Pressure builds on Apple and CEO Tim Cook with holiday executive shakeup

Several bigshots in Cupertino are getting a career change for the holidays.In the last seven days, there has been extraordinary turnover among Apple's top ranks, from its head of artificial intelligence to its top lawyer.CEO Tim Cook now has two fewer direct reports than he did before Thanksgiving.The executive who designed the software for the Apple Vision Pro also bounced, and is heading to Meta to do the same thing for AI glasses in Menlo Park.As if last week's departures weren't enough, there was anothe ...