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

GeekWire

Tobias invests in business-to-business software companies all over the world, and didn’t intend to fund Spokane-area startups. Startup entrepreneur and software engineer Mark Harrell and his family moved to Spokane from Austin about a year-and-a half ago. The startup moved in 2019 from Seattle to Spokane, where he grew up.

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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.