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Apple unveiled a series of updates to its iPad lineup, introducing new models, features, and accessories. Redesigned iPad Air: The new iPad Air, available in 11-inch and 13-inch models, features the M2 chip, an updated camera layout, improved connectivity, and increased storage options. Next-Generation iPad Pro: The all-new iPad Pro boasts an ultra-thin design, advanced Ultra Retina XDR display, and the powerful M4 chip. It comes in 11-inch and 13-inch models. Introduction of the M4 Chip: Apple's latest silicon, the M4 chip, enables the iPad Pro's sleek design and impressive display capabilities while delivering significant performance improvements. Updates to Pro-Level Apps: Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro receive substantial updates, with new features like Live Multicam, Final Cut Camera, Session Players, ChromaGlow, and Stem Splitter. Debut of Apple Pencil Pro: The new Apple Pencil Pro offers an enhanced user experience with pressure sensitivity, haptic feedback, gyroscope-based control, and Find My integration. Redesigned Magic Keyboard: The updated Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro is thinner, lighter, and includes a function row, aluminum palm rest, larger trackpad, and haptic feedback. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Mikah Sargent and Jeff Jarvis watch Jensen Huang's highly technical keynote for NVIDIA's GTC 2024, which showed off the powerful Blackwell platform, NVIDIA Inference Microservices, the NVLink Switch Chip, Project GROOT, and several business partnerships revolving around AI. Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jeff Jarvis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Samsung holds their Unpacked 2024 event by talking about the use of AI in their devices, unveiling the S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra phones, and announces the Galaxy Ring. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

At its inaugural developer conference DevDay, OpenAI unveiled major upgrades like GPT-4 Turbo, a more advanced AI model that's 3x cheaper than GPT-4 and a 128k token context window that can handle much longer prompts. They also launched new multimodal capabilities so developers can integrate vision, speech, and image generation into apps. Key highlights include the Assistants API for building AI agents, the ability to create custom versions of ChatGPT called GPTs and share them publicly on the GPT Store, and Copyright Shield to protect customers. Overall, OpenAI aims to make AI more affordable, capable, and safe for developers to build next-gen apps. Hosts: Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT100

At its October 'Scary Fast' event, Apple unveiled new MacBook Pro laptops featuring the powerful new M3 family of chips, as well as a refreshed 24-inch iMac desktop with the M3 chip. The M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips offer dramatic leaps in performance and efficiency thanks to a new 3-nanometer manufacturing process. Apple also highlighted new GPU architecture in the M3 chips, enabling advanced graphics capabilities like hardware-accelerated ray tracing. The MacBook Pro and iMac retain the same form factor, but the MacBook Pro now comes in a new Space Black color option. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mikah Sargent, and Alex Lindsay Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT code SN100

Leo Laporte shares commentary on the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit in Maui. Snapdragon is quite popular in mobile device processing, but has continued to grow in XR, AI and connected cars. Qualcomm announces the Oryon CPU and other strategic partnerships. Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT code SN100

At their Made by Google '23 event, Google shared an update to their Pixel Buds Pro and unveiled the Pixel Watch 2, Pixel 8, and Pixel 8 Pro. Hosts: Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT code SN100

Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent tune in on Apple's September 2023 'Wonderlust' event unveiling the new iPhone 15 lineup, Apple Watch Series 9, and Apple Watch Ultra 2. The event opens with a short showcasing how Apple devices have saved lives through features like crash detection and ECG. Apple Watch Series 9: New S9 chip, brighter display, faster on-device Siri, and a "Double Tap" gesture for control. Environmental Initiatives: Apple plans to reduce their carbon footprint through phasing out leather, 100% clean electricity, reducing emissions, and planting forests and mangroves, aiming for every product to be carbon neutral by 2030, starting with the Apple Watch lineup. Apple Watch Ultra 2: Gets the same upgrades as Series 9, plus a brighter display with a new "night mode." iPhone 15: Dynamic Island comes to the base models, A16 chip, a new smoothed "color-infused" glass back, 48MP main camera with 2x telephoto, and a USB-C connector. iPhone 15 Pro: Debuts a lightweight titanium design, the powerful new A17 Pro chip, Wi-Fi 6E support, a new Action button, USB‑C connector with USB 3 speeds, and spatial video recording for Apple Vision Pro, and an all-new 5x Telephoto camera on iPhone 15 Pro Max. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

During Apple's WWDC 2023 keynote, the tech giant unveiled their first spatial computer, the Vision Pro, featuring a micro-OLED display with a resolution of over 4K per eye and a unique dual-chip design with the M2 and new R1 chip. Additionally, Apple introduced a larger 15-inch MacBook Air and updates to the Mac Studio and Mac Pro with a more powerful M2 Ultra chip. The company also unveiled updates to its operating systems with iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma, and watchOS 10. Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

At day 2 of Microsoft Build 2023, Rajesh Jha, EVP, Experiences + Devices, and Panos Panay, EVP & Chief Product Officer, shares how developers can leverage the power of Microsoft 365 apps, Windows, and the Microsoft Graph to develop next-generation AI-powered applications. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

At Microsoft Build 2023, CEO Satya Nadella shares insights on the new era of AI and announces the launch of Windows Copilot, Azure AI Studio, and Microsoft Fabric, and CTO Kevin Scott is joined by OpenAI's Greg Brockman to explore how Microsoft and OpenAI's full-stack AI platform empowers developers and outlines a framework for building AI apps and copilots. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Huyen Tue Dao visit the Google campus to sit down with Dave Burke, VP Engineering, and Sameer Samat, VP Product Management at Google. Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Huyen Tue Dao Guest: Sameer Samat Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

Google presents the 2023 Google I/O Keynote Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang delivers the GTC 2023​ keynote, introducing the latest advancements in generative AI, the metaverse, large language models, robotics, cloud computing, and more. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

Samsung unveils their flagship Galaxy phones and laptops for 2023 at their semiannual Unpacked event, with the Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and S23 Ultra, and the Galaxy Book3 Ultra, Book3 Pro, and Book3 Pro 360. Host: Jason Howell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT