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Apple's Smallest Tablet Could Get the iPhone 18 Pro's A20 Pro Chip

Apple's next iPad mini could reportedly jump to the A20 Pro chip used in the iPhone 18 Pro, alongside several other potential hardware upgrades. Image: ChatGPT

Apple’s next iPad mini could get the iPhone 18 Pro’s A20 Pro chip, alongside rumored camera, OLED, and durability upgrades.

Sep 29, 2026

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Apple may be preparing to give its smallest iPad a major performance upgrade.

The upcoming iPad mini 8 will reportedly use the same A20 Pro chip found in the iPhone 18 Pro, according to code discovered by MacRumors. Other leaked Apple assets point to a landscape front camera and changes to the speaker system.

If accurate, the upgrade would take the iPad mini directly from the A17 Pro to...

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Accelerate agentic RL with GKE Agent Sandbox

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Chromebooks Will Stop Receiving Updates in 2034

Chromebooks' days are numbered. Google officially plans to update ChromeOS and release security patches through 2034, after which Chromebooks will need to switch to Googlebook OS—Google's new Android-based laptop OS—or become obsolete. 9to5Google spotted a support page updated September 23 that reads: "We will

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How to watch Czechia vs England: FREE streams & TV channels for Nations League 2026/27 game

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How To Get Your Money's Worth From Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

If you don't value day-one releases or the other perks on offer, Ultimate might not be the tier for you. vfhnb12/Shutterstock Many avid gamers rely on Xbox Game Pass to maximize play time on the platform, but after Microsoft rolled out a number of changes to the

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