Framework keeps fans guessing on February launch event product details
The brand, known for its easy-to-configure and upgrade designs, will host an event introducing its second-generation hardware on February 25 at 10:30 a.m. (1:30 p.m. EST). Framework has put up a splash page teasing the event in a coded emoji fashion, suggesting its new products will be colorful, flexible, powerful, and something for gamers.
Giving one of the emojis is a beachball made of primary colors, the Verge suggested that the brand could be hinting at a 2-in-1 style Chromebook with a 360-degree hinge. This design allows devices to be used in different stances, other than the standard clamshell laptop form.
Framework also detailed that pre-orders for at least one of its new products will be available on launch day. The brand urges that consumers create an account if they are interested in getting early access.
The event will be Framework's first major launch in two years. The brand last unveiled devices in March 2023, which include the Framework Laptop 16, and two Framework Laptop 13 models. Since then the brand has kept its products up to date following the latest components on the market. Notably, the brand launched a Framework Laptop Chromebook edition device in 2022 that was considered innovative at the time.
Framework is also opening invites to its upcoming event to enthusiasts, especially those who frequent the brand's online forum. 'In addition to bringing in press and partners, we're opening a pool of invites to the Framework Community to attend the event in person, meet the team, and get hands-on with our newest products,' Framework said in a statement.
Those interested in attending can apply here to attend the event. The brand noted that applying does not guarantee an invitation.
For those who can't make it in person, Framework will be streaming the event on YouTube.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Verge
17 hours ago
- The Verge
Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 review: the new king of Chromebooks
The world of Chromebooks has its MacBook Air. Lenovo's latest Chromebook Plus 14 is an Arm-based thin-and-light with good specs, excellent battery life, a great keyboard, all-around solid build, and a fantastic OLED screen. But the best part is that its bright and punchy 14-inch panel comes standard on the base $649 configuration or as a touchscreen for $749. That's cheaper than both the OLED-equipped Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus and Acer Chromebook Plus Spin with an IPS screen. It's also faster than either with more RAM. The new Chromebook Plus 14 could be a go-to laptop for just about anyone — if you're okay living with ChromeOS in the first place, of course. The Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 starts at $649 with a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 processor, 128GB of storage, 12GB of RAM, and that excellent OLED. Our review config costs $100 more, but it seems worthwhile for double the storage, 16GB of RAM, a touchscreen, and a fingerprint reader. It just weighs slightly more, at 2.78 pounds instead of the base model's 2.58 pounds. It's fairly thin at 0.62 inches, and for ports it's got two USB-C, one USB-A, and a 3.5mm audio jack. The USB-C ports allow you to use up to two external 4K monitors in tandem with the built-in display, though they're a slow 5Gbps. Hardware-wise, this laptop is nearly faultless, especially for the price. You get a great quality 1920 x 1200 / 60Hz OLED, which isn't a standout in terms of resolution and refresh rate, but the color and contrast certainly are. There's plenty of RAM compared to most other Chromebooks, and the keyboard feels just as great as much pricier Lenovo notebooks. The speakers are also quite good, rendering a full sound for music and podcasts, and they can get quite loud. My only small hangups were with the webcam, which looks fine aside from a greenish tint, and the loud, cheap-sounding click of the mechanical trackpad. The Chromebook Plus 14's performance is impressive, especially since it's a completely silent, fanless design like a MacBook Air. The 8-core MediaTek processor paired with 16GB of RAM is powerful enough to easily handle running many Chrome tabs across a couple desktops. I uploaded a few documents to NotebookLM in the background, allowing it to generate some audio overviews, and never bothered to stop using any of my open tabs or Android apps. The Lenovo didn't break a sweat. I did manage to get the MediaTek chip to slow down a little, but only a couple times. One was an accidental mini torture test — spamming Ctrl+Shift+T a few too many times to reopen a bunch of Chrome tabs and Files app windows. Frankly, Chromebooks are mature enough these days that you should expect more than enough performance for everyday multitasking — and the new Lenovo delivers. You can do almost anything in a web browser these days, and the ability to run both Android and Linux apps can fill in a lot of the remaining gaps. But some gaps remain. Zoom — whether in the browser, the Android app, or the 'Zoom for Chromebook' progressive web app — was a buggy mess. The Linux version of Slack didn't work, since Slack doesn't have a version of its Linux app compiled for Arm chips. I can get by fine using Slack in a browser, though I much prefer it as a standalone app. So keep in mind this laptop's architecture may complicate things if you're planning to use Linux apps. Unoptimized apps can reduce battery life, but the Lenovo's 60Wh cell and power-sipping chip make it a battery champ regardless. On a light day running Chrome tabs, progressive web apps, and the Android version of Spotify, I could easily use the Chromebook Plus 14 from the start of my workday around 8AM to deep into the evening. I once started my day with 77 percent battery, used it for around nine hours with minimal standby time, and crossed 5PM with about 20 percent still left in the tank. You can probably get multiple days out of this thing if you're careful. This battery life, combined with the Lenovo's overall performance and excellent screen, makes it an easy recommendation. An x86 Chromebook will have better Linux compatibility, if that's important to you, and it's possible a future Snapdragon X-equipped Chromebook may shake up this space even further. But the fact that you can get the touchscreen version for $749, a lower price than other, slower flagship Chromebook Plus models, makes this Lenovo the best Chromebook offering. It's not a two-in-one convertible like the Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714, but it's more powerful and has a nicer screen. Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook Plus also has a nice OLED like the Lenovo, but in my testing I found its 16:9 aspect ratio screen irksome (these should have stayed dead on laptops in 2021), and its number pad makes the keyboard feel Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 feels like a proper successor to Google's old Pixelbook, with a great screen and borderline-overkill specs that could actually last the whole 10 years of promised software updates. It's especially appealing if you want an affordable, mostly hassle-free laptop — with the ability to opt in to some hassle if you want to tinker with Linux. This is the new king of Chromebooks, and overall just a damn good computer. Photography by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge
Business Insider
19 hours ago
- Business Insider
A millennial who retired early says she 'got bored' 6 months in and shares her top takeaway from hitting FIRE
Early retirement was everything Rose Han wanted — until it wasn't. "I thought FIRE was the goal for a really long time," she told Business Insider, referring to the financial independence, retire early movement. "And, at 32, I basically achieved a version of FIRE — living in my camper van and having freedom — and it was fun for like the first six months." But less than a year into early retirement, "I found that I got bored and didn't feel all that fulfilled." Han's financial independence journey began with a lot of debt: about $100,000 worth of student loans and credit cards. It forced her to increase her income, rein in her spending, and save aggressively, habits that she maintained after becoming debt-free and helped her achieve a seven-figure net worth. Only after quitting her Wall Street job did she realize she was chasing the wrong thing all along. "The question shouldn't be: How can I retire early and finally live my life? The question should be: How can I build a life I don't want to retire from?" she said. At least for her, she'd rather spend her time working on something that lights her up than sit around doing nothing. "It might sound a little idealistic, but I really think that it's possible. It just takes maybe a different way of thinking and some effort." Building a life you don't want to retire from The way Han sees it, there are two main paths to building a life that you don't want to retire from. "The ideal would be: What you love to do is what also makes you money, so you never have to retire, and it never feels like work," she said. "That's one possibility, and that's a sweet spot that I have more or less found, where the work that I do is what I love." Han runs a financial literacy business that began as a passion project. She hosted free personal finance meet-ups and started a YouTube channel to share her own experience with money, which evolved into a profitable business with multiple revenue streams: online courses, brand deals, affiliate links, book sales, and AdSense for YouTube. "It doesn't feel like work, and it makes you money. That's the whole package," said Han. The second main path — establishing a reliable income stream that will pay the bills while pursuing your passion on the side — may be more practical. "Elizabeth Gilbert talked about this in her book 'Big Magic.' She decided waitressing would be the thing that pays the bills so that writing would not need to have that pressure, and she could maintain her passion for writing," said Han. With this path, "you have a cash cow and you also have your passions. They don't have to be the same thing. It's like being the lawyer who has a rock band on the weekends." If, over time, your rock band starts making enough money to sustain your lifestyle, that's when you could decide whether to quit your corporate job and pursue music full-time. "I don't think you should just starve and pursue your passion. You also need to think about your cash cow," she added. "If you can make both one and the same, great. But if not, there are other ways to do it." Changing her mindset from accumulating money to accumulating experiences For years, Han poured much of her energy into making money and investing aggressively, but her single-minded pursuit of FIRE came at the cost of connection and deeper life experiences. "The overall emphasis on money and the accumulation of money has just gotten out of hand, because capitalism has gotten out of hand," she said. "It's taken us away from what really, really matters, which is time with our loved ones and relationships." Once she hit a $1 million net worth, one of her first thoughts was, "OK, well, now why don't I get to $10 million?" she said, a mindset she has since started to question. How much is enough, and at what point do you stop chasing more to enjoy what you already have? "I feel like that's one outdated piece of advice: Overemphasis on accumulating money and dollars versus accumulating moments and core memories that you can never replace," she said. She's not the only one waking up to this idea. She pointed to the "great resignation" of 2021 and 2022: "People were quitting their jobs because they were realizing, 'Oh, being away from home and working for somebody else who doesn't even really value me is not worth it anymore. I'd rather just have less money, but actually be able to do what I want with my time.'" For Han, her happiest moments have come since moving to the same city as her boyfriend. "The moments where we're just camping in our camper van, making a little fire, and my dog's running around the campsite, and it's just the three of us," she said. "Super simple moments that cost very little. That's what I live for."
USA Today
19 hours ago
- USA Today
The Boston Celtics moves in free agency make no sense -- or do they?
The Boston Celtics moves in free agency make no sense -- or do they? It was no secret that the Celtics were always likely to make some cost-cutting moves in order to get ahead of the potentially historic impacts of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA)'s second apron penalties. But it still was something of a rude awakening to see the team deal away champion veterans Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis, and even more so to see backup big man Luke Kornet leave the ball club in free agency to join the San Antonio Spurs. Boston's subsequent signings of depth players with upside to replace them make little sense in the context of pursuing wins in the present. But if the plan has always been to tank for the coming 2025-26 regular season while cutting costs as well, these moves make all the sense in the world. The folks behind the "NESN" YouTube channel put together a clip from their "Hold My Banner" show to take a closer look at what might be going on with Boston's free agency moves to date. Check it out below!
