Apple prepares for its coronation as Cook eyes "exit"
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New king needed as gadgets grow stale

It seems the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is preparing for a royal succession, with Bloomberg whispering that hardware boss John Ternus is the chosen heir to Tim Cook’s polished aluminium throne.

IBM says consultancies must turn into software firms or die
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Big Blue’s consulting boss warns that AI agents are coming for the old guard

IBM Consulting boss Mohamad Ali has warned that consultancies will have to reinvent themselves as software companies if they want to survive the artificial intelligence revolution.

OpenAI signs $1 trillion worth of chip deals to feed its AI habit
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Money maths doesn't add up

OpenAI is signing about $1 trillion (€940 billion) in deals this year for computing power to keep its artificial intelligence dreams humming.

Qualcomm faces £480 million lawsuit in London
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Consumer group says chipmaker’s “private tax” hiked phone prices

Qualcomm is in the legal firing line again, this time facing a £480 million (€560 million) London lawsuit accusing it of abusing its market power to squeeze more money from the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Samsung.

No quick way back for Intel
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ARM boss says slow EUV adoption and mobile missteps handed TSMC the crown

ARM chief executive Rene Haas has delivered a stinging assessment of Intel’s attempts to compete with TSMC, claiming the chipmaker squandered vital opportunities and is facing a near-impossible climb back to the top.