Apple’s New iPad Mini Highlights the Company’s Secret AI Advantage

A customer tries out an Apple iPad mini.Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg

Apple’s new iPad mini highlights the company’s secret advantage in artificial intelligence. Also: Sonos weighs a headphone reboot after a sluggish start; Amazon rolls out a color Kindle; and Jony Ive-designed jackets arrive. On the management front, Apple’s chief people officer and top recruiter depart, and the company names new hardware leaders.

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