John Ternus Takes Over Apple With His First Big Launch Days Away

John Ternus Takes Over Apple With His First Big Launch Days Away

Apple’s longtime hardware chief takes over from Tim Cook just one week before the company’s biggest annual product event. Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images It’s September 1, and day one for Apple’s new CEO, John Ternus. His first major public test is just a week away: hosting Apple’s flagship product launch event next Wednesday. In…

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Larry Fink’s $59 Billion Change of Heart

Larry Fink’s  Billion Change of Heart

CEO of BlackRock Larry Fink speaks during a panel at the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026, in Washington, DC. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images In October 2017, Larry Fink stood before a banking-industry audience and reduced bitcoin to five words: “an index of money laundering.” The BlackRock CEO has had plenty of company…

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Why Is Nepal So Vulnerable to Flooding?

Why Is Nepal So Vulnerable to Flooding?

That means that the area where the floods occurred has become far more populated than it once was. “They have always had these flooding events,” says Ekström. “It’s just that now we have a lot more people and infrastructure in these steep valleys. What 100 years ago maybe would have killed dozens of people now…

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Meet Sean Parnell, Pentagon’s Chief Spokesperson and a Contender to Succeed Army Secretary Driscoll

Meet Sean Parnell, Pentagon’s Chief Spokesperson and a Contender to Succeed Army Secretary Driscoll

Prior to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submitting his resignation Monday, Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell had been suggested by some close to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as a potential replacement for the Senate-confirmed position. The Hill reported last week that Parnell’s name was being floated, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Asked about…

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The Chaebol Fortunes That Built South Korea’s Art World

The Chaebol Fortunes That Built South Korea’s Art World

A visitor at “Hallyu! The Korean Wave” at the V&A Museum, London, September 2022. Stephen Chung / Alamy Live News The “Korean Wave” is the result of a complex entanglement of private and public forces shaped by unprecedented alignment between strategic government policy and ambitious mega-corporations that began integrating art and culture into their sprawling…

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