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here's your daily crunch. The iPad air now equipped with Apple's M1 chip is more powerful

than ever. Its performance rivals that of the iPad Pro in almost all but the most intense

operations. Benchmarking shows it to be the beefiest performance option for people right in the

middle of the lineup, about $200 cheaper than the iPad Pro.

So what don't you get for $200 less?

You don't get the smoothly adaptive 120 hurts capable pro-motion tech in the display, you don't get the enhanced camera array of the iPad

pro.

In other news, Tesla has idled its Shanghai Gigafactory for two days amid a rise in China's

omicron cases, prompting their government to tighten restrictions.

The automaker sent a notice to employees and suppliers on Wednesday, informing them of the closure

and the electric vehicle maker didn't confirm the reason for

suspending production on Wednesday or Thursday. However, the temporary

suspension in production comes as Toyota and Volkswagen also idled operations in

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