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

GeekWire

” Kalivas is a remote worker himself, a Google Cloud sales executive who revived the LaunchPad organization as part of the tech giant’s 20% initiative. Photo courtesy of Mark Harrell) Austin ultimately didn’t meet their criteria, and they’d grown weary of the weather in Western Washington. They want to plug in.

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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. feet for up to 30 minutes).