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In today's Techpresso:

👀 Instagram is finally working on an iPad app after 15 years

📱 Trump thinks the US has the ‘resources’ needed to make iPhones

💥 Google unveils new AI accelerator chip

❌ Razer suspends laptop sales in US due to tariff concerns

📡 Amazon plans to build tens of millions of Kuiper dishes to rival Starlink

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👀 Instagram is finally working on an iPad app after 15 years LINK
  • Instagram is reportedly developing a dedicated iPad app after nearly 15 years, according to an Instagram employee who spoke to The Information, despite previous statements from head Adam Mosseri citing lack of staff and user demand.
  • The timing of Instagram's iPad app development may be related to TikTok's uncertain future in the U.S., as Meta would want to promote alternatives on as many devices as possible if TikTok faces a ban.
  • Currently, iPad users can only access a scaled-up iPhone version of Instagram with large black borders, similar to Snapchat which recently released its own iPad app after a 13-year wait.
📱 Trump thinks the US has the ‘resources’ needed to make iPhones LINK
  • President Trump's 104% tariffs on China have taken effect, potentially impacting Apple's supply chain, while White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated Trump believes Apple can relocate iPhone manufacturing to the United States.
  • Leavitt claimed America has the necessary workforce and resources for iPhone production, citing Apple's $500 billion investment commitment in the US as evidence, though this investment doesn't specifically include iPhone assembly plans.
  • Apple has been building up iPhone inventory in the United States to temporarily buffer against tariff impacts and avoid immediate price increases, while some experts consider US-manufactured iPhones unrealistic.
💥 Google unveils new AI accelerator chip LINK
  • Google unveiled its seventh-generation TPU AI accelerator chip called Ironwood during the Cloud Next conference, designed specifically for running AI models and scheduled to launch later this year for Google Cloud customers.
  • The Ironwood chip delivers 4,614 TFLOPs of computing power at peak, features 192GB of dedicated RAM, and includes an enhanced SparseCore for processing data in advanced ranking and recommendation workloads.
  • Google plans to integrate the Ironwood TPU with its AI Hypercomputer in Google Cloud, entering a competitive AI accelerator market dominated by Nvidia but also featuring custom solutions from Amazon and Microsoft.
❌ Razer suspends laptop sales in US due to tariff concerns LINK
  • Razer has suspended sales of its laptops, including the upcoming Blade 16, on its US website following the announcement of new tariffs on laptop components from China, Taiwan, and other countries.
  • The company's laptop configurator was available until April 1st, just before the tariff announcement, and now product pages only display "notify me" buttons instead of purchase options.
  • While Razer hasn't officially commented on the tariff impact, even newly announced accessories like a laptop stand are unavailable for purchase in the US but remain available on international Razer sites.
📡 Amazon plans to build tens of millions of Kuiper dishes to rival Starlink LINK
  • Amazon's Project Kuiper aims to challenge Starlink's dominance with plans to produce tens of millions of satellite internet dishes, featuring three models with speeds ranging from 100Mbps to 1Gbps.
  • The company has built gateway stations across the globe, from Australia to Germany, to relay high-speed internet from ground to satellites, and is developing partnerships with Airbus for in-flight connectivity.
  • Amazon faces significant challenges including launching half of its planned 3,200 satellites by July 2026 to meet FCC requirements, with its first batch of 27 satellites scheduled for imminent deployment.

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Other news & articles you might like

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  • Reddit’s conversational AI search tool leverages Google Gemini LINK
  • Europe unveils plan to become 'AI continent' with simpler rules, more infrastructure LINK
  • Deep Cogito emerges from stealth with hybrid AI ‘reasoning’ models LINK
  • Deep Research is now available on Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental. LINK
  • Google uses GenAI to recreate 'The Wizard of Oz' for the 16K LED screen at Las Vegas Sphere LINK
  • Hackers spied on 100 US bank regulators' emails for over a year LINK
  • Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz looking to raise $20B amid global interest in US AI startups LINK
  • Most Americans don’t trust AI — or the people in charge of it LINK
  • Ex-Facebook employee to tell Congress the company undermined U.S. national security LINK
  • Twitch makes deal to escape Elon Musk suit alleging X ad boycott conspiracy LINK
  • Google announces ‘Workspace Flows’ automation with Gems, audio in Docs, and more Gemini LINK
  • Governments identify dozens of Android apps bundled with spyware LINK
  • For Waymo's software team, bug hunting sometimes happens at 45mph LINK

Latest research and tools

Dockerfmt: a tool that formats and parses Dockerfiles, built on top of the buildkit parser as a modern version of dockfmt. LINK
NTATV: a project enabling Windows XP and Windows 2003 to run on the original Apple TV, providing sufficient driver support to reach the desktop despite some limitations with audio, PCI functionality, and display compatibility. LINK
NNN: Next-Generation Neural Networks for Marketing Mix Modeling: this paper introduces a novel neural network architecture specifically designed for marketing mix modeling that outperforms traditional methods in predicting sales performance across marketing channels. LINK
Real-Time Evaluation Models for RAG: Who Detects Hallucinations Best?: researchers compared different models for detecting hallucinations in retrieval-augmented generation systems and found that specialized evaluation models outperform general-purpose large language models. LINK


Disclosures:

The rankings are based on submitted applications and public company database research, with winners selected based on their fiscal-year revenue growth percentage over a three-year period.


Mode Mobile recently received their ticker reservation with Nasdaq ($MODE), indicating an intent to IPO in the next 24 months. An intent to IPO is no guarantee that an actual IPO will occur.


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