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There’s a CPU. There’s a GPU. In the past year, every tech company has been talking about “NPUs.” If you didn’t know the first two, you’re probably flummoxed about the third and why the tech industry is extolling the benefits of a neural processing unit.

• Apple may be catching a break in China.
• Data showed foreign smartphone sales, the majority of which are iPhones, rose by 52% in April.
• That will be a relief to Apple, which has cut iPhone prices to try and fend off local competition.

Apple's China woes may finally be easing.