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Weekends with the interface – 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 the interface. This week, Tesla announced it has finally now started production for the all electric Semi, the ability to edit tweets has come to Twitter Blue subscribers in the US and here in the UK, fully electric cars are now the second most registered car type so far this year. BMW […]

JLR UK has signed up to charging network, Plugsurfing

This week, Jaguar Land Rover UK has announced plans that it is now partnering with charging network, Plugsurfing. This new partnership will allow customers to use the charging network for a simple pay-as-you-go option and two monthly subscriptions. Customers will get access to an RFID charging key and access to charging apps to use the Plugsurfing charging network. Plugsurfing and JLR have actually been working together since 2018, but this […]

The new Mini Cooper Convertible will be made in the UK once again

Mini is planing on bringing production of the iconic Cooper range back to the UK, when the all new Mini Cooper range launches in 2024. The company will be building only the petrol version of the cars in Oxford, with the convertible and hatchback models. For the electric Mini, production is set to be moved to China, where the new model will share a platform with Chinese car maker Great […]

Westminster Council is aiming to have over 2,000 on street charge points

Westminster Council has announced plans recently that it is aiming to have a total of 2,000 on street charge points by spring 2023. The majority of the charging locations will be installed within lampposts, which offer a clean and efficient way to get charging to EV owners. Admittedly, this isn’t going to cover everyone but it will help a lot of people in London who park on the road. Westminster […]

Netflix announces new ad-supported plan, priced from £4.99/$6.99 per month

Yesterday, Netflix revealed its long awaited cheaper plan, now supported by adverts. The new base plan is called ‘Basic With Ads’ and is capped at 720p quality and Netflix makes you pay upwards of £10.99/$15.49 for 1080p plus. The new plan is supported with adverts that are sprinkled inbetween what you are watching, whether that be TV shows or movies. Netflix says the adverts will be placed at a rate […]

Ubiquiti announces new Camera AI DSLR for UniFi Protect – coming soon!

Ubiquiti has today revealed the all new Camera AI DSLR. The camera works with UniFi Protect and is in the Early Access store only at this point. Ubiquiti has launched the device to the EA store and should be available to everyone as ‘GA’ soon. The company posted a YouTube video outlining the ways DSLR cameras have a benefit in photography and that the new AI DSLR is the first PoE […]

Nintendo releases system update, 15.0.0 with quite a few bug fixes

Earlier this week, Nintendo released a brand new system update for the Switch, Switch Lite and Switch OLED. Nintendo has jumped way ahead from version 14.1.2 all the way up to 15.0.0. Most recent updates for the Switch have been somewhat small, with minor improvements and bug fixes. Version 15.0.0 isn’t a huge major update like the release number would have you believe, it is instead more of a bug […]

BMW announces strong EV sales growth, more than doubling in one year

This week, the BMW Group has revealed that over the past twelve months, its electric car sales have more than doubled across the company’s brands, BMW and Mini. Sales have increased by 114.8% since September 2021 and is only taking into consideration its full electric cars, not hybrids which makes it even more impressive. In 2022 alone, the BMW Group has amassed 128,196 fully electric vehicles sales. BMW hasn’t provided […]

Apple releases iOS 16.0.3 with many fixes for issues with iPhone 14

Earlier this week, Apple released iOS 16.0.3, which is a pretty minor release with a main focus on improving the issues people are seeing on the iPhone 14. This release only comes a few weeks after Apple initially released iOS 16. iOS 16.0.3 is available now for compatible devices and can be found by going to Settings > General > Software Update. Release Notes This update provides bug fixes and important […]

Jaguar announces the F-Type 75 special edition, marking the final year of the car

Yesterday, Jaguar revealed that F-Type production is coming to an end, and to mark the final year of production the company is launching a new special, limited edition model of the car. The F-Type 75 will have a number of special features over the standard car, complete with ‘F-Type 75’ badges. The Jaguar F-Type was launched back in 2013 as the direct replacement for the XK. The XK was built […]