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Est. 1975·Redmond, WA
Coverage (30d)
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This Week
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Evidence
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Timeline

Apple2026-04-20

Apple promotes Johny Srouji to Chief Hardware Officer, centralizing leadership over silicon design and hardware engineering.

Apple2026-04-20

John Ternus assumes leadership of Apple's AI and hardware engineering efforts, marking a transition from the Cook era.

Microsoft2026-04-20

Fired the AI team at King after years of developing level-design automation tools

Apple2026-04-20

Apple reportedly accelerates development of its first foldable iPhone, targeting a 2026 release for AI-optimized experiences.

Apple2026-04-19

Published 'Attention to Mamba' paper proposing a method for cross-architecture knowledge transfer from Transformers to Mamba.

Microsoft2026-04-19

Ships native 'sudo' command for Windows 11, built in Rust.

Microsoft2026-04-18

Data center construction projects identified as at risk of significant delays according to satellite analysis

Apple2026-04-16

Mac Studio demonstrated running a 122B-parameter AI model locally, offering significant cost savings vs. AWS cloud.

Apple2026-04-16

Expected unveiling of a Gemini-powered Siri overhaul at WWDC

Microsoft2026-04-16

Introduced MEMENTO method that reduces LLM reasoning memory footprint by 3x through structured note-taking

Ecosystem

Apple

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developediPhone3 src
developedSiri3 src
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developedMac Studio2 src

Microsoft

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usesClaude Code5 src
competes withAmazon4 src
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Evidence (3 articles)

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