Cook announced on Monday that he will transition out as the CEO of Apple, with John Ternus, Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering, set to take the top job in September.

Apple's leadership change is the ⁠start ⁠of a new phase for the ⁠iPhone maker, in which the focus will be on whether its deep ​hardware heritage can be successfully fused with AI to sustain growth in ...

Ternus is currently senior vice president of hardware, and he’s long been connected with the all-important hardware development stream inside the tech giant.