the company can still keep things under wraps when it counts. Here’s why.

When news broke yesterday that Tim Cook would be stepping down as Apple’s CEO on September 1, to be succeeded by John Ternus, most 9to5Mac readers were likely surprised by the timing of the announcement, but not by the news itself.

That’s because the


WhatsApp testing multi-chat AI summaries for unread messages

Meta is expanding its in-app AI-powered summaries feature on WhatsApp to include unread context across multiple chats. Here are the details.

As spotted by , the latest TestFlight build of WhatsApp includes references to a new feature that will let users view an AI-powered summary of unread messages across multiple chats.

Currently, the app offers an AI-powered summary of unread messages within each individual chat, with the entire summarization process being handled by WhatsApp ’s Private Processing .

Now, according to WABetaInfo , the app

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Tech leaders, Trump, and more react to Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO

Apple announced its major leadership transition yesterday, with John Ternus officially set to take over as CEO from Tim Cook later this year.

Following that announcement, tech leaders (and others) have taken to social media to congratulate Cook on the news.

Here’s Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google on :

Congrats on an incredible run @tim_cook, always respected your deep commitment to Apple’s mission and best wishes in your new role! Look forward to working with John as well!

And , CEO and co


Apple TV executive behind ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ leaves for Amazon

Oliver Jones, an executive who worked on shows including and over the past six years, is leaving for Amazon MGM Studios. Here are the details.

Jones to lead U.K. scripted content at Amazon

According to , Amazon’s Nicole Clemens, who’s currently Amazon MGM Studios’ vice-president and head of international originals, announced internally that Oliver Jones will be joining the company.

Jones is leaving his role as senior creative executive for international scripted television at Apple TV, where he was involved with projects


CarPlay just got even better with three exciting recent app updates

CarPlay has improved a lot lately, and following two major new app debuts a few weeks ago, there have been three more exciting app updates very recently. Here’s what’s new.

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Popular calorie tracker briefly pulled from App Store over IAP and billing violations

reports on why Apple removed Cal AI from the App Store over what it described as “multiple rule violations.” Here are the details.

A few days ago, users on X noticed that Cal AI had been removed from the App Store, just over a month after its by MyFitnessPal for an undisclosed amount.

Before its removal, the app had introduced a new in-app purchase (IAP) flow that included off-App Store payments. That quickly sparked comments raising anticompetitive concerns, even though Apple’s updated


John Ternus says Apple is ‘about to change the world,’ teases new products

Apple CEO Tim Cook and incoming CEO John Ternus reportedly shared remarks today at an all-hands Apple meeting. Cook’s words were reported here , while Ternus’s comments are outlined below.

One day after Apple announced its CEO transition, the current and future CEOs reportedly held an all-hands meeting with Apple employees about the coming change.

You can find Cook’s comments here , as reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

But Gurman on what incoming CEO John Ternus said to Apple’s teams.

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