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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. Vauxhall launches new redesigned Astra This week, Vauxhall announced the all new Astra, which now sits on its new parent company’s platform and sports an all new look. Read more Twitter’s Fleets ‘story mode’ is going away in August Twitter announced this week, that by August it would be […]

Apple’s Mac shipments have been increasing lately

Earlier this week, it was revealed in a report from the IDC which has analysed the worldwide shipments of personal computers and the data has revealed that Apple has seen an increase in Mac sales in the second quarter of this year. The IDC Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker has highlighted that in the second quarter of 2021, shipments of personal computers worldwide amounted to 83.6 million units, this […]

The next Nissan GT-R is reported to be a pure combustion model

According to a Japanese car website, Best Car the next generation of Nissan GT-R that comes along will be a pure combustion only model, with no hybrid model on the cards. The report also says the next version will be a big rework of the current R35. It has been widely expected that whatever new version follows on from the R35 would be electrified in some way, be it mild […]

Vauxhall launches new redesigned Astra

This week, Vauxhall has announced the brand new eighth generation Astra hatchback which sits on a brand new platform from Stellantis with some plug-in hybrid options too. The new Astra is completely redesigned with the striking ‘Vizor’ front grille, something that has made its way to the new Grandland and Mokka. The Astra now sits on the EMP2 platform from Stellantis, which is shared between other models, including the new […]

Twitter’s Fleets ‘story mode’ is going away in August

Twitter has announced today that Fleets, it’s relatively new mode for ‘story like’ content that’s similar to offerings from Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook Instagram is going away in August. Twitter announced Fleets back in November last year, with some mixed reactions. Some users liked it, some didn’t and it seems that the people that didn’t have shown Twitter that they don’t with not using it, as Twitter has said it is […]

New refreshed Seat Ibiza now on sale in the UK

Today Seat has put the new facelifted Ibiza hatchback on sale, with prices starting at £16,945. Seat announced the updated car earlier this year in April with a handful of useful enhancements including USB-C throughout the car, LED headlights as standard on all models and a new infotainment screen. Seat has retained the same models with SE, SE Technology, FR, FR Sport, Xcellence and Xcellence Lux. In terms of engines, […]

Ubiquiti launches new 10GbE Flex XG UniFi switch

Today Ubiquiti has announced the new UniFi Switch Flex XG which has four 10GbE ethernet ports and one PoE input port which is a gigabit. The switch can also be powered by USB-C, freeing up one port for other devices. The Switch Flex XG retakes at $299 from Ubiquiti’s official store in the US and £260.50 in the UK from its EU store. The use case for this switch is […]

Upcoming MacBook Pro models are rumoured to have new 1080p webcam

Apple is due to refresh the higher end MacBook Pro models soon with Apple Silicon, the lower end MacBook Pro 13-inch got the M1 chip last November alongside the Mac mini and MacBook Air but new models released going forward are looking receive full hardware refreshes, as Apple has done with the new M1 iMac in April this year. For the upcoming rumoured 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros, Apple is […]

Volvo releases price information for new C40 Recharge

Last month, Volvo released the prices for its new all electric C40 Recharge, the first EV from the company. The small crossover is on sale now with prices starting at £57,400 in the UK. The C40 is very similar to the XC40, the company’s smallest SUV which also has its own all electric version, however the C40 has a more coupe like design with a sloping rear window, like a […]

Audi launches the new e-tron GT in the US

Audi announced the new e-tron back in February this year for the European and UK market and it went on sale this Spring. It is now available over in the US with a starting price of $99,900. That price is without any government incentives or discounts. Audi and Porsche have worked on the platform for the Taycan and the e-tron, so both cars are similar, with some differences. The e-tron […]