
Tim Cook scores $47 million pay deal to stay on as Apple's chairman
Tim Cook is poised to earn about $47 million in annual salary and stock awards as Apple's chairman. Cook stepped down as Apple's CEO this week after 15 years in the top job.
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Tim Cook is poised to earn about $47 million in annual salary and stock awards as Apple's chairman. Cook stepped down as Apple's CEO this week after 15 years in the top job.

Tim Cook played a big part in linking Apple up to China's supply chains. How will Apple push forward on tech innovations in China – from AI and local partners like Alibaba, to AI & memory chips?

Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI has been central to its artificial intelligence strategy, but a forthcoming model highlights a growing risk as more powerful AI may also become harder to deploy quickly. OpenAI said on September 1 that Astra has reached the “Critical” cybersecurity capability threshold under its Preparedness Framework, the first OpenAI model to receive that designation.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #china--Euromonitor International, a leading global market intelligence company, announced the Euromonitor Passport agent, a new agent within Microsoft 365 Copilot and its first agentic integration into a third-party AI platform.The Euromonitor Passport agent enables users to ask questions in natural language and access trusted market intelligence directly through Microsoft 365 Copilot. Powered by Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration and Euromonitor's propriety Passport data.

Tesla stopped taking Solar Roof orders as of Aug. 20 and told its certified installers it will no longer supply the tiles, Electrek reported. Tesla hasn't reported a solar deployment figure since the fourth quarter of 2023.

Meta dropped the hammer on thousands of its AI glasses users who it detected physically tampering with the recording light. Meta has rolled out updates in recent weeks to combat bad actors in an effort to improve the glasses' reputation.

The iPhone maker increased John Ternus's annual salary the day he officially took the helm of Apple.

Apple has followed Google's lead and officially changed the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on its Apple Maps service less than a week after President Trump ordered the change.

John Ternus begins his first day as Apple CEO, bringing deep hardware and Apple Silicon expertise as the company navigates AI and chip challenges.

Tim Cook isn't just passing the torch, he's handing over one of the corporate world's biggest successes.

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s accelerating cloud growth, improving AI efficiency and greater visibility into investment returns prompted Bank of America to raise its price objective on the stock. The bank's new target of $600, up from $500, is based on 28 times its calendar year 2027 earnings-per-share estimate, up from 24 times previously.

Microsoft Corporation is my only hyperscaler pick, driven by its strategic management and resilience amid the AI investment surge. MSFT maintains positive free cash flow and low credit risk, contrasting with peers heavily reliant on debt to fund AI infrastructure. Trading at 26x forward earnings, below its 5-year average of 30x, MSFT offers a conservative 15% upside if re-rated.

Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL, XETRA:APC) shares climbed 2.7% as John Ternus officially became chief executive, succeeding Tim Cook. Ternus, previously Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering, was announced as Cook's successor in April 2026.

Tesla stock TSLA fell 3% on Tuesday, giving back part of its 5.5% gain from the previous session as investors reassessed the company's robo-taxi prospects and digested mixed vehicle registration data from Europe. Tesla shares were down 3.1% during Tuesday's session, compared with declines of about 0.5% for both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Nvidia Corporation more than doubled Q2 revenue YoY to $96B, while management still describes FY2028 growth as supply-constrained rather than demand-constrained. ACIE is growing faster and already accounts for a similar share of Data Center revenue as hyperscalers, reducing NVDA's dependence on a handful of customers. Vera Rubin, broader enterprise AI adoption, and new revenue models increasingly weaken the cyclicality argument but do not fully falsify it - some risk remains.