India's government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone firms to enable satellite location tracking that is always activated for better surveillance, a move opposed by Apple, Google and Samsung due to privacy concerns, according to documents, emails and five sources.
Four top lieutenants have left the past 12 months while dozens of others defect to rivals.
Apple announced some executive transitions Thursday (Dec. 4), saying two executives are preparing to retire. Lisa Jackson, vice president for environment, policy and social initiatives, will retire in late January 2026, while Kate Adams, general counsel, will retire in late 2026, Apple said in a press release.
Lisa Jackson, who led sustainability initiatives at Apple, will retire in January., and Kate Adams, the company's general counsel, will retire late next year.
Apple on Thursday announced that Meta Platforms' chief legal officer, Jennifer Newstead, will join the company as its general counsel and senior vice president.
Apple's executive shake-up continues. Days after announcing AI chief John Giannandrea's departure, and the loss of design exec Alan Dye to Meta, the iPhone maker shared the news of two more exec retirements.
Apple's general counsel, Kate Adams, and its vice president for environment, policy, and social initiatives, Lisa Jackson, will retire from Apple, the company announced on Thursday. The two executives previously reported to Apple CEO Tim Cook and represent the latest sign that Apple's senior leadership is seeing a slew of exits.
Investors are on edge. AI valuations have skyrocketed, data center expenditures are at an all-time high, and every earnings call now hints at even larger GPU clusters.
Russia has introduced restrictions against Apple's video-calling app FaceTime, widely used in the country after the government restricted WhatsApp and Telegram call services, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday.
Meta is establishing a new creative studio in its Reality Labs division and has hired longtime Apple design executive Alan Dye to lead it. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO at Meta, announced these moves in a Wednesday (Dec. 3) post on Threads.
Alan Dye, the design executive who led Apple's user interface team for the last decade, is leaving the company to join Meta, according to a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
Meta hired longtime Apple design leader Alan Dye to run a new Reality Labs creative studio The studio will bring together design, fashion, and technology. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company will treat intelligence as a "new design material.