Škoda has launched its very first electric vRS model, geared towards performance. The vRS brand has been around a for a long time and is Škoda’s equivalent to Volkswagen’s GTI performance brand, with VW now using the GTX name for its performance electric cars. The new Enyaq Coupe iV vRS has a dual motor system with 295bhp, with a 0-60mph time of 6.5 seconds. Top speed here is 111mph and […]
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Apple announces new Tap to Pay on iPhone – allowing payments to be made with no extra hardware
Apple has recently announces a new feature for the iPhone, which will allow remote merchants and shops to take credit card payments while on the road, similar to how dedicated hardware from Square and SumUp works. The new ‘Tap to Pay on iPhone’ feature will allow businesses and contractors to take payments for goods and services without the need for additional hardware, customers just tap their card, watch or phone […]
DeLorean DMC is coming back later this year as an electric car
DMC is bringing the famous DeLorean name back later this year for a new all electric sports car. The DeLorean Motor Company is now owned by Stephen Wynne, who acquired the rights to the name in 1995. He is now doing something with the DMC branding with a new take on the sports car, but this time it’ll be all electric. The DeLorean EVolved will be announced at some stage […]
Kia will be launching the new Sportage PHEV in the US soon
Kia has only just launched the new Sportage PHEV here in the UK and Europe, but it is already planning on launching it over in the US soon. Kia announced the new news last week that the plug in hybrid version will be the only version to be available, which will be in Q3 of this year. This variant has a 66.9kWh electric motor, powered by a 13.8kWh battery pack. […]
Apple is now giving many US retail staff wage raises
According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple is giving many of its US based retail staff a pay rise. The company is said to be increasing wages for many of its store based staff in the country by around 10 percent. The main reason for this being, staff complaints, inflation and more. The increases in pay were announced earlier this week during store meetings, says Bloomberg. However, not all members of staff will […]
Apple is now the number one headphone company in the US
Apple is leading the headphone market in the US right now, thanks to its success with AirPods and Beats. Apple debuted AirPods in 2016 alongside the iPhone 7 which was the same year the company removed the 3.5mm headphone jack from it. Since then, Apple has been expanding its product line of wireless headphones, with now the third generation of AirPods on sale, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max. Beats is […]
Tesla is not going to be launching any new models this year
Tesla has recently announced that it will not be launching any new models this year, with the year 2023 set as the earliest this will happen. The company is currently focusing on getting out of the supply chain issues and making sure it can produce enough cats in a global scale. Tesla has the Roadster, Semi and Cybertruck all waiting to be released and all of them were announced a […]
MG announces new standard range ZS EV, now starting at under £28k
MG has launched a new cheaper variant of its MG ZS EV this week, with 198 miles of range at a £27,495 price tag. This now makes it one of the cheapest electric SUVs on sale in the UK, with a much improved range over the standard model by 35 miles. MG still offers versions with more range, with the ZS EV Long Range with 273 miles of range for […]
WhatsApp says it would love to make an iPad app
WhatsApp has long been a single device application, with the phone being the integral part of that experience as every message was routed through it. However, the company has been working on improving the way it handles multiple devices, as competitors such as iMessage and Telegram have long offered this feature. Last week, Will Cathcart the chief of WhatsApp spoke to The Verge and said that users have been asking for […]
Ubiquiti airMAX NanoStation AC Loco vs NanoStation AC
The NanoStation was one of Ubiquiti’s first products back in the early days of the company, it had two ethernet ports, one powering the device and the other providing a PoE passthrough to another device, like a IP camera, access point or another type of airMAX device. The NanoStation M series became popular with CCTV installers for the form factor, low protruding nature and the second port for powering devices. […]