Tech News Roundup for October 6, 2022

So, a lot happened in the last week and a half since I last did this. There are many things I haven’t talked about, some that I may get to another time. For today there are new Google products, the iPhone 14 Plus reviews hit, USB standards have slightly new names, And Elon Musk and Twitter has taken a turn. Generally the Pixel announcement would stand on it’s own, but today it gets folded into the rest of the news. Let’s dive in.

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Tech News Roundup for September 1, 2022

It feels like companies are trying to get their news out ahead of the Labour Day Weekend as well as the Apple event coming next week. There is much to talk about today. ARM is suing one of its biggest customers, Snap is laying off a huge chunk of its workforce, we have folding PC’s, new controllers, and the Twitter edit button is finally coming… eventually. That and a couple more things I’ve been interested in.

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Windows on ARM on the Galaxy Book Go

Today, two reviews in one. The Samsung Galaxy Book Go laptop is one of the more unremarkable laptops I’ve ever held, but what interested me in the device was what runs under the hood. This laptop has given me my first opportunity to play with Windows on ARM and see how well Microsoft’s efforts to make Windows run on the ARM architecture commonly seen on phones, tablets, and other devices. The results are…. Interesting. Let’s dive in.

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