Tim Cook

With iOS 14.5, which Apple will release today, iPhone owners will have the option to explicitly choose whether to let apps like Facebook track them across other apps. A new profile from the New York Times today elaborates on how Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook became foes due to Apple’s privacy push.

As the launch of App Tracking Transparency with iOS 14.5 nears, Apple continues to defend the privacy-preserving feature against backlash. In a new interview with the Toronto Star, Apple CEO Tim Cook discussed App Tracking Transparency, as well as Apple’s ongoing legal battle with Epic Games.

The US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on antitrust has been planning a hearing over app store concerns “for weeks” with Apple and Google two of the primary companies involved. Now a new letter to Tim Cook from Senators Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee says that Apple has “abruptly” backed out of sending a witness for the hearing this month after previously engaging with US Senate staff and that the choice is “unacceptable.”

Among the topics discussed in a recent NYT interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook was the idea of voting on iPhones. Cook argued that using smartphones to make voting easier and more convenient could help solve the problems of low voter turnout and voter suppression.

But Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has responded by calling the idea “preposterous” …

The UK government’s introduction of digital taxes on companies like Apple and Google could provoke a new trade war between the US and UK.

The digital taxes apply to online products sold within the UK such as App Store purchases, and have been estimated to total of almost a billion dollars a year …

Tim Cook was interviewed today on journalist Kara Swisher’s Sway podcast. Apple’s CEO talked about his admiration for Tesla and its lead in electric vehicles and noted that he “probably” won’t be at Apple in 10 years’ time. Another thing Cook talked about was AR and its role in Apple’s future.

Update: The full podcast interview with Tim Cook and Kara Swisher is now available.

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook will give an interview to The New York Times’ Kara Swisher on Monday, according to a tweet by the journalist. In the interview, the two will discuss the right-wing social app Parler and Apple’s feud with Facebook.

Some Apple executives received on Friday a tentative initial witness list to testify in the Apple vs Epic Games case set to be held in May. The list includes Tim Cook, Craig Federighi, and others.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has written a rare opinion article for the Wall Street Journal in which he focuses on how the pandemic over the last year has “forced each of us to re-examine and to change how we live, work and relate to one another.” The Apple CEO calls for a “durable and hopeful future for all.”

The pandemic has affected the way all of us work and interact with family and friends, and Apple’s CEO Tim Cook is no exception. In a new interview with People, Cook talks about working from home, and he also shared his hopes for the future and a little bit of information about his routine in a video.

As Apple continues to navigate its tricky relationship with China, Tim Cook is set to attend this year’s China Development Forum (CDF) put on by the Chinese government. The 2021 CDF is expected to see its biggest ever foreign attendance hinting that despite political turbulence and some companies moving manufacturing out of the country, China remains a powerful hub for global business.

In a new interview on the Chinese video-sharing platform Bilibili, Apple CEO Tim Cook talks with a 22-year-old Chinese student-turned-video creator.

Cook discusses Apple’s recipe for innovation, the influence of China on iDevice features, his two most-used apps, the importance of education and his driving force…

Bloomberg has a long and sprawling Tim Cook profile, covering everything from his operations expertise to his diplomacy in dealing with the Trump era, and how he will need to employ some of those same skills in working with President Biden.

The lengthy feature skirts rather close to feeling like a puff piece in places – singing Cook’s virtues at considerable length – but balances this with some interesting insider baseball on the company …

Apple CEO Tim Cook has penned a letter to US President Joe Biden on behalf of Business Roundtable. In the letter, Cook praises Biden’s swift action on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and says the group looks forward to working together on future issues.

Earlier today, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at the Computers, Privacy & Data Protection conference as today is Data Privacy Day. Following the keynote, Cook also talked about Apple’s commitment to privacy and about the role of technology in igniting extremism in an interview with Fast Company.

Speaking at the EU data protection conference CPDP today, Tim Cook gave the opening keynote with his talk entitled “A path to empowering user choice and boosting user trust in advertising.” Cook covered Apple’s concerns about privacy and security in the technology industry, the hope it sees for change going forward, what it is doing to protect privacy, its deep concerns and consequences with Facebook’s business model, and much more.

Billion is quickly becoming the theme of Apple’s holiday earnings quarter results. For starters, Apple has earned well over $100 billion in a single quarter for the first time in the company’s history. Apple has also hit new milestones with its active install base of devices. According to CEO Tim Cook, there are now more than 1 billion iPhones being used by customers around the world, and Apple’s total install base is at an all-time high.

Apple held an event in 2019 at one of its facilities in Austin, where the company has been assembling Mac Pro since 2013. Apple CEO Tim Cook invited Donald Trump to announce that the new-generation Mac Pro would also be assembled in the US — but it seems that Trump got more than just an invitation that day. His final financial report revealed that Trump also received a Mac Pro as a gift.

As expected, Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace this morning. In the interview, Cook justified Apple’s decision to remove Parler from the App Store, talked about Apple’s new investments in its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, and more.