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Apple reported record quarterly results, but new CEO John Ternus faced criticism for his handling of his first earnings call, with commentators from Bloomberg and Fortune describing his remarks as rehearsed and cautious. Ternus shared the call with CFO Kevan Parekh and COO Sabih Khan, a departure from Apple's recent practice of having the CEO field most questions. Apple shares slipped in pre-market trading after the company flagged rising memory costs and expenses tied to building Siri AI data centers.