Tech news in brief

Panasonic’s lineup of rugged laptops grew to include the Toughbook 40. This new laptop capitalizes on most of its predecessor’s hallmarks, such as durability and swappable components, but is also lighter and has a larger, 14-inch screen. Toughbooks…

In one of the largest tech acquisitions ever, Broadcom is purchasing VMware for 61 billion USD in cash and stocks. Broadcom is mostly known for designing and manufacturing chips for modems and for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, used in smart phones, while…

At Build, its developer conference, Microsoft announced a new service for organizations wishing to offer preconfigured, virtual machines for software developers. Microsoft Dev Box makes it easier to quickly set up new developer workstations, with…

Microsoft has been working on a version of ARM64 for Visual Studio 2022, and is now releasing a new, mini ARM PC for developers. A Visual Studio ARM preview will be out in the next few weeks. Though ARM machines such as the Surface Pro X could run…

With the annual Build conference, lots of Microsoft news is coming down the turnpike. Among them, we’ve heard that Microsoft will give developers open access to Windows 11 widgets for accompanying their win32 or PWA applications. Currently, the…

We’re really into the Framework, a slim, lightweight laptop that’s easily upgraded, configured and repaired by users themselves. We’ve written about it on a couple of occasions. Well one year after its release, the laptop is keeping its promise of…

Amazon is updating its small and affordable Fire 7 tablet for the first time in three years. On the docket, you’ll find a USB-C port to recharge the battery, longer battery life, increased memory (2GB of RAM instead of 1GB), and better performance…

When you unlock a Tesla with a phone, the device and the car both use Bluetooth signals to measure the distance between them. Draw nearer to the car, phone in hand, and the car will unlock automatically. Move further, it automatically locks again.