New Apple CEO doubted himself when he started

Apple is adding a new CEO to its ranks and continuing a long-running tradition of internal promotion. The iPhone maker on Monday announced that CEO Tim Cook will step down as chief executive in September and named senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus as his successor. Cook will serve as executive chairman. He…

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Oracle pops 11%, leading bounce back rally in software stocks

Oracle Corporation rings the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 3, 2026. NYSE Oracle‘s stock surged 11% as software shares, beaten down by artificial intelligence disruption fears, clawed back some year-to-date losses. Adobe jumped about 6%, while Salesforce rallied 5%. ServiceNow, HubSpot, and Workday rallied more than 7% each. Cybersecurity stocks…

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Anthropic is talk of the town

Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images If one thing became clear at the HumanX conference in San Francisco this week, where 6,500 executives, founders and investors gathered to talk about artificial intelligence, it’s that OpenAI no longer dominates the conversation in their industry. For now, at least, that distinction belongs to Anthropic. Anthropic’s viral…

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