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power 2026-05-10

Apple Just Ended ChatGPT's Exclusive Status. OpenAI Should Be Worried.

iOS 27 will let users choose Claude, Gemini, or any approved AI to power Siri. Apple is not becoming an AI company. It is becoming the platform every AI company must pay to reach.

power 2026-05-09

The Supreme Court Refused to Save Apple's App Store. The Consequences Are Still Loading.

The Supreme Court denied Apple's emergency stay in the Epic antitrust case, forcing the company to open its iOS payment system. Apple now faces the same fight in Europe and a wave of copycat lawsuits from developers it has removed.

power 2026-05-07

SCOTUS Lets Apple's Contempt Finding Stand. Now a Judge Gets to Set the Rules.

After five years of litigation, Epic Games wins a procedural victory that sends Apple back to district court to face the one question Apple has been fighting to avoid: how much can it charge?

decision 2026-04-22

Apple's Hardware Chief Takes Over. The Question Is Whether He Can Fix the Software Problem.

Tim Cook built a $3 trillion machine and leaves in September. John Ternus inherits it with no breakout AI product, a lagging Siri, and Jony Ive now working for OpenAI.

power 2026-04-22

Trump Tells Companies to Waive Their Court-Ordered Refunds

The Supreme Court struck down his tariffs as unconstitutional. The refund portal is open. Trump is now pressuring companies to not use it, promising to 'remember' those who comply.

power 2026-04-21

Tim Cook Is Out. Apple's New CEO Is a Hardware Engineer in the Age of AI.

Apple just handed its future to the person who builds devices, not the person who trains models. That's a deliberate bet on what the AI era actually requires.

power 2026-04-20

Apple's Hardware Engineer Will Now Run the World's Most Valuable Company

Tim Cook steps down September 1. John Ternus, who has never run a company and has almost no public profile, becomes CEO of a $4 trillion corporation at the worst possible time for Apple to experiment.

power 2026-04-20

The Government That Made Apple Delete Its Own Critics

A federal judge found the Trump administration coerced Facebook and Apple into removing ICE-tracking tools, ruling it a First Amendment violation.