Mark Gurman

THE BIG TAKE: As Apple turns 50, the wheels of succession are in motion. John Ternus is the company's "nice guy" CEO heir apparent. The most in-depth look at Ternus, his growing empire and Apple’s Tim Cook succession plans to date. bloomberg.com/features/2026-…

Amazon’s acquisition of Globalstar is poised to benefit Apple’s own satellite ambitions. Here’s why: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@AnishKattukaran How about ability to change WiFi network of a camera without setting it up from scratch?

Oh, and we’ve knocked out several bugs in the Home App this week that should improve performance. We’ve redesigned Nest Camera connections on iOS for more dependable live streams, cleaned up the image quality for timeline scrolling, and polished the thermostat settings UI.

Power On: Apple’s upcoming AI smart glasses will come in several styles and colors - and the company is testing a unique vertical oval camera design. The latest on Apple’s next major product. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Also in Power On: It’s Apple’s longtime AI chief John Giannandrea’s last official week at the company. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Apple plans to close its first unionized store, one of only two union sites in the US: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @markgurman Union says it's "exploring all legal options and will work with elected officials and allies to hold Apple accountable."

Apple is closing its retail store in Towson, Maryland — a location that drew national attention in recent years as the center of a rare unionization effort by the iPhone maker’s employees bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: Apple’s foldable iPhone is - as of now - on track for a September debut with the iPhone 18 Pro. While supply could be limited initially, it’s also on track to go on sale at the same time - or soon after - the Pro models. Nikkei report is off base. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@rfischmann here's the transcript

@markgurman So you're backtracking on what you said just a few days ago, pointing for a launch towards the end of the year?

@tbpn @samsheffer 🙌🙌🙌

BREAKING: @samsheffer has joined Google DeepMind

@LegionHoops As a Lakers fan, I’m anti Warriors but this is spot on and great for the league and global sports in general.

Steve Kerr on Stephen Curry returning: “He's the greatest face of a franchise that I've ever seen... We owe it to our fans to give them the opportunity to watch Steph Curry play basketball this year. And Steph doesn’t even think twice about that. That’s what he wants. That’s what we want. That’s what our fans want. So we’re going to do that.” (h/t @UnderdogNBA)

Sonos laid off numerous employees on its marketing team today, part of a restructuring under new CMO Colleen DeCourcy. The company launched its first new consumer hardware products in over a year just yesterday. Full story: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

THE BIG TAKE: As Apple turns 50, the wheels of succession are in motion. John Ternus is the company's "nice guy" CEO heir apparent. The most in-depth look at Ternus, his growing empire and Apple’s Tim Cook succession plans to date. bloomberg.com/features/2026-…

@Lakers Rob was right on JJ. Great hire.

A night full of milestones for the squad 🙌

The newest battleground for premium credit cards isn’t travel - it’s your health. Amex and Chase are now offering perks for wearables like @ouraring and @WHOOP, pulling affluent users deeper into both ecosystems. My latest👇 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A week after OpenAI said it plans to shutter its AI video generator, Sora, rival tools like Kling AI, RunwayM and Vidu are already gaining ground bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s memo to staff today to mark its 50th Anniversary. “The opportunities ahead of us are among the greatest we have ever seen.”

@Samsung_Kingpin Yeah we’re talking about two completely different things.

@markgurman Here’s a recording with my voice in the video. As you can see, I’m in one Siri session and it’s able to do multiple things at once.

NEW: Apple is testing the ability for Siri to - finally - be able to handle multiple commands at once in iOS 27. For example, asking for the weather + making a calendar appointment + checking the news in one query. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@Samsung_Kingpin That’s obviously completely different than multiple commands at once

@markgurman But it's consistent I'm not leaving Siri whenever I'm doing it. I give it one command and then it does it and then I give it another command and then it does it I do it in the same session.