Primary Technology
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Apple’s John Ternus Era, Tim Cook’s Legacy, ChatGPT Images 2.0 is Actually Good
Episode Description
Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple’s CEO on Sept 1st and John Ternus is taking the reigns. We discuss Cook’s Legacy, the last CEO transition from Jobs to Cook, and what we expect from a Ternus-led Apple. Plus, OpenAI’s new image generator is actually good, and Jason is building a wild notes app.
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Links from the show
- The Master Engineer Taking Over Apple (and Why It Matters) - YouTube
- I Tested 12 Podcast Apps - YouTube
- Tim Cook’s Farewell Letter Just Revealed His Most Important Leadership Habit - Inc
- Tim Cook Is Stepping Down as Apple’s CEO. He’s Keeping the Most Important Job—for Now
- Optimising Vibe-Coded Next.js Applications for Performance, Crawlability and Search Success — Will Kennard
- Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman John Ternus to become Apple CEO - Apple
- Photo from Apple’s Town Hall
- Tim Cook tells employees why he chose to step down now, what's next for him - 9to5Mac
- Community Letter from Tim - Apple
- Johny Srouji named Apple’s Chief Hardware Officer - Apple
- Daring Fireball: Another Day Has Come
- OpenAI’s updated image generator can now pull information from the web | The Verge
- ChatGPT Image Post on Bluesky
- OpenAI updates ChatGPT with Codex-powered 'workspace agents' for teams - 9to5Mac
- Google teases Gemini-powered Siri upgrade during Cloud Next keynote - 9to5Mac
- Amazon invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic part of AI infrastructure
- SpaceX lands deal to likely purchase Cursor, a Claude Code and OpenAI Codex competitor - 9to5Mac
- Threads is adding Live Chats to boost real-time engagement | TechCrunch
- (00:00) - Intro
- (07:31) - Tim Cook's Legacy
- (18:03) - John Ternus Era
- (39:20) - Sponsor: Framer
- (41:06) - Sponsor: Granola
- (42:23) - Sponsor: Claude
- (43:54) - Cook's Wins and Failures
- (53:58) - ChatGPT 2.0 Images
- (59:57) - Lightning Round
- (01:03:18) - Jason's Notes App