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John Ternus, senior VP of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple's next CEO on September 1; Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple's board  —  Apple said on Monday that John Ternus is succeeding Tim Cook as CEO, with Cook assuming the role of executive chairman on Sept. 1.
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Apple:
Apple says Johny Srouji, who most recently served as senior VP of Hardware Technologies, will assume an expanded role leading Hardware Engineering  —  Apple today announced that, effective immediately, Apple executive Johny Srouji will become chief hardware officer.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
In an email to employees, Johny Srouji details newly combined hardware engineering and hardware technologies division, organized across five key areas
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Longtime colleagues say John Ternus will bring back Jobs-era decisiveness, shifting from Cook's era when decisions were made collectively by top executives  —  When Apple Inc. announced Monday that longtime leader Tim Cook would be replaced by John Ternus, it published an image …
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Tim Cook had an extraordinary run and impeccable timing in stepping down, with Apple in a better place than it has ever been as AI becomes its next big test
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Amazon agrees to invest up to $25B in Anthropic, on top of the $8B that it has already invested; Anthropic commits to spend $100B+ on AWS over the next 10 years  —  Amazon has agreed to invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic, on top of the $8 billion that it's poured into the artificial intelligence startup …
Digiday:
OpenAI enables cost-per-click ads inside ChatGPT, setting bids at between $3 and $5 per click, in addition to CPMs  —  The platform that can figure out how to prove AI chatbots can drive an outcome will unlock a budget category that doesn't exist yet.  OpenAI just took big steps toward that threshold …
Financial Times:
Sources: Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus is close to a $10B fundraising deal, which includes an initial $6.2B raise in November, at a $38B post-money valuation  —  Company code-named Project Prometheus is working on models for industrial applications
Sally Weale / The Guardian:
The UK proposes an amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill to ban smartphones in all schools in England; a ban was previously just advisory  —  Government amendment to children's wellbeing and schools bill to replace existing guidance with statutory ban
Muvija M / Reuters:
UK's Ofcom launches an investigation into Telegram over concerns of CSAM being shared on the platform and it being used by predators to groom children  —  Britain's communications regulator, Ofcom, launched an investigation on Tuesday into the Telegram messaging app after evidence suggested …
Juro Osawa / The Information:
Anthropic started requiring government-issued photo IDs and selfies from some users to prevent access from US adversaries like China, Russia, and North Korea  —  Anthropic has quietly flourished in China thanks to businesses—including big tech firms and startups—circumventing Anthropic's official restrictions on usage.

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KiMi Robinson / USA Today:
ABC pushes back on Page Six's report that Jimmy Kimmel's show will end in 2027: “any reports about the future of the show at this point are purely speculative”

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