Welcome to the Tech Main Right Home for Tuesday, October 18th, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough today.

New iPad Proze and new Apple TV 4k's.

Meta walks away from the Giffy acquisition, layoffs at Microsoft, high attrition at Amazon.

Mobile Eye is probably going to IPO at a significant discount than people had hoped,

and why I've been telling you that the energy in Silicon Valley is switching to AI startups.

Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

Apple this morning announced new 11 inch and 12.9 inch iPad pro models with the M2 chips inside, as well as a new Apple Pencil Hover feature.

Both of these will be in stores October 26, starting at $799 and $1,099, respectively, quoting Apple's own Newsroom.

M2 features an 8-core CPU up to 15% faster than M1, with advancements in both performance and efficiency cores and a 10 core

GPU, delivering up to 35% faster graphics performance for the most demanding users.

Combined with the CPU and the 16 core neural engine can process 15.8 trillion operations per second,

40% more than the M1, making iPad Pro even more powerful when

handling machine learning tasks.

The power of M2 also extends to the new media engine

and the image signal processor, which combined with the advanced cameras,

enable users to capture Pro Res video for the first time and

transcode Pro Res footage up to three times faster. This means content creators

can capture edit and publish cinema grade video from a single device out in the

field powered by the new iPad Pro and iPad OS 16,

Hover with Apple Pencil, second generation only,

provides a completely new dimension for users to interact with their screen.

Apple pencil is now detected up to 12 millimeters above the display,

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