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Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down

Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down and will be succeeded by John Ternus, currently Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering. Ternus will take over as CEO on September 1st, 2026. Cook wil...

The Verge Apr 20, 2026 Jay Peters
Technology Apr 20, 2026

Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus taking over

Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus will take over as CEO at the start of September.

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Here’s how Amazon’s price fixing allegedly drove up prices everywhere

On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta revealed the evidence of alleged price-fixing by Amazon. The state file...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman

Article URL: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/tim-cook-to-become-apple-executive-chairman-john-ternus-to-become-a...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Tim Cook Stepping Down

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/20/tim-cook-stepping-down/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want

One of the most mortifying things about knowing a lot of techies is listening to them tell me excitedly about some very ...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Google Photos adds new touch-up tools for ‘quick’ fixes

You can use the new tools to remove blemishes, refine skin texture, brighten eyes, or whiten teeth in photos.

Technology Apr 20, 2026

AI Resistance Is Growing

Article URL: https://stephvee.ca/blog/artificial%20intelligence/ai-resistance-is-growing/ Comments URL: https://news.yc...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

WhatsApp tests ‘Plus’ subscription that adds stickers and more for a few bucks a month

WhatsApp users are getting some new customization features - for a price. According to WABetaInfo, Meta is rolling out a...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

F-35 is a masterpiece built for the wrong war

Article URL: https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/the-f-35-is-a-masterpiece-built-for-the-wrong-war/ Comments URL: htt...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Japanese man sentenced to prison for posting spoilers

Though it's very common for entertainment writers to describe some narrative elements of the films and shows that they'r...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Soul Player C64 – A real transformer running on a 1 MHz Commodore 64

Article URL: https://github.com/gizmo64k/soulplayer-c64 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47839645 Poi...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

NASA had to train Apollo 11's astronauts to not use profanity

Article URL: https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/may/31/bad-words-led-some-to-swear-off-apollo-program/ Comments URL: h...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

It’s not just one thing — it’s another thing

This sentence construction ("It's not just this — it's that") has become so common in AI-generated writing that it's n...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Google Photos adds subtle touch-up tools for faces

Google has announced a new collection of touch-up tools for Google Photos' image editor designed to apply subtle enhance...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Insta360 is putting screens on its next wireless mics to show logos or images

Insta360's first wireless microphone kit debuted in June with small, lightweight AirTag-sized mics that were easier to w...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Anduril, Palantir and SpaceX are changing how America wages war

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/business/2026/04/20/anduril-palantir-and-spacex-are-changing-how-america-wages-w...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

A Hot-Air Balloon Landed in a California Backyard. The Owner Says It's a 'Very Rare' Event

Denni Barrett, CEO of Magical Adventures Balloon Rides, says the weekend backyard mishap is a “very rare” occurrence...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

US opens refund portal to start paying back Trump's illegal tariffs

Importers can now request refunds, two months after Trump's Supreme Court loss. ...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

We got 207 tok/s with Qwen3.5-27B on an RTX 3090

Article URL: https://github.com/Luce-Org/lucebox-hub Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838788 Points...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

War Memes Are Turning Conflict Into Content

The jokes were funny. The systems behind them—and the reasons we keep passing around war memes as entertainment—are ...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Kimi vendor verifier – verify accuracy of inference providers

Article URL: https://www.kimi.com/blog/kimi-vendor-verifier Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838703...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Expansion Artifacts

Article URL: https://mattstromawn.com/writing/expansion-artifacts/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Mercedes’ first all-electric C-Class is its sportiest one yet

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class, typically a benchmark in luxury compact sedans, now gets an all-important electric variant. T...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans

Article URL: https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/changes-to-github-copilot-individual-plans/ Comments URL: h...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Here's how F1 is tweaking its hybrid systems to try to save the show

Energy management and speed differentials are the problems of the day.

Technology Apr 20, 2026

You can grab a Sonos Era 100 for $85 off thanks to Sonos’ latest refurb sale

The new Sonos Era 100 SL keeps costs down by dropping the mics, but if you’d rather keep hands-free voice controls, pi...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

The Palantir's Stasi Protocols

Article URL: https://professorsigmund.com/praxis/palantir-stasi-protocols.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Robot runner handily beats humans in half-marathon, setting new record

A humanoid robot's record half-marathon run shows China's speed in robotics. ...

Technology Apr 20, 2026

Deezer says AI song uploads have nearly overtaken human music

Deezer says it receives nearly 75,000 AI-generated song submissions to its music streaming platform each day, accounting...