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John Ternus Succeeds Tim Cook as Apple CEO After 25 Years

Apple engineer John Ternus becomes CEO, succeeding Tim Cook after two decades leading hardware.

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John Ternus, 51, will succeed Tim Cook as Apple's chief executive officer on September 1, ending Cook's 15-year tenure as CEO. [1] Tim Cook will transition to the role of executive chairman of Apple's board of directors following his departure as CEO. [2] Perplexity has introduced a new feature called Hybrid Compute that splits sensitive AI tasks between local processing on the user's device and cloud-based AI. [3] Kekoso is a voice-to-text application for macOS that requires macOS 14.4 or later and Apple silicon hardware. [4] Kekoso processes all audio transcription and recognition locally on the user's Mac using the Neural Engine, without uploading data to external servers. [5] Apple reported its strongest June quarter ever with double-digit revenue growth across iPhone, Mac, and Services in every geography. [6] John Ternus joined Apple in 2001 and spent 25 years inside the company before his promotion to CEO. [7] Perplexity recommends that users utilize a machine with at least 32GB of unified memory to support the Hybrid Compute feature. [8] The Hybrid Compute feature is currently available exclusively on Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 15. [9] The application costs $29 as a one-time purchase, with no subscription fees or monthly charges. [10] The Hybrid Compute feature is currently available to Perplexity Pro subscribers. [11] Kekoso includes a feature to record calls and separate speaker streams, transcribing both the user's microphone input and the remote party's audio. [12]
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  1. John Ternus, 51, will succeed Tim Cook as Apple's chief executive officer on September 1, ending Cook's 15-year tenure as CEO. · Hindustan Times
  2. Tim Cook will transition to the role of executive chairman of Apple's board of directors following his departure as CEO. · Hindustan Times
  3. Perplexity has introduced a new feature called Hybrid Compute that splits sensitive AI tasks between local processing on the user's device and cloud-based AI. · bing.com
  4. Kekoso is a voice-to-text application for macOS that requires macOS 14.4 or later and Apple silicon hardware. · Kekoso
  5. Kekoso processes all audio transcription and recognition locally on the user's Mac using the Neural Engine, without uploading data to external servers. · Kekoso
  6. Apple reported its strongest June quarter ever with double-digit revenue growth across iPhone, Mac, and Services in every geography. · Hindustan Times
  7. John Ternus joined Apple in 2001 and spent 25 years inside the company before his promotion to CEO. · Hindustan Times
  8. Perplexity recommends that users utilize a machine with at least 32GB of unified memory to support the Hybrid Compute feature. · bing.com
  9. The Hybrid Compute feature is currently available exclusively on Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 15. · bing.com
  10. The application costs $29 as a one-time purchase, with no subscription fees or monthly charges. · Kekoso
  11. The Hybrid Compute feature is currently available to Perplexity Pro subscribers. · bing.com
  12. Kekoso includes a feature to record calls and separate speaker streams, transcribing both the user's microphone input and the remote party's audio. · Kekoso
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