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Despite ongoing electrification, Volkswagen is committed to keeping manual gearboxes around

With the ongoing electrification of cars, there are less and less cars offered with a manual gearbox, and for car enthusiasts this can ruin part of the experience of the car, how it feels and how it drives. Don’t get me wrong, the need for an alternative fuel source is long overdue, and its good to have a rough date on when petrol and diesel cars will be banned from […]

OnePlus 8 launch event – everything you need to know

OnePlus revealed its new series of smartphones today, April 14th. The event was fully remote, which was streamed to people across the world. OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro Two phones where unveiled; The OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro. The Pro model is the pricier version with top of the range specifications. The designs are somewhat similar to the 7 Pro and 7T Pro, keeping the sleek edge to edge […]

Nintendo releases new version 10.0.0 update for Switch

Nintendo has just released a new system update for the Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite, which among other things now allows users to move where games are stored – either on an external SD card or actually on the console itself. Users can now transfer downloadable software, update data, and DLC from the system memory to an SD card (and vice versa). Nintendo Version 10.0.0 also includes the ability to […]

Any upcoming new emoji are to be delayed by six months

Everyone loves new Emoji, it is one of the main reasons people update iOS – for new Emojis to send to people, but the people who look after the releases and new emoji icons is the Unicode Consortium and it has said that version 14 is to be delayed by around six months. This means the new emoji will launch next year in March 2021, as apposed to September 2020. […]

You can now watch Instagram Live videos on the web

Instagram has recently made it possible to watch Instagram Live streams on the web version of Instagram, this comes shortly after the company made direct messaging available on instagram.com too. While there wasn’t announcement of any sorts, Android Police noted that it was possible to view the live streams on the web version of Instagram, which will be helpful for users as you have a larger screen to use. Also, […]

Ford UK is offering six month payment holidays for car finance

While Ford showrooms and dealerships are closed currently due to the coronavirus, as per the current government advice – Ford is aiming to make the most of the current situation. Ford is offering customers to order a new car online, with a fully fledged remote sales experience from select Ford dealerships. And also because a lot of people haven’t got as much and in some cases, no income coming in […]

Android 10 is now available for Samsung Galaxy Fold users in the US

Android 10 was officially released back in September last year and due to how Android works, not every device gets the latest version of Android in the first few months of it being available, if at all sometimes but for Samsung Galaxy Fold owners, Android 10 is compatible and just in the last few days the new operating system has been rolling out to owners in the US only at […]

UK government has extended the consultation period for the combustion engine ban

The UK government has an ongoing plan to have zero carbon emissions by 2050, other countries have this ambition or similar in mind and to help get there, the original plan was to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel powered cars by 2040 and there is an ongoing decision to bring this forward to 2035 – or even earlier to help speed up the transition to electric vehicles. […]

HBO cancels plan to remove HBO GO and HBO NOW from old Apple TV models

Last week, we reported that in the US, HBO would be removing its HBO GO and HBO NOW apps from the second and third generation Apple TV units, and making the services unavailable on the 30th April 2020. When speaking to Engadget on Friday, the company said that HBO NOW will have a few days extra and will now be removed on the 15th May 2020. HBO GO will stick […]

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. We know everything is feeling weird right now, so we are working hard to cover the latest news for everyone and this is a nice round up of the week gone by of what stories we think were the best. In the news this week, Instagram has now brought direct […]