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Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO and hand reins over to the iPhone maker's hardware leader
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Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO and hand reins over to the iPhone maker's hardware leader

  • By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer
  • Updated

Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a 15-year reign that saw the company’s market value soar by more than $3.6 trillion during an iPhone-fueled era of prosperity. The 65-year-old Cook will hand the CEO duties to Apple’s head of hardware products, John Ternus, on Sept. 1 while remaining involved with the Cupertino, California, company as executive chairman. Although he never shook the perception that he lacked Jobs’ vision, Cook leveraged the popularity of the iPhone and other breakthroughs orchestrated by his predecessor to lift Apple to heights that seemed unfathomable when it was on the brink of bankruptcy during the mid-1990s.

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Russia's internet crackdown leads to a spring of growing discontent

  • By DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

Anger and frustration is growing in Russia over government restrictions on the internet that have disrupted daily life, hurt businesses and brought condemnation from both Kremlin critics and supporters alike. The intensifying crackdown has shut down regular cellphone internet connections, blocked popular messaging apps and throttled thousands of other websites and digital services. Activists have organized small rallies, filed lawsuits and plastered posters to voice rising discontent over the measures. Industry leaders have pleaded with the government to reconsider, saying the restrictions harm daily life and businesses. Russia aims to control the internet and block virtual private networks, pushing users to use government-controlled apps.