Technology journalist at @information-age.bsky.social 💻 Formerly at ABC News, and still talking tech (sometimes) on ABC Radio Gold Coast. Got a tip-off?💡 tomwilliams.contact@protonmail.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mjxwsgj65s2tWith Apple announcing Tim Cook’s upcoming departure as CEO, here are some of the differing opinions I heard recently from former Apple employees and longtime Apple collectors about Cook’s tenure. [ From my @information-age.bsky.social feature on Apple’s 50th: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/apple-turns-50--australian-enthusiasts-on-its-pivotal-devices.html ]21 Apr 2026 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxwsgj65s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mjxnua4dz22uIncredible news. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxnua4dz22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mjxdhwm34k2pBreaking: Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO later this year. John Ternus will replace him, as expected. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/tim-cook-to-become-apple-executive-chairman-john-ternus-to-become-apple-ceo/20 Apr 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxdhwm34k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mjuyqdrevk2tEver seen an invoice for almost $22 million? Here's the one Telstra sent the federal government for the cost of running Australia's emergency call services in FY2025. I love how light on detail or itemisations it appears to be. [The invoice was just published by the Triple Zero Senate committee]19 Apr 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuyqdrevk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mjlcv3iepc2iBanger story here on Apple by @jeremynadel8.bsky.social, after @404media.co revealed last week that the FBI extracted deleted Signal messages from an iPhone because they were saved in the device's push notifications database. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjlcv3iepc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mjkthgahts2fAnyone have struggling shoe company Allbirds becoming an AI computation business on their 2026 bingo card? https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/allbirds-bird-stock-shoes-ai.html15 Apr 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkthgahts2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mj2ahdblbc23They really should have called this the German Grant for Ger-nalism.09 Apr 2026 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2ahdblbc23https://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mihz4sbnpk2dOracle declined to comment. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihz4sbnpk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mifvkbl2bk2oAre you an Australian Oracle employee caught up in its new round of layoffs? (Or just know more to the story) You know where to find me: tomwilliams.contact@protonmail.com01 Apr 2026 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifvkbl2bk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mid7c4mlcc2sSpoke with Wikimedia Australia (@wmau.bsky.social) and a longtime Wikipedia editor and administrator about this banning of AI-generated content. Details inside. 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 03:10 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mid7c4mlcc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mick6qr2es2oApple turns 50 this week, so I interviewed Australian collectors and former staff about which devices they believe have been Apple’s most pivotal, and how the company has changed (for better, or for worse) over the past five decades. 🍎 For @information-age.bsky.social: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/apple-turns-50--australian-enthusiasts-on-its-pivotal-devices.html30 Mar 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mick6qr2es2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mi3m7lr7ms2bProud to have been nominated in six categories at last night’s IT Journalism Awards, and a big congrats to our regular @information-age.bsky.social contributors @jeremynadel8.bsky.social and David Braue for their highly commendeds and @lennyeggsbenny.bsky.social for his noms as well 👏28 Mar 2026 02:40 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi3m7lr7ms2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mhuck6f4hs25 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 04:59 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhuck6f4hs25https://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mhtp37tb622eRIP Sora, we barely knew ya.24 Mar 2026 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtp37tb622ehttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mhrjewekyk2pNew from me: Anthropic says governments “should not resort to threats or retaliation” in dealing with contractors they do not align with, after the US AI firm sued the Trump administration for labelling it a supply-chain risk because it did not agree to new terms for military use of its systems. https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/anthropic-warns-governments-against-threats-or-retaliation.html24 Mar 2026 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhrjewekyk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mhp4qbfeqc2tThe adoption of vision-enabled AI scribes in healthcare would require “robust safeguards to protect patient privacy and data security, particularly given the sensitive nature of video recordings captured during clinical encounters”, the researchers wrote. 👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 03:31 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhp4qbfeqc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mh7s4trnds2vNew: The Australian government has been urged to make sweeping changes to improve the nation’s research and development (R&D) system by a much-anticipated independent review it commissioned into the sector. 👀 https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/review-urges-bold-govt-reform-to-fix-australian-r-d.html17 Mar 2026 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7s4trnds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/its-tom-williams.bsky.social/post/3mh67h2zb622xIncredible scenes on Reddit now that Australians are being blocked from many popular porn sites. (background here: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/porn-sites-block-australians-in-protest-over-age-checks.html)16 Mar 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:lc4f2doawck3rh7y4hst3e2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh67h2zb622x