Taika Waititi will direct, co-write a new 'Star Wars' film

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Academy Award-winning director Taika Waititi is crossing over to another big Disney-owned franchise as he's set to direct and co-write an upcoming Star Wars film. In case you didn't know, Waititi is known for directing Marvel Cinematic Universe's Thor: Ragnarok and the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder film. He's actually also worked in the Star Wars universe when he directed the season finale of The Mandalorian.

Waititi will co-write the film with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, who worked on Oscar-nominated movie 1917. It isn't known yet what the film will be about, but it's going to be released in theatres. There will also be a new Star Wars series coming to Disney+ that is in development from Russian Doll writer Leslye Headland. Disney and Lucasfilm haven't divulged when these projects will be launched.

Source: Star Wars

Review: Dell Latitude 7220 Rugged Extreme Tablet

Text and photos by Emily Chung

The Dell Latitude 7220 Rugged Extreme Tablet is “built for the toughest jobs”, Dell boasts. While I don’t have an extremely harsh working environment, I own an auto repair shop and you can imagine the amount of dust, oil, grease, hazards, etc that we have onsite. I was curious to use the rugged tablet at work, and find out how it would perform for us. Hit jump for our hands on review of this rugged ultraportable.

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Ask Google Assistant to launch Stadia games on Android, Chromebooks

It's much easier to launch a Google Stadia games on your Android phones and Chromebooks. All you need to do is ask Google Assistant. You can say something as simple as "Play [insert game]" to have either device launch the title for you. It's easy to access on Chromebooks since all these laptops have a Search/Launcher key in place of Cap Locks so that you can launch Assistant from there. If you'd rather not have to scroll through the games you own, this method is a quick way to get to what you want. Now, if you don't own the title yet, you'll just be presented with a regular search term.

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Apple refreshes MacBook Pro 13-inch with new Magic Keyboard and increased storage

Today is a big day for any MacBook Pro buyers who have been vacillating on upgrades because of the butterfly keyboard. Apple has refreshed the MacBook Pro 13-inch models with the new Magic Keyboard that originated on the 16-inch MacBook Pro last year, the company has also doubled the SSD storage capacity, making these new MacBook Pros better options for moving around large files. Hit jump for pricing and info.

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