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The iPad Air, the middle child in Apple's tablet lineup, has been upgraded to the M4 chip with increased RAM and… Well, there's not a whole lot else if I'm being honest. At the very least, the new iPad Air M4 models remain at the same price as the iPad Air M3, with the 11-inch version starting at $599 and the 13-inch at $799. I would give Apple more credit if it had increased the starting storage or added literally anything else.
If you put them side by side, you might not be able to tell the difference, but this upgrade would benefit creatives and professionals more than anything. There's a significant performance bump from the M3 to the M4, and the increased RAM is doing a lot of work, especially if you're taking advantage of Apple Intelligence.
If you're using an M1-powered iPad Air or something even older, though, the new iPad Air M4 should be a compelling upgrade. Pre-orders start at 9:15AM ET on March 4, with the units arriving a week later. We expect full reviews will be published by then. But in the meantime, let's dive into what the performance gains might look like and what we're missing out on in this year's iteration of the iPad Air.
iPad Air M4 vs. iPad Air M3: Performance and battery lifeThe most significant difference between the two iPad Air generations is their chipsets. The latest iPad Air launches with the M4 chip versus its predecessor's M3 chip, and it gets a bump in RAM from 8GB to 12GB.
I don't give much fanfare to incremental chip increases because the performance gain is usually min
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Paramount CEO David Ellison revealed that a single streaming service is in the plans.
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 Apple has asked Google to investigate setting up servers in its data centers to run a future version of Siri powered by Gemini, The Information reports.
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Paramount Skydance plans to combine Paramount and HBO Max into a single streaming service following the completion of its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. CEO David Ellison confirmed the plan on an investor call Monday, saying the combined platform would serve over 200 million subscribers and position the company to compete with the biggest players in the streaming space.
"We think the combined offering, and given the amount of content and what we can do from the tech side, really will put us in a position to be able to compete with the most scaled players in DTC," Ellison said. It's not yet clear whether the app's two libraries will be fully integrated, or whether one will exist as a standalone service within the other. Ellison signaled that the HBO brand will "operate with independence" during the call.
Also unclear is what the newly combined app would cost subscribers. The last year has seen nearly across-the-board increases in the cost of streaming services, including HBO Max.
The planned merger would unite Paramount's CBS, MTV, Comedy Central and BET with Warner's CNN, HBO, TNT and Food Network, along with franchises including Game of Thrones, Mission: Impossible, the DC Universe and SpongeBob SquarePants under one roof. The comb
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Apple is kicking off multiple days of product announcements this morning with a new iPad Air. Unsurprisingly, it's more or less like the iPad Air Apple announced one year ago, except it now has an M4 chip instead of last year's M3.
Apple is also including its in-house networking chips, the N1 and C1X, which will cover Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Thread and cellular connectivity. This means the iPad Air supports the Wi-Fi 7 standard for the first time. The Air also now has 12GB of RAM standard, up from 8GB in the prior model.
The rest of the iPad Air appears unchanged at this point. It has the same display that the 2023 and 2024 models sported — either an 11- or 13-inch LCD that tops out at 500 nits of brightness and a 60Hz refres
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 Amazon this week has all-time low prices on the Apple Watch Series 11, with $100 discounts across numerous models of the smartwatch. We first started tracking the return of these deals about a week ago, but this sale has now expanded with many more options on both 42mm and 46mm GPS models.
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Meanwhile, Paramount CEO David Ellison: 'This is not about consolidation, it's about reinventing the business.'
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New chip, but it's the same $599 for the 11-inch model and $799 for the 13-inch model.
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As the battle over prediction markets rages on, Mick Mulvaney is leading a new coalition that calls these platforms illegal gambling.
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Apple's most affordable iPhone just got an upgrade, but how does the new iPhone 17e compare to the iPhone 16e? Well, thankfully the price remains the same at $599, which is good news in our current economic climate. An immediate difference you might notice is that one of them now comes in a third color: pink. That's at least one win for me because I am all for putting more color into tech.
There are a few differences under the hood as well, namely that the iPhone 17e is arriving with the A19 chip and double the storage. We've already seen what's possible with an A19 chip in the standard iPhone 17 — it's not a super exciting upgrade, but it is a boost nonetheless.
Pre-orders start at 9:15AM ET on March 4, and while we work on a full review, let's take a deeper dive into what has changed on this year's model and what that might mean in the real world.
iPhone 17e vs. iPhone 16e: Design and displayOf course, the biggest difference in the design for the iPhone 17e is the shiny new pink color. I've long complained about how many major tech companies stick to the safety of black, white or gray colorways. Thankfully, the iPhone 17e's pink hue is a departure from that approach. It's also an understated shade that's elegant, compared to the typically brighter and louder tones reserved for cheap(er) phones.
Both the iPhone 17e and iPhone 16e measure 5.78 x 2.
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The ByteDance company wants to make the case that XR is "not just for gaming" anymore by giving you a digital office.
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Snapdragon Wear Elite is built to be on camera-enabled watches, pins, pendants and even glasses, according to Qualcomm. And it could mean a wave of devices that can also work as car keys and more.
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The company objected to hypothetical future use cases, not anything the military is currently doing.
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Commentary: Yes, Apple's $599 iPhone 16E is a good buy, but its successor could launch immintently, possibly at a March 4 Apple media event.
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 MWC 2026 officially gets underway on March 2 and will continue through March 5, but the announcements are already coming ahead of its start. We can always count on the annual tech event to bring tons of new phones, laptops and tablets, and we're expecting to see some robots and other gadgets too — plus plenty of AI news, of course. In addition to the announcements, MWC is our chance to get hands-on time with some of the most interesting new devices, like the Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Honor's Robot Phone.
Engadget's Mat Smith is on the ground in Barcelona, and we'll be updating this story as the week goes on to keep you in the loop on everything that caught our attention. Keep checking back here for the latest MWC news.
Honor The Robot Phone. (Image by Mat Smith for Engadget)Honor teased its Robot Phone this past fall and we just finally got a proper look at it at MW
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OpenAI has reached an agreement with the Defense Department to deploy its models in the agency's network, company chief Sam Altman has revealed on X. In his post, he said two of OpenAI's most important safety principles are "prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems." Altman claimed the company put those principles in its agreement with the agency, which he called by the government's preferred name of Department of War (DoW), and that it had agreed to honor them.
The agency has closed the deal with OpenAI, shortly after President Donald Trump ordered all government agencies to stop using Claude and any other Anthropic services. If you'll recall, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously threatened to label Anthropic "supply chain risk" if it continues refusing to remove the guardrails on its AI, which are preventing the technology to be used for mass surveillance against Americans and in fully autonomous weapons.
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