Evening Scan

Apple's day: a China-only AI model built with Alibaba's help, fresh spyware warnings across 110 countries, and a new App Store commission proposal that Epic is unlikely to accept. Silver Lake's reported bid for Workday sent the stock up double digits, and Tim Cook used his exit interview to discuss legacy over silicon.

Apple trained its own AI model for China, and handed the brain to Alibaba

Apple becomes the first foreign company to run a proprietary LLM inside China — a carve-out its usual "one model, everywhere" playbook has never allowed. (The Next Web / Reuters)

Silver Lake in talks to acquire Workday

The HR-software giant carries a ~$43B market value; shares jumped 18%+ on the report, which signals the market wasn't pricing in a buyout. (Reuters)

Apple proposes 15% commission on outside-App-Store links

Court-ordered proposal splits fees by tier — 15% standard, 10% for partner/renewal deals, 5% for small business — the opening bid in the Epic litigation's next phase. (9to5Mac)

Tim Cook: 'I hope people say I was a good and decent man'

Cook steps down September 1; his reflective exit note precedes a busy fall for the company he's leaving behind. (AppleInsider)

"I hope that people say I was a good and decent man." — Tim Cook, *AppleInsider