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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. HomePod mini has an unused temperature sensor In a recent teardown of the HomePod mini from iFixit, it was discovered that it has a couple of unused sensors for measuring the room environment, namely a very small 1.5mm by 1.5mm chip on the logic board which is capable measuring […]

Volkswagen ID Buzz coming to EU next year and US in 2023

The all electric Buzz from Volkswagen is coming very soon to Europe with the US getting it a year later in 2023. Volkswagen spoke to Car and Driver this week who confirmed the news. Volkswagen will be launching quite a wide variety of models here in the UK and UK with a commercial vehicle version as well as a passenger van in different wheelbase sizes, short and long. Whereas the US will […]

Renault announces new hydrogen version of its Master van

This week Renault has announced the new Master ZE Hydrogen which will be unveiled later this year with an aim to go on sale in 2022. The company already has the Master ZE on sale, an all electric cargo van capable of around 100 miles on one charge, which for a large variety of use cases and businesses, that just isn’t viable and traditionally that is where a diesel van […]

iPhone SE 256GB is now £501 on amazon.co.uk

On amazon.co.uk today, the iPhone SE from 2020 in 256GB variant is now down to £501, from £549. The second generation iPhone SE was launched in March 2020 and shares the same SoC from the iPhone 11 line of devices with the A13 Bionic. Design wise it shares the body from the iPhone 8. This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through […]

iOS and iPadOS 14.4.2 released with fixes for security exploit

Today Apple has released a security patch for iOS and iPadOS with 14.4.2 as well as 12.5.2 for older devices. The update fixes a vulnerability and the update can be installed as usual under Settings > General > Software Update Release Notes Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

BMW announces price of all electric iX SUV, starts at £69,000

BMW has announced the prices and more details about the new upcoming iX all electric SUV. The car will have up to 373 miles of range on the top spec version with dual motors, 100kWH battery and up to 500bhp. BMW is launching the iX with a brand new version of iDrive, with a 12.3-inch drivers display and a much larger 14.9-inch display for infotainment. The main screen is touchscreen, […]

Ford will be discontinuing the Mondeo in 2022

Ford has announced today that in March of next year, the Mondeo saloon and estate will be discontinued next year. No replacement for the UK and Europe market planned. In the last couple of years, sales of the Mondeo have dropped significantly with buyers drifting away from estate and saloon cars and into taller SUVs. Ford launched the iconic Mondeo back in 1993 with sales of the car hitting 86,500 […]

Trying on Apple TV+ renewed for third season

Today Apple has announced that its show on Apple TV+, Trying has been renewed for a third season following on from the first season which debuted last year in May. The show was quickly confirmed for a second season just weeks after airing by star of the show Esther Smith. The show’s second season will come to Apple TV+ this May on the 14th and will be eight episodes. In […]

New Volkswagen Nivus to launch in Europe this year

Volkswagen is planing on launching the new Nivus SUV in Europe later this year, following on from its original launch in Brazil last spring. The Nivus is essentially the same size as the T-Cross, which itself sits in-between the T-Roc and the Tiguan. The Nivus is a coupe version of that car. Ralf Brandstatterm, head of the VW brand has said that the Nivus will be manufactured in Europe too, […]

The OnePlus Watch: A new smartwatch competitor?

OnePlus unveiled their first ever smartwatch alongside the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro launch; this is the first ever smartwatch from OnePlus. The OnePlus Watch is a new wearable from the company; it doesn’t run on Wear OS like most android smartwatches, but instead uses its own operating system. It has a 1.39-inch circular AMOLED display encased in a 46mm stainless steel body. The bands are made from fluoroelastomer which is […]