Apple stacks two OLED screens – “Tandem OLED” – in its new iPad Pro

May 7, 2024

Yeah, you can put an OLED screen in an iPad, but then you lose the brightness that iPad Pro users are used to. What is a poor computer maker to do? You stack two of them, of course. “We’ve always envisioned iPad as a magical sheet of glass,” said John Ternus, SVP, Hardware Engineering during […]

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Apple finally places front camera on iPad on the landscape edge — like it should be

May 7, 2024

Apple announced new iPads — new iPad Airs and new iPad Pros — at its “Let Loose” event on Tuesday. However, one of the important updates for people who take a lot of video calls was Apple shifting the camera to the landscape edge. Until now, the camera on the iPad was on the portrait […]

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Apple iPad Pro gets an M4 chip and OLED display

May 7, 2024

As anticipated, Apple’s iPad Pro was the star of Tuesday’s “Let Loose” event. The arrival of the 7th generation device marks the first major upgrade to the premium tablet since 2022. “We’re not only going to push the limits of iPad,” Apple SVP John Ternus noted during the event, “we’re going to crush them.” The […]

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Apple unveils the new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air with M2 chip

May 7, 2024

Apple is refreshing its iPad lineup today. And this launch is a bit overdue as the previous iPad Air was announced more than two years ago. The most important addition to the new iPad Air is that it now comes in two sizes. Customers can choose between an 11-inch display and a 13-inch display. “For […]

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Motional delays commercial robotaxi plans amid restructuring

May 7, 2024

Motional, the autonomous vehicle startup borne out of a $4 billion joint venture between Hyundai and automotive supplier Aptiv, will pause its commercial operations and delay plans to launch a driverless service as it undergoes a restructuring, TechCrunch has learned. The aim is make progress on technology and the business model, while preserving capital, according […]

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Wiz raises $1B at a $12B valuation to expand its cloud security platform through acquisitions

May 7, 2024

Wiz, the buzzy startup building an all-in-one cloud security platform, is on an acquisition march to expand its business quickly en route to an IPO. Now, it has closed a major round of funding of $1 billion to help on that march. The Series E — co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Thrive […]

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