ICYMI: the 7 biggest tech stories of the week, from AI apocalypse warnings to our Apple CEO interview

This week was a little quieter than last in the tech news space — if you ignore the hullabaloo caused by various AI companies that their models might one day kill us all if regulation doesn’t arrive.

A bit heavier than an Apple iPhone event, but important nonetheless.

To catch up on that and this week’s lighter (but still essential and biggest) tech news stories, scroll down for our ICYMI recaps and links to the full articles.

But before you read about the news, you might want to try your hand at our quiz to see how much you remember of last week's ICYMI roundup .

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We interviewed John Ternus You've just been named CEO of one of the world’s most important tech companies; what runs through your mind? I asked John Ternus that question to his face, and his answer was perfect.

It was all part of a wide-ranging interview we conducted with our friends over at Tom’s Guide.

Lots of good bits about what innovation means at Apple and why the Cupertino giant is finally making a foldable.

Read the full story: 'I don't think we ever lost innovation': New Apple CEO John Ternus defends Apple's track record 6.

Google Live Translate went offline (Image credit: Shutterstock) Arguably the best Google Translate tool is its Live feature — which lets you converse with someone in your respective native tongue, and each sees a real-time translation of what the other has said.

It can break down the language barrier, if you have an internet connection, that is, though that is changing.

Google has started rolling out an offline mode for Live Translate.

There are some limitations — it only supports translation from English to French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Russian, and Swedish — and it’s only coming to the Google Pixel 11 series , Pixel 10 line, and Pixel 9 series.

Read the full story: Google's new offline Live Translate tool looks like my new vacation essential 5.