Technology

macOS Ventura will be released publicly on 24th October

Apple will be releasing the next version of macOS next week, on Monday 24th October. Apple announced all of its new operating systems for 2022 back in June this year and so far, tvOS 16, iOS 16, watchOS 9 and a new update for HomePod have been released. iPadOS 16 and macOS 13 have been delayed. However, starting on Monday next week Apple will be releasing macOS 13 to compatible […]

UK ISPs and LINX saw record data traffic earlier this week

This week, internet traffic hit a new record high at around 09:20pm on Wednesday 19th October. Traffic spiked in data usage across the London Internet Exchange (LINX), and it hit a new record of 7.179Tbps which is around 0.89TB/s. The traffic on major ISPs saw huge spikes also. The main culprit could be down to the return of Premier League football matches on Amazon Prime, which is primarily coming from […]

Free charging at Tesco with Pod Point is coming to an end

EV charging network, Pod Point has announced this week that its free charging program at Tesco supermarkets in the UK is coming to an end. Back at the end of 2019, Volkswagen and Tesco partnered up to provide free EV charging at its supermarkets but only for 7kW fast chargers, at the time there was a small charge for anything faster, at 50kW. However, in the three years since the […]

UK supermarket Morrisons, adds support for My Morrisons loyalty card in Apple Wallet

A few days ago, Morrisons updated its My Morrsions app on iOS to now support Apple Wallet. It isn’t the most advanced card ever added to Apple Wallet, with no support for popping the card up on the Lock Screen and the Apple Watch support is pretty pointless, with no QR code or barcode supported. However, it is a start in the right direction. To add the card, open the […]

iPadOS 16 will be made available on 24th October

Apple unveiled iPadOS 16 in June earlier this year and typically, both iOS and iPadOS 16 get released at the same time, around a week after the new iPhone has been launched. However this year, iOS 16 was released in September but iPadOS 16 was delayed. Apple had pushed the release back due to unforeseen issues with Stage Manager‌. Initially, Stage Manager‌ was only going to come to iPads with […]

Mark Zuckerberg claims that WhatsApp is “Far More Private and Secure” than iMessage

This week, Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has come out and said in a new Instagram post that “WhatsApp is far more private and secure than iMessage.” The claim also goes along with new billboards in London and New York City that advertise that WhatsApp has better security that Apple with iMessage, thanks to end-to-end encryption and support for multiple platforms. This claim could be believed, if it wasn’t for the […]

Apple selling updated Logitech Crayon, now supports USB-C

Yesterday, alongside the new 10th generation iPad being launched, Apple has now started selling the updated e Logitech Crayon, which now supports USB-C for charging. The original model is still on sale however, which supports the Lightning connector and older iPad models. This new stylus is an important addition, considering the latest 10th generation iPad now supports USB-C, but only works with the first generation Apple Pencil, which only supports […]

iPad mini prices in the UK and Europe skyrocket, US prices remain the same

After releasing the new iPad 10th generation and updated iPad Pro yesterday, Apple also revised the pricing of the iPad mini 6th generation in markets outside of the US, including many parts of the EU and the UK. The new 10th generation model was updated with USB-C, removal of the home button and new landscape FaceTime camera. Here in the UK for example, the iPad mini 6 used to cost […]

BMW will stop manufacturing the Mini Electric in Cowley next year

BMW has announced that production of the all electric Mini will cease in 2023, when the company will be moving it to China instead. We reported last week that BMW is bringing production of the Mini Cooper Convertible back to Oxford next year, but at the same time moving Mini Electric production to China instead. Going forward, the Cowley factory will build Mini Cooper three-door and five-door Hatch models, as well […]