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Samsung announces two entry level phones, the A12 and A02S

This week, Samsung announced two new entry level handsets for the European market, the A12 and the A02S. Compared to other phones with similar specs, they are priced well – at below €179 (£160). A12 For the price, both phones have good specs – the A12 is taking from where the A11 left off, with a 6.5-inch screen, 8MP front facing camera, 8-core processor and a 5,000mAh battery. There is […]

Tesla has had to recall some Model Y cars due to loose bolts

Tesla this week has had to recall a number of Model Y SUVs due to a potentially loose bolt in the steering system. 437 cars have been recalled so far. The bolts connecting the front upper control arm and steering knuckle may not have been torqued to specification. If not properly secured, the upper control arm can unseat from the steering knuckle, resulting in excessive negative or positive camber and […]

Some new M1 Macs are seeing Bluetooth issues

The new M1 based Macs have been out with customers for about a week now and some users are reporting issues with Bluetooth. Issues with some accessories not working all together or some devices being intermittent. Originally reported by MacRumors who have said that users affected have been sharing the issues on Reddit and the MacRumors forums and that the models affected are the M1 models so the MacBook Air, […]

Tesla hints it might make a hatchback EV

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO has recently hinted that for the market here in Europe a smaller Tesla EV, in the form of a hatchback might be coming at some stage. All he said was, when speaking to Bloomberg: “In Europe, it would make sense to do a compact car. I’m sure there will be others as well.” Elon Musk More compact cars are important part of the market here in […]

Vauxhall adds more trim options to new Corsa and reduces prices

This week, Vauxhall has updated the new Corsa with more engine options, new trim options for the e-Corsa and in some cases, lower prices. e-Corsa Vauxhall has expanded the e-Corsa line up with three additional trim levels, the SE Nav Premium, SRi Nav Premium and Elite Nav Premium. The SRi model is more sporty, so it adds larger 17-inch alloy wheels, sport seats, red SRi interior, tinted rear windows as well […]

Department of Transport says the amount of public EV chargers has increased by 18% in the past year

Ever since electric cars were a part of main stream culture, a selection of people aren’t convinced they’ll be viable or work in the long run and with the 2030 ban of new car sales that are only combustion based looming, there is a need for some extra information on the infrastructure. This month, the DfT (Department for Transport) has provided some extra information on how many public electric chargers […]

HomePod mini is now available in Mexico and Taiwan

The HomePod mini launched in a handful of countries early last month and now it is expanding to more, much quicker than the original HomePod did. As of yesterday, it has launched in Mexico and Taiwan with China coming later on. When the HomePod launched on 6th November, it was available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Spain, the UK, and the US. In Mexico the HomePod […]

Deal: 2020 iPad Air has £20 off on amazon.co.uk today

The new 2020 iPad Air was announced back in September, at the Apple Watch event and then went on sale last month. It shares a very similar design to the 2018 iPad Pro, with flat sides, rounded corners and an edge to edge design. No Face ID here, but Touch ID on the sleep/wake button as well as USB-C and the A14 from the latest round of iPhone 12 models. […]

Twitter is relaunching account verification next year

Next year, Twitter is relaunching its account verification process after a four year absence. The process was shut down in 2017 due to issues with who was being verified and for what reason, such as multiple white supremacists who had received verification. When the program gets reintroduced in 2021, they’ll be new rules in place on who gets verified which are in a draft form at the moment. “Please note […]

Ubiquiti has a few new UniFi accessories coming soon

Ubiquiti has just updated its accessories page on its website today and just appeared, are two three new UniFi products which are labelled as “Coming soon” UniFi Redundant Power System Pro The first one is the ‘UniFi Redundant Power System Pro’ which just looks like a thicker version of the existing RPS, which without seeing the back will most likely just have more ports to power more devices in the rack. USW […]