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Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus to take over

Usama Jawad — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:22:01 +0000

After months of speculation, Apple confirms Tim Cook will step down as CEO later this year, handing leadership to veteran John Ternus. Read more...

Apple is getting ready for Tim Cook's retirement, this is who is expected to take over

Paul Hill — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 07:36:01 +0000

Apple has reportedly begun taking steps to prepare for CEO Tim Cook's retirement next year. We also have a good idea who the next CEO will be. Read more...

What tech leaders say about Trump's $100,000 application fee on H-1B visas

Hamid Ganji — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:38:01 +0000

H-1B visas remain one of the key pathways for US companies to recruit top international talent. Applicants are now required to pay a $100,000 fee to the US government. Read more...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella finally addresses the elephant in the room... kind of

Usama Jawad — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 18:28:02 +0000

Following the thousands of layoffs earlier this month, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has addressed the topic while also sharing his vision for the company. Read more...

Sonos wants to win back your heart with this new CEO at the helm

David Uzondu — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:44:01 +0000

The past few months have been rocky for audio giant Sonos, but the new CEO is hoping to turn things around and rebuild customer trust. Read more...

Instacart CEO Fidji Simo to join OpenAI as CEO of Applications

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 08 May 2025 16:14:01 +0000

OpenAI is appointing Instacart CEO Fidji Simo as its new CEO of Applications to manage the company's rapidly growing product side and business operations. Read more...

Apple CEO Tim Cook took home nearly $75 million in 2024

Hamid Ganji — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 16:50:01 +0000

Apple's latest annual proxy filing shows that Tim Cook's compensations for 2024 rose to over $74.6 million, an 18 percent increase compared to 2023. Read more...

Intel interim co-CEO says new head will be strong in manufacturing and product side

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:40:01 +0000

Intel's interim CEO, David Zinsner, has said that the next CEO the company chooses will be knowledgeable on the manufacturing and product side of the business. Read more...

Susan Wojcicki, formative Google Exec and former YouTube CEO passed away at 56

Martin Hodás — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 07:42:01 +0000

One of the earliest Google employees, Susan Wojcicki, has died at the age of 56. The former CEO of YouTube stepped away from the key role early last year to focus on her family and health. Read more...

Twitter's new CEO has shared her first email to employees

Steve Bennett — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:26:01 +0000

Twitter's new CEO has now sent her first memo to the site's employees, having joined to take over the running of the majority of the company from Elon Musk after his purchase last year. Read more...

Lyft board member David Risher to become CEO on April 17

Paul Hill — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 22:54:01 +0000

Lyft has announced that David Risher will take over as CEO of the company on April 17. He has leadership experience from Amazon and Microsoft. The CEO and President will chair the board of directors. Read more...

Twitter CEO Elon Musk to look for his replacement by the end of 2023

Justin Luna — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:30:01 +0000

Business mogul and Twitter CEO Elon Musk said that he plans to look for his replacement by the end of 2023. This comes after a Twitter poll showed that a majority of users wanted him to step down. Read more...

Twitter CEO Elon Musk will resign once he finds someone 'foolish enough to take the job'

Justin Luna — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 02:58:01 +0000

Business mogul Elon Musk has finally acknowledged the results of his poll on Sunday night, where he asked the Twitter public if he should step down as head of the popular microblogging platform. Read more...

Twitter users want CEO Elon Musk to step down from his position

Justin Luna — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 02:28:01 +0000

After Twitter CEO Elon Musk ran a poll to ask the public whether he should step down as the social media company's CEO, over 57% of 17 million accounts said that they want Musk out. Read more...

Logitech's Bracken Darrell says semiconductor shortage to continue this year

Paul Hill — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:36:01 +0000

Logitech's CEO has said that he sees the semiconductor shortage continuing through the year. It echoes similar statements from other tech bosses but hopefully, things get back on track in 2023. Read more...

Stock awards give Tim Cook a huge income boost compared to 2020

Paul Hill — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 15:12:01 +0000

Tim Cook's pay jumped to a huge $98.7 million in 2021 meaning he got paid 1,447 times the median Apple salary of $68,254. The bulk of the figure came from stock awards that he was given. Read more...

Twitter updates its policy under new CEO, bans nonconsensual media of private individuals

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:18:02 +0000

Twitter has updated its private information policy to now include banning photos and videos that depict individuals who have not consented to share the media on the microblogging platform. Read more...

Jack Dorsey is reportedly stepping down from his position as Twitter CEO [Update]

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 15:22:01 +0000

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will be stepping down from his executive position from Twitter and continuing his position as CEO of digital payments company Square according to a report. Read more...

LG Electronics appoints new CEO and outlines plan to boost customer satisfaction

Paul Hill — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 09:54:01 +0000

LG has selected a new CEO, William Cho, who will take over the firm on December 1. Under his leadership, LG wants to address customer pain points and ultimately boost customer satisfaction. Read more...

Match Group appoints Tinder's first female CEO, Renate Nyborg

Paul Hill — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 20:40:01 +0000

Match Group, the parent company of Tinder, has appointed the latter's first female CEO. Renate Nyborg will be replacing Jim Lanzone who has taken up a post at Yahoo and chief executive. Read more...

Apple CEO Tim Cook sells five million shares for a $750 million payout

Usama Jawad — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 06:42:01 +0000

Apple CEO Tim Cook has reportedly sold five million shares worth roughly $750 million currently. The shares are part of his compensation package when he signed on as Apple's CEO in 2011. Read more...

Elon Musk denies demanding the CEO position from Apple's Tim Cook

Usama Jawad — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:16:01 +0000

A story about Tim Cook saying "F*ck you" to Elon Musk when he demanded the CEO position from the Apple executive is making the rounds on the internet. Musk says that the exchange never happened. Read more...

Intel's new CEO shares his vision for the company's future

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:18:02 +0000

Pat Gelsinger has taken over the role of CEO at Intel. The appointment was confirmed over the weekend. Gelsinger has a 30-year history at Intel and was the architect behind the 80486 processor. Read more...

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO in Q3

Rich Woods — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:32:01 +0000

Today, Jeff Bezos announced that starting in Q3, he'll no longer be CEO of Amazon, as he'll be transitioning to the role of Executive Chair. Andy Jassy will become the company's new CEO. Read more...

Huawei CEO: Honor's selling will be a 'clean break' for the company

Ather Fawaz — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 06:00:01 +0000

CEO of Huawei, Ren Zhengfei, said that the firm's divorce with its budget smartphone brand, Honor, will cut off all ties between the two companies, hopefully allowing Honor to regain U.S. tech. Read more...

Tim Cook signals that some changes courtesy of the work from home culture are here to stay

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 04:08:01 +0000

In an interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook has claimed that some things work well under the work from home format and those changes will remain in place at Apple even after the pandemic ends. Read more...

TikTok's CEO Kevin Mayer quits after just three months

Rajesh Pandey — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 05:40:01 +0000

TikTok's CEO Kevin Mayer has announced in an internal email that he is leaving the company influenced by the change in the political environment. He had joined TikTok as CEO in May this year. Read more...

Apple CEO Tim Cook joins the billionaires club as Apple nears $2 trillion in market value

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 07:02:01 +0000

The California tech giant's stocks rose by 5% last week, meaning that the company is nearing $2 trillion in market value and its CEO is the latest addition to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Read more...

Mitchell Baker has been named CEO of Mozilla again

Paul Hill — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 00:10:01 +0000

Long-time Mozillian, Mitchell Baker, has been named as the permanent CEO of Mozilla Corporation after stepping into the role on an interim basis back in December. She was also CEO between 2005 - 2008. Read more...

New Nokia President and CEO set to start work in September

Paul Hill — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 11:44:02 +0000

Nokia's Board has elected Pekka Lundmark to head the company from September. He will fill the roles of President and CEO. He takes over from Rajeev Suri who has headed Nokia for over a decade. Read more...

Sonos CEO announces that legacy speakers will work 'as long as possible'

Usman Khan Lodhi — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:02:01 +0000

Sonos CEO Patrick Spence apologized to customers after the company announced that older speakers would stop receiving updates, saying that the speakers will keep working as long as possible. Read more...

Satya Nadella responds to employee complaints about HoloLens deal with U.S. military

Usama Jawad — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:16:01 +0000

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has defended the company's decision to work with the U.S. military, saying that " it's really about being a responsible corporate citizen in a democracy". Read more...

Intel names Robert Swan as its CEO

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:14:28 +0000

Intel's interim CEO for the past seven months, Robert Swan, has been tapped by the chipmaker to retain the position on a permanent basis. Swan will also join the company's board of directors. Read more...

Free Download: CEO Fraud Prevention Manual

News Staff — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 19:00:01 +0000

CEO fraud has victimized more than 22,000 organizations and is responsible for over $3 billion in losses. Find out how you can create a human firewall to prevent it with this manual. Read more...

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigns due to "a consensual relationship" with an employee

Vishal Laul — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:42:02 +0000

Brian Krzanich has resigned from the positions of Intel's CEO and its board of directors, the company announced today. Intel CFO Robert Swan will be taking over as the interim CEO for the time being. Read more...

Nintendo appoints new boss as it posts a bumper 500% increase in operating profit

Boyd Chan — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 11:26:02 +0000

Having racked up an operating profit of ¥178 billion for the fiscal year ending March 2018, Nintendo announced that Shuntaro Furukawa will succeed its retiring president, Tatsumi Kimishima, in June. Read more...

Twitter CEO admits platform is too complex for users

Paul Hill — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:34:01 +0000

Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, has claimed that a third of all new daily users are disappointed with the service because they struggle to work out what to do. He said the service needs to be easier to use. Read more...

BlackBerry CEO states that the company is now "out of danger"

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 05:04:01 +0000

After years of decline and lowered revenue streams, BlackBerry is finally out of danger. That is what CEO John Chen stated today in an interview, during the firm's move from NASDAQ to the NYSE. Read more...

Uber's board wants to cut ex-CEO's power in next meeting

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 11:24:01 +0000

The fight between ex-Uber CEO, Travis Kalanick, and the board is continuing. On Tuesday, the board will seek to limit the power Kalanick has by removing his allies on the board and ending supervoting. Read more...

Head of PlayStation, Andrew House departing after 27 years

Dreyer Smit — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 09:38:02 +0000

Current CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, the division that heads the popular PlayStation brand will pursue new challenges after a tenure of 27 years at the Japanese electronics giant. Read more...