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Tuesday 1 September 2026
AI Macs, Part 2: Mac mini, Mac Studio gain enterprise AI ground; Apple still lacks the platform
Apple's AI hardware momentum is forcing an enterprise question it did not plan for. Mac mini and Mac Studio are increasingly being used as local AI infrastructure, but Apple's business...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
John Ternus takes over an Apple with one growth engine, no obvious second
John Ternus becomes Apple's chief executive on September 1 with comfortable near-term numbers and an uncomfortable medium-term question. Apple's June quarter was a record. Its largest...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Analysis: Tim Cook hands Ternus a slower-growing but far richer Apple than the one Steve Jobs left him
When John Ternus becomes chief executive on September 1, the company he inherits will be measured on a scorecard Tim Cook wrote, not the one Steve Jobs left behind. Fifteen years of...
Monday 31 August 2026
AI Macs, Part 1: OpenAI reportedly buys tens of thousands of Macs for reinforcement learning
Apple's Mac mini and Mac Studio are becoming unlikely fixtures in AI infrastructure. OpenAI has reportedly bought tens of thousands of the desktops for reinforcement learning and is...
Monday 31 August 2026
Cook made sustainability an Apple feature; the ledger he leaves John Ternus is mixed
Tim Cook's most durable non-financial decision was to treat environmental and social performance as product attributes rather than corporate disclosure. It worked well enough that...
Monday 31 August 2026
The architect of Apple's China machine also built its hardest problem
What Tim Cook leaves John Ternus on September 1 is best measured not by margin but by geography. Cook spent twenty-eight years concentrating Apple's manufacturing in one country, then...
Monday 31 August 2026
Weekly news roundup: US pressures Korea chip investment, MediaTek wins Google TPU, Apple debuts 2nm M6
Semiconductor investment, AI chips, advanced packaging and data center infrastructure dominated the week, with South Korea facing US pressure, India scaling chip manufacturing, and...
Friday 28 August 2026
Apple's M6 marks a transitional step before wider 2nm adoption
Apple on August 25 unveiled the M6 and M5 Ultra chips without holding a launch event, with the M6 becoming the company's first processor built on TSMC's 2nm process and debuting in...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Ford adopts Apple Maps data for next-gen smart driving
Ford Motor Company has announced that it will be adopting Apple's MapKit for Automotive software development kit (SDK) for its own universal EV platform, and feed Apple Maps data to...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Apple unveils 2nm M6 Mac mini as workstation race heats up
Apple unexpectedly opened preorders for its new Mac mini on August 25, introducing the M6, its first chip built on a 2nm process, while also offering a higher-end version powered by...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Apple sets September 9 event for foldable iPhone and iPhone 18 Pro debut
Apple said it will hold its fall product launch event on September 9 at 10 a.m. Pacific timei. The presentation, titled "Surprise and shine," will be hosted by the new chief executive...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Apple, Huawei foldables to collide in September, lifting ultra-thin glass, hinge and cooling demand
Huawei and Apple are set to intensify competition in foldable smartphones in September, accelerating demand across a supply chain spanning foldable OLED panels, ultra-thin glass, hinges,...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Apple pressure on OLED prices squeezes South Korean panel profits
Apple is reportedly negotiating lower unit prices with South Korean OLED panel suppliers as surging prices for high-performance mobile DRAM, NAND flash, and other memory chips threaten...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Cook's parting shot: Apple takes AI compute out of data centers
Apple took pre-orders on August 25 for a new Mac mini and Mac Studio. Both will ship on September 22. Prices of the Mac mini start at US$899 with the M6 chip, or $1,699 with the M5...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Trump weighs Apple China chip deal as CXMT runs full
Apple is seeking to diversify its supply chain to ease pressure from rising memory costs and has reportedly sought US government clearance to buy memory from blacklisted Chinese chipmaker...