925.co

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.

OpenAI is announcing its upgraded ChatGPT image generation model with ChatGPT Images 2. The company is also scaling up Codex for enterprise with a new Codex Labs initiative.

Apple’s Tim Cook and John Ternus held an all-hands meeting with employees today in Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park, according to Bloomberg. The meeting comes one day after the announcement that Ternus will take over as Apple CEO later this year.

During the meeting, Cook offered more insight into why he decided to begin the transition now — and what his plans are for his role as Apple’s executive chairman.

Beats has two pieces of news to share today. First, the company has unveiled the next step in its partnership with K-pop star JENNIE: a new special-edition pair of Beats Solo 4 in Onyx Black.

The Apple subsidiary is also expanding its lineup of USB-C cables…

Apple has released the third iOS 26.5 public beta. The previous public beta introduced a new splash screen that signaled the upcoming arrival of ads in Apple Maps.

Apple CEO Tim Cook is giving up the title and passing the torch to John Ternus on September 1.

Unsurprisingly, Cook is taking on the role of board executive chairman, a position in which Cook is expected to remain very active as Apple’s chief global diplomat. Retiring as CEO? Yes. But retiring into the sunset? Hardly. You can take Tim at his word when he says he can’t imagine life without Apple.

As Apple’s CEO transition shifts into the public-facing phase, I couldn’t help but revisit some of the official press material from the previous changing of the guard.

That happened under very different circumstances, of course, with Steve Jobs at the end of his life. It’s incredibly touching to revisit now. There are also echoes of Steve’s endorsement of Tim Cook in Tim’s endorsement of the next Apple CEO, John Ternus.

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by all 4 colors of Apple’s most affordable new 1TB M5 MacBook Air back at $150 off today alongside the new 2TB M5 Pro MacBook Pro hitting its best Amazon price ever at over $160 off and the ongoing all-time low on the entry 2026 16-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro. You can score some of Apple’s elusive black USB-C cables from $7, the Twelve South PowerBug wall charger with Qi2 MagSafe has dropped even lower to a new $35 Amazon all-time low, and AirPods Pro 3 are still on sale at the $200 holiday pricing. Head below for a closer look at the details.

Apple announced Monday that Tim Cook will step down as CEO later this year, with John Ternus set to take over on September 1. Ternus has been at Apple for over 25 years and has played a pivotal role in every Apple product category since joining.

Here’s everything you need to know about Apple’s next CEO, widely described as a “super nice guy” with an engineering and product background.

OpenAI has teased its next AI software product announcement happening later today. The teaser gives us a good idea of what to expect.

Speculation about Tim Cook’s retirement date intensified when he turned 65 in November of last year, and this was quickly followed by Apple testing the waters for John Ternus as his replacement this year.

That test went very well indeed, with the company last month laying further groundwork for yesterday’s announcement …