Apple is expected to release three new iPads ranging from 9.7 inches to 12.9 inches, next year. “Apple is aiming to introduce a new 10.5-inch iPad Pro model next year to go along with a 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2 and a ‘low-cost; 9.7-inch iPad model,” MacRumors reports, citing a new reports from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

Making Maps more accessible to users in emerging markets, Google is rolling out two features for the Android version of the service. “The company today announced a Wi-Fi-only option for the Google Maps app for Android -- it began testing the feature last month -- and it also added support for SD card data download,” TechCrunch reports.

Intel is buying deep learning startup Nervana Systems for a reported $408 million. Regarding the deal, “Intel vice president Jason Waxman [said] that the shift to artificial intelligence could dwarf the move to cloud computing,” Recode writes. “Machine learning, he said, is needed as we move from a world in which people control a couple of devices that connect to the Internet to one in which billions of devices are connecting.”

Apple is readying the first major overhaul of its MacBook Pro laptop line in over four years, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. In other words, the tech giant is “using one of its older products to help reverse two quarters of sliding sales,” it writes. Among other changes, “The updated notebooks will be thinner, include a touch screen strip for function keys, and will be offered with more powerful and efficient graphics processors.”

Cloud communications firm Twilio generated $64.5 million in revenue and a non-GAAP earnings per share loss of $0.08 in the second quarter. “Wall Street analysts had been expecting the cloud communications company to bring in $58.22 million with an EPS loss of $0.14,” Venture Beat notes. “Twilio’s performance has beat their expectations.”

Some Pokemon Go players are upset that the game has removed its “Nearby” feature, which alerted them to nearly Pokemon. “On Reddit, players are actively blasting developer Niantic for removing features and cracking down on third-party apps that helped them find Pokemon in the game,” CNet notes. Of course, “The feature -- like much of Pokemon Go -- was initially buggy as heck.”

Philips is launching a new line of personal health devices, including a $250 Health Watch. “The wearable tracks your activity, heart rate and sleep patterns like numerous fitness trackers, but with a few nice twists,” Engadget reports. “You're getting ‘clinically validated’ data, Philips promises, and you can enter your calorie intake either on the watch or in the companion Android and iOS apps.”

Set for a September release, Samsung’s next smartphone will reportedly have an altimeter, a barometer, a speedometer and an integrated GPS. “The Gear S3′s altimeter will constantly measure altitude and show it in meter/mile on the display,” SamMobile reports. “It’s also going to display an altitude graph with hour and altitude being plotted on the X-axis and Y-axis respectively.”

What’s the rationale behind Verizon’s investments AOL and Yahoo? “The company is rethinking who its customer actually is,” The New York Times suggests. “It is imagining a future when its most important client may not be a mother signing up for a family cellphone plan in the Verizon store,” it writes. “Instead, the customer will be corporations -- advertisers -- that want to reach that family, and that are willing to pay Verizon to help them do so.”

Challenging Google Maps, Uber is ready to invest half a billion dollars into its own global mapping technology. “The San Francisco-based transportation company has mapping vehicles crisscrossing the US and Mexico to record the surroundings and gather images for maps,” The Financial Times reports. “Uber says it will start driving mapping vehicles in other countries soon.”