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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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Web3 messaging protocol developer LayerZero Labs raised a $120M Series B at a $3B valuation, up from $1B in March 2022 when the startup raised $135M (Brandy Betz/CoinDesk)

Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: Web3 messaging protocol developer LayerZero Labs raised a $120M Series B at a $3B valuation, up from $1B in March 2022 when the startup raised $135M  —  The cross-chain interoperability and messaging protocol last raised funds in March 2022 at a $1 billion valuation.

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Open-Source FaceID With RealSense

RealSense cameras have been a fascinating piece of tech from Intel — we’ve seen a number of cool applications in the hacker world, from robots to smart appliances. Unfortunately Intel did discontinue parts of the RealSense lineup at one point, specifically the LiDAR and face tracking-tailored models. Apparently, these haven’t been popular, and we haven’t

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