Apple CEO Tim Cook says he’s never met Elon Musk but has ‘great admiration and respect’ for Tesla

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• Apple CEO Tim Cook says he doesn't expect to be running the company a decade from now (AAPL) Summary List PlacementTim Cook became the CEO of Apple just shy of 10 years ago following the death of co-founder Steve Jobs. And in another 10 years, Cook doesn't expect to still be at the company, he said in a new interview with the New York Times. "10 more years? Probably not," Cook said. "I can tell you that I feel great right now. And the date's not in sight. But 10 more years is a long time and probably…
• Tim Cook says Apple's strategy for dealing with Biden will be the same as dealing with Trump Summary List PlacementApple CEO Tim Cook said in a podcast interview with journalist Kara Swisher that Apple employs much the same political strategy across both the Trump and Biden administrations. "Our focus is not on the politics of it. It's on the policy," he said on the latest episode of the "Sway" podcast released Monday.  "That's what we did during President Trump's administration," he added. "That's what we'll be doing during President Biden's administration." Cook made the remarks after Swisher asked…
• Elon Musk wants Tesla to be big in Texas. That might just be a terrible idea. (TSLA) Summary List PlacementElon Musk wants Tesla and SpaceX to be big in Texas. Very big. SpaceX has already established a controversial beachhead in the small town of Boca Chica, which Musk wants to rename "Starbase" and transform into a Lone Star Cape Kennedy for future Mars missions. Last week, Musk put out a call on Twitter for ambitious people to relocate to Texas to join him and his dream. On the Tesla front, the carmaker intends to build a new…
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• Tim Cook wants Americans to be able to vote on their iPhones (AAPL) Summary List PlacementWould you feel comfortable voting via iPhone? Apple CEO Tim Cook suggested that concept in a new interview with The New York Times, published just days after Cook joined a growing coalition of business leaders who criticized a restrictive new Georgia voting law. "I would dream of that, because I think that's where we live," Cook said when Swisher asked if the tech would be the answer to some modern voting issues, like fraud. "We do our banking…
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• When football was electric, hockey was tabletop and tennis was Pong Michael Landsman of Miggle Toys, a maker of electric football, demonstrates a game in 1996. | Sun-Times fileKids of another generation loved their old-school sports games — with one exception. Every time I see a story about a cutting-edge video baseball game such as “Out of the Park Baseball 22” or “MLB the Show 21,” I envy the kids (and the adult kids) who can master these and other sports video games — but I also think: Yeah, but we…
• 10 things in tech you need to know today Summary List PlacementGood morning and welcome to 10 Things in Tech. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. You're invited: Insider's senior tech correspondent Lisa Eadicicco will be hosting a live panel with speakers from Lenovo, Qualcomm, and Oura at 10am ET on April 13. Learn more and sign up here.  Now, let's get started. 1. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Google in its 10-year legal battle with Oracle. The 6-2 vote set a precedent that…
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