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A look at Tim Cook’s 15-year legacy as CEO of Apple

Cook, who joined Apple in 1998, succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO in 2011 and went on to transform Apple into a $4 trillion powerhouse. 

Twelve South’s magnetic PowerBug charger is down to just $35

If you’re tired of dealing with a cluttered desk or nightstand, the Twelve South PowerBug cuts down on cables by plugging directly into the wall and handling multiple devices at once. And right now, it’s down to a new low price, starting at $35.05 ($15 off) at Amazon. All you need to do is plug […]

Govee’s new rechargeable table lamp is less than half the price of Hue’s

Nearly four years after Philips Hue launched its Go portable table lamp, Govee has announced its own version for less than half the price. While the Hue Go is currently listed for $175.99, the new Govee Table Lamp Classic has launched at $79.99. Assuming you're okay with never using it outside, Govee's alternative may be […]

Tim Cook's Legacy Is Turning Apple Into a Subscription

The soon-to-exit Apple CEO went all in on services. Now, the incoming CEO, John Ternus, will need to embrace the AI era.

Celebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTube

YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake monitoring feature to Hollywood - meaning some celebrity AI videos could soon disappear. The platform's likeness detection feature searches YouTube for AI deepfake content and flags it for public figures enrolled in the program. Public figures can use it to keep track of AI content on YouTube of themselves […]

The Mac is in good hands in Apple’s post-Cook era

The Mac reached a series of low points in the Tim Cook era: the fiasco of the butterfly keyboard, the clunky transition to USB-C, the underutilized potential of the Touch Bar, and the occasionally lackluster Intel chip performance. For a while, it seemed like Apple had shifted all of its attention, innovation, and care toward […]

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets a price cut but loses new Call of Duty games

After Xbox CEO Asha Sharma admitted last week that "Game Pass has become too expensive for players," Microsoft is dropping the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Starting today, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate drops from $29.99 to $22.99 a month, and PC Game Pass moves to $13.99, down from $16.49 a […]

The Vercel breach: OAuth attack exposes risk in platform environment variables

Vercel April 2026 security incident - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47824463 - April 2026 (485 comments)

A Roblox cheat and one AI tool brought down Vercel's platform - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47844431 - April 2026 (145 comments)

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Clarifai deletes 3 million photos that OkCupid provided to train facial recognition AI, report says

The photo deletion comes after an FTC settlement with Clarifai. The company had asked OkCupid — whose executives had invested in Clarifai — to share data in 2014, according to court documents.

Wearable health tech might be Tim Cook’s greatest legacy 

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Granted, 19th-century proverb writers were talking about the fruit, but Tim Cook helped give new meaning to the adage with the release of the very first Apple Watch. In fact, I'd argue that when he hands the reins to John Ternus in September, it won't be iPhones, […]