Apple, Tim Cook and Trump
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Apple’s CEO called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after law passed requiring app stores to verify user ages.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook personally called Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to lobbying against an online child safety bill currently under consideration in the state.
Apple CEO Tim Cook called Greg Abbott to press him to stop the state’s proposed online child safety laws, report reveals - The tech boss had a cordial conversation with Greg Abbott last week, but made it clear that Apple was interested in stopping the bill,
For Tim Cook, the hits keep coming. On Friday, President Trump targeted Apple with new demands that the company make iPhones in the U.S., threatening 25% tariffs if the company doesn’t comply. “Rise and shine Tim Cook,
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Gene Munster, Deepwater Asset Management, joins 'Fast Money' to talk Apple's and Google's recent stock performance and possible headwinds both tech giants are facing.
It's just saying, ‘I think we can squeeze a little bit more out of you,’” Morningstar technology analyst William Kerwin told Fortune.
Buffett has sung Cook's praise in the past, too. In his 2021 letter to Berkshire shareholders, he wrote, "Tim Cook, Apple's brilliant CEO, quite properly regards users of Apple products as his first love, but all of his other constituencies benefit from Tim's managerial touch as well."
With the launch of the iPhone 17 imminent, Apple turned heads when it hired Mladen M. Hoyss, who until now was the software creative director of London-based Nothing, as the human interface designer.