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“Apple has a new CEO; he’s a hardware guy.” That quick distillation of Apple’s impending leadership change spread fast across Silicon Valley and the broader tech world. The company’s choice, John Ternus, rose through the ranks on the hardware side, taking over iPhone engineering in 2020 and all hardware engineering a year later. Analysts say Ternus’s elevation to succeed Tim Cook signals that Apple will enter the AI era with a family posture: using AI strategically to make its devices work better, but not stretching to incorporate AI into all of its services and businesses. While its peers are pouring…

WEEHAWKEN, NJ – JULY 18: Children play in a park in front of the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center on a night with a hazy sunset in New York City on July 18, 2023, as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)Getty ImagesNearly half of the children in the U.S. are breathing unhealthy levels of air pollution, despite significant progress in improving air quality, according to a new analysis.Data from the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report shows 33.5 million children in the U.S., or 46% of people under 18…

Open almost any newspaper, scroll through LinkedIn, or listen to the latest business podcast, and you will encounter a familiar theme: the return of the strong leader. From “wartime CEOs” to hard-charging founders and authoritarian coaching styles in elite sports, and the virtues of “hands on” leaders, there is a growing narrative that command-and-control leadership is not only back, but necessary. The appeal is intuitive. When the world feels volatile and uncertain, decisiveness offers comfort, and centralized authority promises clarity. But, is this resurgence real, or are we simply observing a handful of highly visible cases amplified by media and…

New worries for Pixel users.dpa/picture alliance via Getty ImagesDespite its control of hardware and firmware, Google triggers a surprising number of serious issues for Pixel users after security updates are installed. This pattern has repeated in recent months, and now there’s a new worry for users.Per 9to5Google, “following the rollout of the April 2026 update on Google Pixel phones, a widespread battery drain issue has hit, but the company is looking into the matter.” There’s no fix as yet, but Google has asked forum users for more info. The number of users complaining is accelerating quickly.ForbesHow To Save Disappearing Messages…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Mistakes don’t bring down brands. Poor responses to mistakes do. Public responses that don’t ring true or sincere with your customer base will breed distrust. Accountability, authenticity and consistency are the ingredients of the recipe for honesty that will see you through a brand reputation crisis. When a crisis befalls a public figure or entity, the spotlight can feel unforgiving. Even before the facts are fully known or a statement has been crafted, followers start voicing their disappointment. Questions in headlines start generating more questions. And brand handlers start second-guessing…

Oracle recently laid off thousands of employees by email. While headlines focused on the losses, another story is also unfolding quietly among those who remain, in offices, Slack channels, and video calls.  If you survived a layoff, you’re likely feeling a complicated mix of emotions. You may feel relieved to keep your job. You may feel guilty because your colleague didn’t. You might feel frustrated, maybe angry, at how it was handled. And maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed being expected to carry all the responsibilities they were handling. Underneath all of it, there’s anxiety: am I next? These emotions are real,…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Smart entrepreneurs today are using the “Lego” strategy: Think about a Lego set — you can build a castle today, then, you can take it apart and by tomorrow, those same bricks can become a spaceship. This is how you should think about your company. The goal is to be “liquid.” You want your business to be able to flow into whatever shape the market needs. Building a business used to be very permanent. You signed a 10-year lease for a big office. You bought expensive servers. You hired 50…

FREIBURG IM BREISGAU, GERMANY – APRIL 19: DAZN logo shown on a microphone prior to the Bundesliga match between SC Freiburg and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 at Europa-Park Stadion on April 19, 2026 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. (Photo by Daniela Porcelli/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe upcoming weekend was set to feature two boxing cards on DAZN, but now there will only be one. The Lawrence Okolie vs. Tony Yoka card that was originally set to take place at the Adidas Arena in Paris, France has been canceled.The Voluntary Anti-Doping Association administered PED testing for the fight and informed Queensberry of an…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Building a brand that really matters requires patience and a commitment to providing genuine value. It’s not about finding the next hack or tricking the algorithm — it’s about earning trust, one piece of meaningful content at a time. Focus on creating an audience that consumes deeply, shares organically and buys frictionlessly. That’s how you build a brand that lasts. For years, I watched businesses chase the wrong things. They obsessed over follower counts, celebrated viral posts and treated likes like currency. They believed their brand was the sum of…

When Tim Cook’s tenure as CEO of Apple was still young, tech-industry pundits obsessed over one aspect of his new gig above all others. After returning to the company he cofounded, Jobs presided over an incredible run of epoch-shifting products: the iMac, iPod, iTunes Music Store, iPhone, iPhone App Store, and iPad. If Cook didn’t extend that streak, conventional wisdom went, Apple’s glory days would be over. That was always a silly way to look at the situation. In 2013, two years into the Cook era, I wrote that even the Jobs years were marked as much by relentless incremental…