Enlarge / Microsoft’s Surface Pro 9 is actually two totally different computers that look the same from the outside. (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft is introducing a pair of typical, iterative updates to its Surface Pro convertible tablet PCs today. One is a modest upgrade to the Surface Pro 8, with 12th-generation Intel processors that promise much-improved…
Enlarge / The Surface Laptop 5 in its new “sage” color. Its design is otherwise familiar. (credit: Microsoft) The Surface Pro 9 isn’t the only new Surface portable that Microsoft is refreshing today. It’s also sprucing up both the 13.5-inch and 15-inch members of the Surface Laptop family, giving them some new color finishes and…
Enlarge / The Surface Studio 2+ is the desktop’s first update in four years. (credit: Microsoft) For the first time in four years, Microsoft has updated the only desktop in its Surface PC lineup. The Surface Studio 2+ improves on the Surface Studio 2 by modernizing the internals and updating its port selection while leaving…
Enlarge / During actual use, there’d be some cables coming out of the Microsoft Audio Dock. (credit: Microsoft) As part of its Surface event today, Microsoft announced the Audio Dock, a USB-C docking station that can serve as your computer’s speakers and microphone, too. While the dock doesn’t include Thunderbolt 4 or even USB4, the…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) Twitter is reviewing its controversial policies around permanently banning users, potentially bringing its content moderation more in line with Elon Musk’s vision for the social media platform regardless of whether the Tesla chief becomes its owner. The Silicon Valley company has been assessing whether there are other content moderation…
DataGrail has always focused on helping companies comply with the growing world of privacy regulation, building plug-ins to common data-heavy applications to help automate data discovery and compliance. Today, it’s building on that with a new automated risk monitoring solution that helps companies build third-party application risk assessments quickly. While they were at it, the…
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The cameras in our phones, laptops and, increasingly, home robots and the like are about as small as they can get unless we start doing something different, and that’s just what Metalenz is getting up to — with great success, and now a $30 million funding round to expand its ultra-small 3D imaging tech. The…
Automotive giant and car maker Toyota has warned that the personal information of roughly 300,000 customers may have been exposed for close to five years. The possible exposure relates to T-Connect, an official Toyota app that allows customers to connect their smartphone to their vehicle’s dashboard infotainment system. In a statement, Toyota admitted that a…
It was only in June last year when we reported how Immersive Labs, a platform which teaches cybersecurity skills to employees in a “gamified” way, had closed a $75 million Series C funding round. As of today, the company just pulled in another $66 Million, taking the total raised to $189 million. And it can…