Technology

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 […]

HomePod mini delivery times slip into next year in Europe and UK

The HomePod mini went on sale earlier this month, alongside the iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 12 mini and within not much time, the estimates for delivery had slipped a few months ahead but now this week, estimates for delivery stretch into January 2021. Here in the UK for example, if you ordered one today the delivery date is ’15 Jan – 21 Jan.’ This is the case too […]

Best pre-black Friday deals on amazon.co.uk

Black Friday is a massive mess sometimes, for some reason companies cannot wait until the actual day, but it’s a good excuse to to offer everything and anything for a deal, because it is Black Friday. But, for the consumer Black Friday and Cyber Monday are a great opportunity to grab a great tech deal. And even though Black Friday isn’t here yet, Amazon has some great deals to be […]

BMW has removed the option of a diesel engine from some BMW and Mini cars

BMW has removed the option of a diesel engine from a few BMW cars and Mini today in the UK as the demand for diesel dwindles. BMW has spoken to Autocar today about this and a couple of cars have been mode petrol only, including the 2 Series Coupe and 2 Series Convertible as well as the Countryman D in the Mini lineup. The main reason for removing the diesel is the […]

Twitter will now warn you if you happen to like a tweet which is misleading

Twitter is doing a lot to provide facts, context and general information about what people and companies are tweeting about and one of the latest additions are warning messages if you happen to press ‘like’ on a tweet which has been disputed. This comes after the messages which are present if you retweet or quote retweet an article or disputed tweet. Giving context on why a labeled Tweet is misleading […]

Apple is shutting down App Store Connect over Christmas

Every year, Apple takes a break of Christmas and stops accepting submissions of new apps or app updates, this usually takes place a couple days before and after Christmas Day and 2020 is no different. App Store Connect will shut down between 23rd and 27th December. Developers wishing to have apps ready for Christmas will need to submit them in the next few weeks.

Volkswagen Passat to leave the US in 2023

The US is undergoing a change in the car market, the once popular saloon cars and hatchbacks are now being overtaken by pick up trucks and SUVs and part of the move is companies stopping selling smaller cars, such as the new Ford Fiesta which hasn’t been made available in the US and now the Volkswagen Passat, which will stop being sold in the US once the current model gets […]

Ford Mustang Mach-E now has an official range of 300 miles

The brand new Ford Mustang Mach E is due to be delivered to customers next month and ahead of the launch, the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) in the US has approved the car with a maximum range of 300 miles on the top spec mode. The new Ford Mustang Mach E all electric SUV made its debut here in the UK earlier this year in February and was announced last […]