Apple CEO Tim Cook received a startling communication in 2022 from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.  Cook was only given seventy-two hours by Musk to accept a $5 billion agreement. If Apple didn’t agree, Musk said he would become their biggest competitor.

Elon Musk continues to try to stymie Apple's satellite ambitions three years after Tim Cook turned down an offer to use Starlink on the iPhone.

Macworld Has anyone done a check-in with Tim Cook lately? You know, just drive by the Apple campus and see how things are going? Maybe bring him an edible basket of some kind? He’s been having a year.

For Tim Cook, the hits keep coming. On Friday, President Trump targeted Apple with new demands that the company make iPhones in the U.S., threatening 25% tariffs if the company doesn’t comply. “Rise and shine Tim Cook,

Donald Trump threatened Apple with a 25% tariff on iPhones made outside the U.S., reportedly triggered by Tim Cook's absence from Trump's Middle East trip. Trump publicly acknowledged Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang's presence while pointedly noting Cook's absence.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has marked Memorial Day with a social media post remembering and thanking fallen heroes. Tim Cook habitually posts to X to mark major holidays and occasions. On May 26, Cook made a post to observe Memorial Day, an annual occasion in the U.S. to honor and mourn fallen U.S. military personnel.

The New York Times reports the new Apple tariff threat is likely payback for Tim Cook skipping Trump’s recent Middle East trip.

Tensions escalate between Apple CEO Tim Cook and Donald Trump as Trump publicly criticizes Cook's absence from a Middle East trip and threatens tariffs on iPhones made overseas, particularly in India.

During a recent trip to the Middle East, Trump sharply criticised Cook, accusing Apple of prioritising foreign manufacturing—particularly in India—over American jobs.