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IKEA will be supplying Swedish homes with clean energy

Soon, retail conglomerate IKEA will become an energy provider in its home country of Sweden. Swedish homes will be able to pay IKEA for 100% clean energy, supplied from solar or wind with usage being able to be checked via an app. The price is yet to be revealed, but will be called Strömma. IKEA is making a few changes to its product line too, it’ll soon stop selling alkaline […]

Mercedes announces new Citan, which is the last combustion van the company will release

Mercedes has revealed the new second generation Citan this week, ahead of the scheduled release to the general market announcement taking place in Germany in September. The new Citan will be the last combustion engine powered van the company will be offering. Every model following the release will be electric. The new Citan shares the same platform with the latest Renault Kangoo and can be specced as a Panel Van […]

SpaceX Starlink dish to come down in price by 50%

It has been announced today by Gwynne Shotwell, the President of SpaceX that the upfront cost of the Starlink receiver and other equipment will come down in price by a lot, come the end of this year. Currently, the Starlink low orbit satellite service is available in a large amount of the world, including the US UK and other countries in Europe. At the time of writing, the kit includes […]

Microsoft announces a new wired Xbox Stereo headset

Microsoft has announced a brand new wired Xbox Stereo headset, which is essentially a wired version of the new wireless headset the company revealed earlier this year. The wired version is quite a bit less expensive than the wireless version and understandably it is missing a few features when compared to the wireless model. The wired one comes in art £54.99 in the UK and $59.99 in the US, its […]

Land Rover updates Range Rover Velar with new tech

Land Rover has updated the Velar recently with new technology, software updates and new paint options in the range. The Velar was launched back in 2017 and this new minor updated car is on sale now, with prices starting art £45,925 in the UK. Starting with the interior, Land Rover has brought over its OTA update system from the Defender, which will be updated soon to add wireless Apple CarPlay […]

New Genesis G70 to go on sale in UK next month, prices from £33,850

Genesis, a company owned by Hyundai which focuses on premium SUVs, estates and saloon cars is now expanding to the UK. We reported on it back in May and shortly after the news, the company released the prices for the upcoming G80 and GV80. Now this week, Genesis has released the prices and release dates for the G70 saloon, which is a similar size to the BMW 3 Series and […]

Land Rover debuts new Range Rover Sport SVR Ultimate

This week, Land Rover has introduced a new high end version of the Range Rover Sport SVR, with the Ultimate edition. The upgraded car comes with a hefty premium on top of the standard SVR and adds a number of new styling details, but the engine remains the same supercharged 5.0-litre V8, with 567bhp and 516lb ft torque – giving the car the ability to hit 0-60mph in 4.3 seconds. […]

SpaceX has shipped over 100,000 Starlink satellites to beta testers

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been sending out Starlink satellite dishes to customers for around eight months now, following the release of the service in late 2020. Starlink uses a large array of low orbit satellites with connections back to the ground, which then in turn have high speed fibre connections. Having the satellites at a lower level reduces the high latency and slow speeds that traditional satellite broadband services have. […]

T-Mobile offering a free year of Apple TV+ to some customers this week

T-Mobile in the US announced today that some customers will be eligible to receive a free full year of Apple TV+. New and existing customers on the Magenta and Magenta MAX plans will be able to get the free add on. T-Mobile is even allowing users who already pay for Apple TV+, once the offer is activated the paid plan will pause then the free one will take over. Apple […]

Weekends with A&T Tech – Best stories of the week

Another week has gone by and its time, once again to go over the best stories we covered here on A&T Tech. Nissan revealed new Z car, with a V6 and 400bhp The new Z will only be offered in Japan and the US, it has a new V6 engine, with rear wheel drive and the option of a six speed manual or automatic. Read more Paramount+ will be coming the […]