A look at Tim Cook’s 15-year legacy as CEO of Apple After 15 years at the helm, Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO of Apple and handing over the reins to the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, John Ternus. Cook, who joined Apple in 1998, succeeded Steve Jobs in 2011 and went on to transform Apple into a powerhouse worth $4 trillion.  With his time as CEO coming to an...

SpaceX alum nabs $22M to turn rocket engines into geothermal power plants Few energy sources can top geothermal’s potential, with at least 42 terawatts of capacity available worldwide, according to the IEA, more than twice the world’s energy use last year. The technology is shaping up to be the energy world’s dark horse, even though investment in the tech pales in comparison to startups in...

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for April 30, #1776Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle is a bit tricky, thanks to its repeated letter. If you need a new starter word,...

The global polypeptide market is entering an era of accelerated capital investment, driven by the expanding therapeutic applications of custom and bioactive polypeptide sequences across metabolic, oncology, and cardiovascular fields. Global biopharmaceutical innovators, contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs), and macromolecular clinical research hubs are aggressively...

Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government Mike Vichich grew up in Michigan. His family, he recalls, dedicated their lives to public service. His parents were teachers, his uncle a fighter pilot, while both sets of grandparents served in the army. “Growing up, public service was always a really admirable way to spend one’s life and one’s career,” he...