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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 85044, member: 27"] Tim Cook might not be bailing yet, but Apple's already setting the table for whoever's next in line. Apple preps John Ternus for the big chair [LIST] [*]Cook's been running Apple for over 10 years at this point, and whispers about him leaving kicked off back in November 2025 [*]Financial Times and another outlet floated 2026 as his exit year, but Mark Gurman from a business publication shut that down fast [*]Gurman's still saying Cook isn't going anywhere right this second, but he agrees on one thing: John Ternus is the guy they want when the time comes [*]Ternus already runs hardware, but late 2025 brought him a new gig as the executive sponsor for Apple's design crew [*]On paper, the design team still answers to Cook, but Ternus basically sits at the top of that ladder in Cupertino now [*]This move is dripping with symbolism because Apple's design leaders have always carried serious weight in the company [*]If Cook wanted to signal his succession plans, handing Ternus design oversight is like lighting a massive signal fire [*]Big design calls at Apple need buy-in from software engineering, marketing, and other groups, which means Ternus gets his hands dirty across the whole operation in this new role [/LIST] Cook's restructuring the leadership deck [LIST] [*]Apple swapped out John Giannandrea, who was leading AI efforts, and brought in Amar Subramanya from Microsoft [*]Craig Federighi, the software engineering boss, got broader control over AI strategy [*]These shake-ups have injected fresh energy into Apple's AI plans [*]The company just teamed up with Google to overhaul Siri, which could drop with iOS 26.4 [*]The revamped assistant will finally get in-app actions, personal context awareness, and on-screen awareness after a long wait [*]Apple's plotting a standalone Siri chatbot for 2027 to go head-to-head with ChatGPT [*]They're also cooking up a wearable AI pin to compete with whatever OpenAI's about to release for regular consumers [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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