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Weekends with A&T Tech – Best stories of the week

Another week has gone by and its time, once again to go over the best stories we covered here on A&T Tech. This week has pretty much been an Apple focused week, with new AirPods, MacBooks and the all new cloth, from Apple. Apple announced an all new MacBook Pro The new MacBook Pro is pretty much a retro throwback, the machine is more chunky, has the return of some old ports […]

UK government is planning a mandate for electric cars to be a percentage of a car manufacturer’s sales

The UK government is planning on proposing that the cars that manufacturers sell, a proportion of them have to be fully electric, or zero emissions, such as hydrogen. The exact details of this proposal is yet to be finalised or even decided at this stage – the DfT hasn’t even had a consultation on it yet. However, the eventual aim is to improve choice for customers, now that there is a […]

20 years ago today, the original iPod was introduced

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the original iPod, when it was announced by a financially recovering Apple back in 2001. Steve Jobs announced it at the Town Hall in Apple’s old headquarters, Infinite Loop. Back in 2001, Apple had really only offered its Mac lineup and iTunes, obviously the company had dabbled with the Newton before Jobs returned to the company and helped put it back on track, revamping […]

All electric Citroën e-Berlingo van now on sale

Citroën’s new all electric e-Berlingo is now on sale in the UK, with prices starting at £31,302, when taking in consideration the £3,000 plug in van grant. The e-Berlingo also joins the other electric vans on offer from other Stellantis brands, Fiat, Peugeot, Opel and Vauxhall. The group has small vans, medium and large all offered with electric versions. Citroën is not offering the all electric version in the base […]

All electric Peugeot e-Partner van on sale now

The all electric Peugeot e-Partner was announced earlier this year in February and it joins the Stellantis line up of all electric commercial vechincles, all the brands are sharing the same platforms, from Peugeot to Vauxhall. This means that like the small EV hatchbacks, such as the Corsa-e and e-208, the underpinnings and electiufcla components are identical. The e-Partner is on sale now in the UK, with prices starting at £31,262 […]

Tesla launches a new CCS adapter in South Korea, coming to the US soon

Throughout the US, the CCS charging socket is proving popular, even though for Tesla vehicles they use a propriety connector. Here in the UK and Europe, the CCS standard is prevalent and Tesla even switched to using it by default on the Model 3 when it was launched here. However, as many third party chargers that are not on the Supercharger network have switched or are switching to CCS, Tesla […]

Apple’s new polishing cloth has some huge shipping delays now

Apple starting offering its new “Polishing Cloth” earlier this week shortly after the Apple event on Monday, where the company announced new high performance 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models as well as some new AirPods. The cloth is up for sale in the UK and US for £19 / $19 and now has some serious delays, due to its rapid popularity no doubt. As of writing the delays stretch […]

Google introduces new ‘Pixel Pass’ which bundles the phone and services in one

Along with introducing the new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro this week, Google also introduced a new Pixel Pass which is only available in the US for now and it essentially lets customers get the latest Pixel phone, as well as various Google services for one monthly fee. The plan includes the latest phone, unlocked so it can be used on any US carrier and access to Google One, […]

Google announces new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

Google has today announced the new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, the company’s new flagship smartphone lineup for 2021. Even after being announced not that long ago, both phones are getting some positive feedback online and in the initial reviews, with the pain praise being towards the relatively affordable price tag and other new camera features. The Pixel 6 is priced at $599 and the Pixel 6 Pro is […]

Apple announces new Apple Music Voice plan, available soon

Apple has announced a new cheaper plan of Apple Music, one that is called “Voice Plan” which uses only Siri on the HomePod mainly, but it can be used on every other Apple device. The cheaper plan is aimed at more casual music listening, not a dedicated fee to use Siri. Apple Music Voice plan is an interface-less music streaming service, that you only use Siri to use. Think users […]