Month: April 2023

Microsoft debuts the Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock for $300, offering a USB-C port instead of a proprietary Surface Connect port and supporting non-Surface devices (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft debuts the Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock for $300, offering a USB-C port instead of a proprietary Surface Connect port and supporting non-Surface devices  —  Priced at $299.99, the new Surface dock will connect over USB-C instead of the proprietary Surface Connect port.

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Say hi to Barbie in the new Barbie movie trailer

Image: Warner Bros. Pictures Once you’re done choosing which Barbie character you are, it’s time to watch the film’s latest trailer. Following a brief teaser that aped 2001: A Space Odyssey and gave very little away, we now have a second clip that seems to show what Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie movie is actually about.

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Google backtracks on its decision to cap all Google Drive users to 5 million files and will “explore alternate approaches to ensure a great experience for all” (Ron Amadeo/Ars Technica)

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google backtracks on its decision to cap all Google Drive users to 5 million files and will “explore alternate approaches to ensure a great experience for all”  —  The reaction to Google Drive’s secret 5 million file limit makes Google hit “undo.”

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Disney is in a land war with the state of Florida

Image: Scott Olson/Getty Images On Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ordered an investigation into a recent move by Walt Disney World’s special planning and tax district to maintain corporate power over the land housing its popular theme parks. In a Monday letter, DeSantis called on Florida’s chief inspector general to investigate whether Disney and its

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Covariant, offering AI-powered automation for industrial robots, raised $75M led by Radical Ventures and Index Ventures as an extension to a 2021 $80M Series C (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Covariant, offering AI-powered automation for industrial robots, raised $75M led by Radical Ventures and Index Ventures as an extension to a 2021 $80M Series C  —  I took a deep dive with Covariant co-founder and CEO Peter Chen at ProMat the other week.  The timing was either perfect or terrible depending

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