Apple executive chairman Tim Cook is expected to attend a White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping, reports Bloomberg.
Cook stepped down as Apple CEO and transitioned to executive chairman on September 1, with John Ternus taking over. Part of Cook's new role includes engaging with policymakers around the world.
U.S. President Donald Trump invited Cook, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, among others. The dinner will be held next week during Xi's visit to Washington.
Cook has attended multiple state dinners with Xi. Earlier this year, Xi held a state dinner for Trump in Beijing where Cook was present, and in 2015, Cook was seated next to Xi at a state dinner then-President Barack Obama hosted.
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Former Apple CEO Tim Cook played a major role in the development of the foldable iPhone, which could reach around $3,000 with storage upgrades, according to new details shared by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
Early in the development of the foldable iPhone, the company reportedly targeted a starting retail price of $1,999, hoping to come under the "potentially controversial $2,000 barrier." The...
Tim Cook will be stepping down as Apple's CEO on September 1, with the company's hardware engineering John Ternus set to take over. With the transition set to take place tomorrow, there have been quite a few headlines about Cook lately.
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Monday September 7, 2026 2:27 am PDT by Tim Hardwick
Tim Cook will attend the screening for Apple's "Surprise and Shine" event this Wednesday, but he will not feature in the event video itself, according to sources cited by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Cook stepped down as Apple CEO on September 1 to become executive chairman of the company, paving the way for John Ternus to take over the top job.
In his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman said that...
Basically, Cook is still the CEO of Apple, but just not officially. He's the shadow CEO of Apple. John Ternus is just Cook's puppet. Cook's goal has been to maximize profits, and he realized he could make even more profit by focusing his efforts on making corrupt deals with corrupt politicians (both domestic like Trump, Obama, Biden, etc., and foreign) who prioritize corporations over their own citizens. Such corrupt deals include tax breaks for Apple, turning a blind eye to Apple exploiting tax loopholes, turning a blind eye to labor exploitation, etc.
Cook decided it would be more lucrative for Apple and its shareholders to have Cook focus his time and efforts on hobnobbing with politicians (including and Epstein-class politicians) in order to secure shady backroom deals, and let Ternus take care of a lot of the other CEO-related tasks.
The fact that nothing has changed in their leadership gives a lot of weight to this comment. Usually when a new CEO takes over, people retire, people are ousted (RIP Forstall) and c-suite shuffles around.
Why would you expect anything significant change in leadership in the first two weeks? Honestly. I know tech nerds on MacRumors are upset at Apple, but you know who’s not? Shareholders. You know what’s a good way to get shareholders nervous - shaking up the executive team of an extremely well run company that is making a ton of money during a CEO transition.
Ternus brought none of that. Everyone is where they've always been. In all honesty, you can't even tell things have changed one way or another. Unlike when Cook took over for Jobs. That was a firestorm.
Cook became permanent CEO in August 2011. The first change in the executive team was October 2012, 14 months later when Forstall got canned because he (reportedly) was impossible to work with and wouldn’t apologize for a botched Maps rollout he was responsible for.
It’s been 15 days since Ternus took over. And Schiller is reportedly already taking a step back. Give Ternus a minute.
