John Ternus has officially taken over as Apple's chief executive, succeeding Tim Cook, who led the company for 15 years. Ternus previously served as Apple's senior VP of Hardware Engineering.
In his first memo to staff, Ternus said the company has "a huge launch next week that's going to be phenomenal," according to Bloomberg. The launch in question is Apple's annual iPhone event on September 9, expected to include the company's first foldable iPhone and a broader rollout of the redesigned Siri.
Cook, in a farewell note to employees, called Ternus "brilliant and wonderful and capable" and said few people understand what it takes to build world-changing products the way Ternus does.
Also in Apple's pipeline: camera-equipped AirPods, smart glasses, and a touchscreen laptop.
On this day in history, 12 years ago, Hal Finney passed away. When the Bitcoin white paper was first published, many cryptographers ignored the idea. Hal Finney was one of the few engineers who believed it could change the world and was first to receive a Bitcoin transaction. 👀
⚡️ Ethena bought out locked seed investor tokens and agreed to eliminate future VC monthly unlock overhang, while proposing a fee switch that would direct 95% of net protocol revenue to ENA buybacks. 👀
DeFi Development Corp resumed its Solana buys, acquiring roughly 19,000 SOL at an average $98.14 to bring its treasury to about 2.33M SOL and SOL equivalents. 👀
Bill Gates: AI is moving faster than society is ready for 👀
Gates warns that millions of jobs could disappear, while AI could dramatically increase cyber, biological and even loss-of-control risks. At the same time, he believes AI could transform medicine, education and science if governments prepare early
AI could be humanity’s greatest equalizer - or its biggest disruption 🚬
First Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transaction on Mainnet.
StarkWare researcher Avihu Levy has completed the first confirmed quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction on mainnet, without requiring a soft fork or changes to Bitcoin’s consensus rules.