Scharon Harding at Ars Technica has this article on Thunderbolt hits 80Gbps in demo, equaling USB4 Version 2.0 Speeds. Good to see thunderbolt catch up to the newly proposed USB spec, but for it to keep going they should be pushing the limits and doubling the USB Speeds.
Honestly it is mostly about keeping compatibility with Thunderbolt devices, for those who have them, and I have a lot of them, and so I need compatiblity and not just with the connector, so lets hope Intel keeps the licensing prices inexpensive, so that machines are both thunderbolt 4 and USB 4.