Apple Loop: iPhone 18 Pro Cherry, Filming The Neo, Critical iOS Update

InnovationConsumer TechApple Loop: iPhone 18 Pro Cherry, Filming The Neo, Critical iOS UpdateByEwan Spence,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ewan Spence covers the digital worlds of mobile technology.Follow AuthorApr 24, 2026, 07:17pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.John Ternus will become the CEO of Apple, Inc. on Sept. 1st 2026. Photographer: Adam Gray/Bloomberg© 2026 Bloomberg Finance LPTaking a look back at this week’s news and headlines from across the Apple world, including Tim Cook stepping down as CEO, John Ternus stepping up, Siri calls for help from Google, a cherry iPhone 18 Pro, Apple’s urgent iOS update, Apple Silicon’s sneaky memory trick, and filming the MacBook Neo.Apple Loop is here to remind you of a few of the many discussions around Apple in the last seven days. You can also read my weekly digest of Android news here on Forbes.Goodbye, Tim AppleTim Cook has announced he is standing down as Apple CEO on September 1st. He will take up the role of Executive Chairman. As well as the official press release, Cook wrote to the Apple community as the decision was announced:"Over the coming months, I will be transitioning into a new role, leaving the CEO job behind in September and becoming Apple’s executive chairman. A new person will be stepping into what I know in my heart is the best job in the world. That leader is John Ternus, a brilliant engineer and thinker who has spent the past 25 years building the Apple products our users love so much, obsessed with every detail, focused on every possible way we can make something better, bolder, more beautiful, and more meaningful."Hello, John AppleForbes’ Antonio Pequeño introduces the new face of one of the largest companies on Earth. John Ternus will take over the CEO role just in time for the iPhone 18 Pro launch event. He's a known face in Apple,...