The Apple rumors were true, once again. This week, the company announced that Tim Cook will be stepping down from his CEO role on September 1. Replacing him will be John Ternus, who currently serves as Apple’s SVP of hardware engineering. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget’s Nathan Ingraham discuss Cook’s legacy as Apple’s CEO, and pontificate about how Ternus may change things. We’re going from Apple being led by a logistics guru, to Apple being driven by a product and engineering wizard. Surely, that will have some impact on future products.

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Topic

• Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO after 15 years, John Ternus will take his place on September 1 – 1:22

• Palantir woke up last Saturday morning and posted a comic book villain manifesto on X – 26:01

• DHS wants to make facial recognition smart glasses for ICE – 31:53

• A lot of people panic bought PCs to avoid RAMageddon – 36:25

• Meta faces a new lawsuit over running ads for outright scams –

• Employees at Meta will have they keystrokes and mouse moves recorded for AI training – 40:10

• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price goes down, but it won’t include Call of Duty – 44:55

• Around Engadget: a great (expensive) Dyson vac with a silly name – 49:15

• Pop culture picks – 52:55

Credits

Hosts : Devindra Hardawar and Nathan Ingraham
Producer: Ben Ellman
Music: Dale North and Terrence O’Brien