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Destination Spokane: How remote work and new arrivals are changing one tech community

GeekWire

“This thing where people were leaving big cities and coming to small cities in the last three years has definitely hit Spokane like a wave,” said venture capitalist Martin Tobias of Incisive Ventures , the longtime Seattle investor, entrepreneur, and technology executive. Martin Tobias of Incisive Ventures.

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Kyocera DuraForce Ultra 5G UW review: extreme durability for an extreme price

The Verge

It’s common for rugged phones to feature older processors and lack modern features — these phones often have specialized uses, like barcode scanning or taking payments, and more or less just need to keep working in harsh environments. In any case, it’s there, and it’s definitely more of a casual, fun feature than it is practical.