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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple's iPad event, the evolution of the streaming business, updates on the Wisconsin Foxconn site, and much more tech news.

• Apple iPad event: all the news from Apple’s ‘Let Loose’ reveal 
• The 7 biggest announcements from Apple’s iPad event 
• Here's how the latest iPad Pro compares to the new iPad Air (and prior models)  
• Apple adds a 13-inch iPad Air to the mix
• The iPad Air is now heavier than the iPad Pro 
• Apple announces new iPad Pros with OLED displays and thinnest design ever 
• Apple announces its M4 chip
• Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro M4: bigger trackpad and a function row 
• Hands-on with the new iPad Pro: yeah, it's really thin 
• You can upgrade the iPad Pro’s processor now, too 
• The new Apple Pencil Pro is harder to lose and better to draw with
• Apple puts more ‘Pro’ in Final Cut and Logic Pro for the iPad 
• Apple quietly kills the old-school iPad and its headphone jack
• The new iPads are ditching physical SIM cards
• Goodbye to Apple’s Smart Keyboard Folio, the best iPad Pro accessory
• People sure are pressed about Apple’s crushing iPad commercial
• A Disney, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle is on the way
• The streaming business will look “very different” in the next couple of years.
• Max nears 100 million subscribers globally.
• Max price hike incoming.
• Disney’s streaming business gets closer to becoming profitable
• ESPN is coming to the Disney Plus app
• Sony is now in play to buy Paramount.
• The Office is getting a Peacock spinoff about local newspapers
• The new Sonos app is missing a lot of features, and people aren’t happy 
• Inside Microsoft’s Xbox turmoil
• Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio
• Epic v. Apple judge seems displeased over style restrictions on iOS buttons
• The new Sonos app is missing a lot of features, and people aren’t happy 
• President Joe Biden to announce AI data center at failed Foxconn site in Wisconsin
• TikTok sues the US government over ban
• The Google Pixel 8A is a midrange phone that might go the distance 
• Google’s Pixel Tablet relaunch at $399 makes its magnetic dock optional 

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