Apple Taps Product Veteran to Take Over in the AI Era
WSJ Minute Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hear that. It's your big McDonald's hunger calling. |
| 0:03.4 | And that's not just any kind of hunger. It's the kind that calls for, the big arch. |
| 0:07.5 | Stack with juicy beef, cheddar cheese, and that big arch sauce. |
| 0:10.8 | Oh, and don't forget those crispy onions. |
| 0:13.3 | Hungry? You are now. |
| 0:16.5 | Serve from 11 a.m., subject to availability. Price and participation may vary. |
| 0:22.4 | Here is your morning brief for Tuesday, April 21st. |
| 0:25.7 | I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:28.5 | Apple will be getting a new CEO come September |
| 0:31.6 | when Hardware Division Chief John Ternis takes the reins from Tim Cook. |
| 0:36.3 | The leadership shakeup comes as some critics contend that Apple needs to rekindle its innovative fire and as its rivals pour resources into computing infrastructure and AI tools. |
| 0:46.9 | Apple's App Store AI revenue is set to top a billion dollars this year simply by collecting subscription fees from companies like OpenAI, and analysts |
| 0:55.9 | see that role expanding as Apple prepares to release an overhauled version of its Siri assistant |
| 1:01.0 | later this year. Amazon is plowing an additional $5 billion into Anthropic, bringing its total |
| 1:08.3 | investment in the AI company to as much as $25 billion. The deal will see Anthropic, bringing its total investment in the AI company to as much as $25 billion. |
| 1:12.1 | The deal will Cianthropic purchase more than $100 billion in Amazon cloud services, |
| 1:18.0 | giving it much-needed computing power after a recent crunch forced it to throttle the performance of its clawed AI model. |
| 1:25.5 | And stock markets are gaining today amid reports that Iran may attend a |
| 1:30.0 | new round of peace talks with the U.S. in Pakistan, though President Trump has said he isn't inclined |
| 1:34.8 | to extend the ceasefire ahead of his Wednesday evening deadline. U.S. stock futures are gaining |
| 1:40.5 | modestly this morning, with European stocks also higher after Asian markets |
| 1:44.6 | ended the day on a positive note. And we've got a lot more coverage of the day's news on the |
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