Weekly Tech Recap: Apple launches 2 new iPads, Google quietly introduces Pixel 8a and more
Weekly Tech Recap: From Apple launching two new iPad models to Sam Altman refuting reports that OpenAI is launching a new search engine ahead of Google I/O 2024 event, there's a lot to unpack in this week's tech recap. Without further ado, let's dive into the top 5 tech news of the week. Apple unveiled two new iPads at its Let Loose event this week, giving the company's tablet range a much-needed upgrade after a wait of around 18 months.
The iPad Air lineup sees some major improvements, including the addition of a larger 13-inch variant for the first time and an upgrade to the faster M2 chipset compared to the M1 on its predecessor. Apple has also moved the camera to the side of the iPad Air, making it much easier to use the device in landscape mode. However, the star of the show at the Let Loose event was the iPad Pro, which is being marketed as the thinnest device Apple has ever made.
The new iPad Pro range features a new OLED Ultra Retina XDR display and Apple's latest M4 chipset. The new processor runs on 3-nanometer technology, which is said to be much more power efficient and deliver up to 1.5x better CPU performance compared to the M2 chipset in the last-gen iPad Pro. But the intriguing thing here is that, for the first time, you can see Apple trying to position one of its devices for AI use cases.
Apple says that the new iPad Pro is an "outrageously powerful device for AI", thanks to a new neural engine capable of 38 trillion operations per second. Google shocked everyone when it quietly unveiled the Pixel 8a right after the iPad launch event on May 7. The latest member of the Pixel 'A' series features the same Tensor G3 chipset as its more expensive siblings and supports up to 8GB of LPDDR5X RAM and up to 256GB
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