Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Thursday, March 18th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough.

Today it's an Apple rumor Thursday from both the boys, Germann and Quo.

Sony is taking what it's learned from the Dual Sense controllers and bringing that to VR.

YouTube rolls out its Tik-Toc rival, Spotify wants you to know it gets artists paid,

and I do my best to explain the whole creator economy

controversy that has sprung up over at Substack.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. It's Apple Rumor Thursday from both of our favorite rumor mongers.

First, Mark Germin says that faster iPad pros may come as early as April.

And I have been seeing rumors of an April Apple event

just these past 24 hours or so,

which have they ever done an April event?

Is that a new one?

Apple is also apparently using mini LED in at least the 12.9 inch

iPad Pro models according to German.

The devices will have an updated processor that is on par with the faster M1 chips in the latest

Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, and Mac Mini.

In testing, the new iPad pros have used a Thunderbolt connector, the same port on the

latest Macs with custom Apple processors. The port doesn't require new chargers

but it would enable connectivity with additional external monitors, hard drives, and

other peripherals. It's also faster at sinking data than the USBC technology used in the current models.

The iPad Pro was last updated in March 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic, adding a tweaked

processor, support for the magic keyboard with trackpad case and a LIDAR scanner alongside the

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