Technology

One in three UK drivers want cyclists banned from roads

In a recent survey from Yonder, which consisted 12,000 drivers it was determined that one in three of them felt that cyclists should be banned from using public roads and instead, restricted to using cycle paths. One in three also felt that too much funding is being put into cycling infrastructure. Out of the 12,000 people who participated in the survey, seven in ten said that cyclists should need insurance […]

Twitter’s verification charge set to come into play next week

In a report from Bloomberg is it reported that the major changes Elon Musk is planning to make to Twitter could come into effect as soon as next week. Musk is planning to being verification check marks to everyone as soon as next week, something which has been covered heavily in the media for the past few days as well as in discussions between users. We reported earlier this week that Twitter […]

MG will reveal the all-electric Cyberster roadster in April

MG has announced this week that the new upcoming Cyberster EV roadster will be revealed next year in April 2023. The all electric sports car is to be revealed next year, with first deliveries to customers to commence in the first half of 2024. The car is known internally as the ‘Project E’ and was revealed last year as the Cyberster concept. The car was due to be revealed at […]

Google is set to end Chrome support for Windows 7 and 8.1 next year

Google is going to be ending support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 next year, with a final last update for the popular browser. The last update will be available on 7th February 2023, but this date is tentative a the moment. Running an unsupported browse can cause many issues, as any security issues or bugs found after the fact won’t be addressed and could leave users at risk. After […]

Elon Musk suggests bringing back Vine, as he now owns Twitter

It is pretty much common knowledge at this stage that Elon Musk now owns Twitter and he become the CEO of the company earlier this week too. He has suggested a few debatable changes so far, such as abolishing the current verification process and instead bundling it within Twitter Blue and then charging $8 for the privilege. However, one suggestion seemed to have gone down much easier, such as bringing […]

Jetpack for WordPress 11.5 causing fatal errors – new update fixes the issue

Jetpack, a very popular plugin that is used on millions of WordPress blogs has had some reports of fatal errors which can result in your entire website crashing. Version 11.5 was released yesterday and once the automatic updates goes ahead, it removes some important files related to the IP block/allow feature within the Firewall section of Jetpack. Once the upgrade is done, those files are missing and the website refuses […]

Amazon Music is now, partly available to all Prime subscribers

This week, Amazon has announced that current Prime subscribers will get access to pretty much all of Amazon Music. In a press release yesterday, the company revealed that current Prime customers will now have access to 100 million Amazon Music songs. The access is limited though, for a better and more “in control” user experience, a dedicated Amazon Music subscription would be a better choice. However, for a “free” add-on, […]

Dacia brings the Duster Extreme SE back to the line-up

Dacia has this week, brought back the Duster Extreme SE after the model was dropped earlier this year in February. The model has returned and now sits at the top of the Duster line up, after what Dacia has said is “Back by popular demand.” The new variant can be ordered now, prices start at £18,295 and the first deliveries will start in early 2023. The Duster Extreme SE is […]

Nintendo releases system update 15.0.1

Nintendo has this week released a new minor update for the Switch, Switch Lite and Switch OLED. The new update 15.0.1 follows 15.0.0 which was released earlier in October. This new update addresses issues that would result in an error code, 2181-1000 which would come up when you are using an DLC from a console other than your primary console. Release Notes – Resolved an issue causing Error Code: 2181-1000 […]

London Routemaster has been retrofitted to be fully electric

The iconic Routemaster London bus, specifically the new hybrid bus that was launched back in 2012 has had a new conversion kit been developed. Equipmake, a company based in Norfolk has revealed a new conversion kit developed which will allow the bus to be converted from a diesel-hybrid setup to be fully electric. Back in 2012, diesel was something that was considered eco-friendly, but a lot has changed in that […]