Another week has gone by and it’s time, once again to go over the best stories we covered here on A&T Tech. In the news this week, MWC 2020 has been cancelled, Aston Martin launched a new roadster version of the Vantage, Volkswagen has finally put the new e-up! on sale, the NHS has around 500,000 machines still running Windows 7 and Top Gear will be moving from BBC Two to […]
The next generation of OnePlus phones could launch in the next few months, based on some recent speculation and rumours. The last phone the company launched was the current OnePlus 7T, which was back in late 2019, prior to that was the OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro, which were only a few months before that. But this news is just speculation at this stage, but be sure to stay tuned […]
Smart home security is a hot topic at the moment, what with Ring having had some accounts comprised partly due to users reusing passwords from other accounts, not having two-factor authentication enabled and also contractors having had access to video feeds. Google’s Nest is planning on boosting its users security later this year by requiring that all new and existing users to enable two-factor authentication, but not SMS based as […]
Yesterday Strava has released a much needed update to its iOS and Apple Watch app which allows syncing between Apple’s own workouts app on the Apple Watch and the Strava app. Strava have achieved this by improving its HealthKit integration. This addition is really useful if you want to use Apple’s workout app on the Watch and not Strava’s own app, but do want to use the social benefits and […]
Today on amazon.co.uk, the Amazon owned company Ring has a good deal for the Video Doorbell 2 which has over thirty percent off today, down from £179 to £119. Obviously being an Amazon owned company it works with Alexa but not HomeKit at this time. The standard version connects over 2.4GHz WiFi only and is battery powered, but can be used with existing wiring from your doorbell.
Here in the UK, the infamous hot hatch from Hyundai has been on sale for over two years now, when it made its debut on UK soil in September 2017, but it has taken its time to get to South Africa and today is that day. The Hyundai i30N is now on sale in a few dealers across the country, in 14 dealers at the time of writing. Belville, Somerset […]
Aston Martin’s new Vantage was launched a few years ago, but has only been available in a coupé version till now. Yesterday, the new roadster version was announced and shares a lot of the comments from the coupé and Aston says, it has the same ““strong dynamic ability and sporting character with no compromise to feel or refinement” – which is hard to get right when the roof of a car […]
Today, Apple has released Swift Playgrounds for the Mac, for the first time. The app which is primarily designed for kids to teach them how to code in Swift, has only been available on iPad until now. Swift Playgrounds gets the user to play games, puzzles and challenges to help learn the basics of Swift programming. Apple has managed to get the app to work on macOS by using Catalyst, […]
MWC this year, (Mobile World Congress) has been cancelled due to fears of the coronavirus virus and many companies have refused to go, including Intel, LG, Nokia and others. Mobile World Congress is held every year in Barcelona, Spain and most major wireless industry companies and mobile phone manufactures attend to show off new hardware and phones. “With due regard to the safe and healthy environment in Barcelona and the […]
Just today, Facebook owned WhatsApp has now passed the two billion user mark, something Facebook only achieved in 2017. “We are excited to share that, as of today, WhatsApp supports more than two billion users around the world.” WhatsApp Also in the blog post, the company touts its encryption efforts as WhatsApp has end-to-end encryption. “Strong encryption is a necessity in modern life. We will not compromise on security because […]
