By John Moltz
February 13, 2026 2:00 PM PT
This Week in Apple: How’s that working out for ya?

Tim Cook’s strategy doesn’t appear to be paying off, Apple makes big entertainment plans, and enhanced Siri runs into some trouble.
Tim’s troubles
Congratulations to Tim Cook whose efforts to continually placate the Trump administration are working perfectly and it’s nothing but smooth sailing for Apple from here on ou-
[touches earpiece]
I’m sorry, I’m being told that:
“FTC chair questions Tim Cook over claims Apple News sidelines conservative publications”
It’s almost like no matter how much you suck up to bullies, their demands will never stop. Weird.
In the letter to Apple, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson wrote:
…multiple studies have found that in recent months Apple News has chosen not to feature a single article from an American conservative-leaning news source, while simultaneously promoting hundreds of articles from liberal publications.
I wonder if it has anything to do with the current state of conservative thought being so far off the rails that representatives of the sitting president are testifying that pedophilia is no big deal because the Dow is high.…