<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Tim Cook on BriefTechNews.com</title><link>https://brief-tech-news.com/tags/tim-cook/</link><description>Recent content in Tim Cook on BriefTechNews.com</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright &amp;copy;2021 &lt;br&gt; Designed &amp;amp; Developed by [Gethugothemes](https://gethugothemes.com/)</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:40:07 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://brief-tech-news.com/tags/tim-cook/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>OpenAI opens the RSI window, Cook's pay package locks him in, and a Cybercab costs $14.87</title><link>https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-07-tech/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:40:07 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-07-tech/</guid><description>OpenAI published details on its recursive self-improvement research and called for public tracking of the same work at peers. Apple gave Tim Cook a $2M base salary plus stock, signalling he is staying to handle US-China negotiations and the memory crunch. Travis Kalanick&amp;rsquo;s Atoms, fresh off a $1.7B round, is hiring and buying into robotaxis with Uber&amp;rsquo;s backing. A Tesla Cybercab in Austin priced an 8-mile ride at $14.87 versus $25 on UberX. Apple&amp;rsquo;s foldable iPhone Ultra is reportedly producing only &amp;ldquo;a few hundred&amp;rdquo; units a day, putting a staggered US launch at risk.</description></item><item><title>Cook exits, FTC sues Amazon ads, and Anthropic signs a $35B Nvidia-backed cloud deal</title><link>https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-01-tech/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:39:42 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-01-tech/</guid><description>Tim Cook&amp;rsquo;s 15-year run as Apple CEO ends with John Ternus, Apple&amp;rsquo;s hardware SVP, taking over; Cook stays as executive chairman. The FTC sues Amazon for allegedly deceiving advertisers on its $68B-a-year retail ad platform. Anthropic inks a $35 billion cloud deal with Lambda on data center capacity Nvidia leases. Google&amp;rsquo;s last Manifest V2 extensions, including uBlock Origin, finally get pulled from the Chrome Web Store. And OpenClaw ships a 2.0 release built on 16,000 pull requests.</description></item></channel></rss>