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New Android TV box with Nokia brand coming to Europe soon

A new Nokia branded Android TV box looks to be coming to Europe soon, according to Golem.de – a German tech site. Nokia won’t be making the box, instead the brand is being licensed out to a company called Streamview. Nokia Streaming Box 8000 as it will be called is rumoured to be about the €100 (£90) and will run Android TV and come with what looks like a traditional TV remote, […]

Philips adds HomeKit Adaptive Lighting support to its Hue bulbs

Philips has been makings its Hue line of smart light for a long time now and as one of the earlier mainstream company’s to get on board with Apple’s HomeKit and now starting today, it is the first bulb manufacturer to roll out support for HomeKit Adaptive Lighting, a feature which is new with iOS 14. The feature is designed to change the colour temperature over the course of the […]

Tesla Model 3 is the first electric NYC yellow cab

The Tesla Model 3 is now the first ever electric vehicle to be officially approved as a yellow cab in New York City. The car was approved for use as a yellow cab over a year ago in October 2019. The Model 3 is also in use in the Netherlands where 100 are in use at the moment at the airport in Amsterdam. This is certainly good to see at […]

Apple TV app for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 now available

It has been announced today that the Apple TV app is now available on the new PlayStation 5 and the existing PlayStation 4, bringing Apple TV+ content, Apple TV channels and purchased content from iTunes. Just recently, the Apple TV app was made available on the new Xbox Series S and Series X too. The Apple TV app on the Apple TV works different to how it works on third […]

Barack Obama will be interviewed by Oprah on her show “The Oprah Conversation” on Apple TV+

Yesterday, Apple announced that an upcoming episode of The Oprah Conversation on Apple TV+ will star former US President Barack Obama and will debut next week on Tuesday 17th November at 6am PT / 3pm BST. Oprah will be interviewing Obama and discussing his memoir, where he discusses his legacy and what brought him to be President back in 2009. The episode is going to be free for everyone on […]

macOS Big Sur is now out

Apple has released the biggest ever update to macOS today with macOS Big Sur which is version 11.0 but Apple has actually jumped ahead today, releasing macOS 11.0.1 to compatible machines today. You can read more about macOS Big Sur here fro June 2020. This update changes a lot about the user interface, which borrows a lot from iOS and iPadOS with completly refreshed UI, icons and it also has […]

Portsmouth City Council installs solar panels and uses Tesla Powerwalls at Hilsea Industrial Estate

Last month, Portsmouth City Council announced that it had installed a large 250 kilo-watt (kW) solar panel system, coupled with Tesla Powerwalls to store the energy harvested by the sun. They have installed ten units, providing 135 kWh of electricity – which is enough power to keep a typical home for about two weeks. “It’s fantastic to see Portsmouth City Council leading the way when it comes to innovative projects […]

Apple announces new 13-inch MacBook Pro, powered by Apple Silicon

Yesterday at the Apple event, Apple announced the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the new M1 chip, its first in house SoC for the Mac and like in the new Mac mini and MacBook Air it enables more performance, less energy usage and in the laptops – much better battery life. The new MacBook Pro is the same price as before, at £1,299 in the UK and $1299 in the […]

AirPlay 2 and HomeKit is now available on Roku devices

Starting today, Roku is rolling out an update for some of the company’s hardware to support Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit which is a welcome update. The Roku devices already have the Apple TV app and AirPlay 2 adds multi-room audio support and HomeKit will allow you to use Siri to turn on the Roku, use automations and more. RokuOS 9.4 is rolling out “in phases over the coming weeks” […]

BMW announces the iX, a fully bespoke, 500bhp, all electric SUV

This is the brand new BMW iX, the company’s first all electric flagship SUV and it’s certainly an interesting looking car. The iX will go on sale in late 2021 and it’s a five seat SUV which looks like it is taking on the very capable Tesla Model X – as it has 500bhp, a range of 373 miles and can do 0-60mph in under five seconds. The first thing […]