Apple shaken as executives, engineers step down; hardware technologies head likely to resign next

Apple Inc., long famed for its model of stability among Silicon Valley peers, is undergoing its biggest employment shake-up in decades all of a sudden, as senior executives and key engineers.

Over the past one week, Apple has lost its head of artificial intelligence as well as the chief of interface design. The iPhone maker then announced that its general counsel and head of governmental affairs were also quitting the company.