Technology

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 […]

Twitter Blue price is to increase to $8 per month and include ability to be verified

Today, along with more updates to how Twitter works – Elon Musk has revealed that Twitter Blue will see a price rise, from $4.99 per month to $8 per month. This is $3 per month more than prior and more features will be coming soon, such as the ability to be verified, which currently has the requirement to be a known person, such as a journalists and celebrities. Twitter’s current […]

Elon Musk is now Twitter’s CEO

Since Elon’s takeover of Twitter on Friday last week, he is now the company’s official CEO. The change was made official as of today and according to a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Elon Musk is now officially the CEO of Twitter. So far, since the takeover last week, Elon Musk completely dissolved the company board and fired many executives including the previous CEO Parag Agrawal. This […]

Cambium Networks announces cnWave 60 GHz V2000, a new PtP system capable of 5.2 Gbps

Today, Cambium Networks unveiled its next generation of 60GHz point to point fixed wireless, with the cnWave 60 GHz V2000. cnWave is Cambium’s line of 60GHz wireless products and this new device is aimed at linking buildings together, or feeding internet to residential properties. Cambium also say this platform is perfect for CCTV camera backhaul. For cnWave 60GHz, Cambium has various products which can serve PtMP (Point to Multipoint) and […]

Some Land Rover customers have been refused delivery, unless they agree to not sell the vehicle

As of late, it has been reported that Land Rover dealerships have been telling customers they cannot have their new car, unless they agree to not sell that car outside of its original dealer network. Specifically, customers have had this experience with the new Defender – a car which has been hard to get hold of, with price increases for those which are available. We’ve heard of a few cases […]

Alfa Romeo updates the Stelvio with refreshed exterior design

Alfa Romeo has updated the Stelvio SUV this month, with a revised front end and some new interior changes. The company will be delivering the first cars to customers in early 2023. For now, only the standard models have received updates, with the more performance focused Quadrifoglio to get updated later on next year. As for the changes, the main outside one is the headlights, which are now darker and […]

Ubiquiti offering extended warranties on UNVR models, due to USB drive issues

If you spend any time in the Ubiquiti sphere, either on the official forums, Twitter or the large Reddit community you’ll pretty much know by now that older UNVR models have had some issues with the integrated USB drive that houses the base operating system for the device. Earlier this year, we published a guide outlining how to repair your UNVR and get it back up and running again if […]

Elon Musk now owns Twitter, having bought it for $44 billion

As of yesterday (Friday 28th October), Elon Musk completed the takeover of Twitter, which cost him $44 billion. The deal was completed just a few hours before the court-ordered deadline which would have meant the deal would have to be re-negotiated. Elon bought Twitter for $44 billion, changed his Twitter bio to “Chief Twit”, tweeted “the bird is freed” and fired many top executives. the bird is freed — Elon Musk […]

Residents of Isle of Coll, Scotland without internet for three weeks due to issue with wireless backhaul radios

Residents of the Isle of Coll, Scotland have been without internet access for around three weeks due to an issue with the wireless backhaul radios that feed the island. The remote island has around two hundred residents, with around forty of them being affected by the issues. To get service to the island, Openreach deployed a Wireless-to-the-Cabinet (WTTC) network a few years ago. The use of microwave links isn’t something […]

Ubiquiti NanoBeam AC: Why is memory usage high?

A common question we see online is why is NanoBeam memory usage high, or why is the memory at around 70-80%. This is perfectly normal, as the RAM/memory is there to be used. For example, the NanoStation 5AC Loco only has 128 MB of memory and older M5 devices have half that, at 64MB. In a post from the official Ubiquiti Community, a Ubiquiti employee said that this kind of […]