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Amazon to stop supporting the Cloud Cam this year, customers offered free Blink Mini in return

Late last week, Amazon announced that support for the Cloud Cam will be ending later this year on 2nd December 2022. Amazon launched the Cloud Cam back in 2017 and stores video recordings in the cloud, the company also later unveiled a Cloud Cam—Key Edition that was designed to work with smart locks. Amazon has said that on 2nd December 2022 customers will no longer be able to use the […]

Plex releases new beta version of Plex Media Server with native Apple Silicon support

This week, Plex has released a new beta version of its popular Plex Media Server application, with support for Apple Silicon based Mac computers. Up until now, if you were to run Plex on a Mac with a M1 chip, it would run using the Rosetta 2 emulation layer. Plex has said that while existing Plex installs run fine through Rosetta 2, it is better to have native support. When […]

Fiat to remove all models that only use combustion engines from sale in UK

Fiat is planning on removing all the models it sells currently in the UK from sale that don’t have some sort of electrification. By July 2022, the company says the last engine to go is the 1.2-litre petrol engine, which will be removed from the current Fiat 500 and Fiat Panda. Instead, they’ll haver the option of a 1.0-litre hybrid with a 11Ah battery. Fiat started to work towards an […]

History: When Rover Met BMW

At the beginning of the year 1994, Rover Group was sold to BMW for £800m (£1.3b in 2022). Behind the scenes, the Germany company was really only after Land Rover, but was told the two weren’t going to be sold separately. Over the six years Rover was answering to BMW, millions of pounds of investment was poured into the British company, without a significant profit to be made. BMW also […]

Weekends with the interface – 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 the interface. Smart has revealed its new flagship EV, the Smart #1 Smart has revealed its latest flagship model, the new Smart #1 with the company’s first brand new car since 2014. Read more Elon Musk has said the new Cybertruck will go on sale next year After many delays, the […]

IKEA launches DIRIGERA its new smart home hub that works with Matter

IKEA this week has launched a brand new Smart Home Hub for its line of accessories, including blinds, lights, motion sensors and more. The new Dirigera hub is replacing the existing Trådfri gateway but works with much more devices, including Matter. Matter is a universal smart home automation standard, designed to make using products from many different vendors and and software platforms. Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung have all worked […]

Apple releases tvOS 15.5.1

This week Apple released a minor update for the Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K, with tvOS 15.5.1. This release follows on from tvOS 15.5 which was released earlier this month, which added support for WiFi networks that have captive portals, such as hotels. tvOS 15.5.1 is available now and can be updated by gong to Settings > System > Software Update. So far, Apple has not released any notes […]

Citroën announces prices for all electric Ami in the UK

This week, Citroën has revealed the official pricing for the all new, all electric Ami for the UK market. The small two seater EV quadricycle is due to go on sale soon for £7,695 – making it one of the cheapest road going vehicles on sale in Britain today. The base price includes the standard Ami, digital speedometer, LED headlights and rear lights, panoramic sunroof and USB charging socket. For […]

Now discontinued, Apple removes all references to iPod touch from its main website

Earlier this month, Apple announced that the iPod touch was being discontinued – marking an end to an era. Apple started making iPods back in 2001 which helped rescue the, at the time struggling company. Just a few weeks ago Apple said the iPod touch would remain up for sale so long as stock last. It seems that stock didn’t last long at all, as Apple has now removed all […]

Maxus announces new T90EV, first electric pickup truck to go on sale in the UK

Chinese car company Maxus has announced a brand new all electric pickup truck, which will be coming to the UK when it goes on sale. This is actually the very first electric pick-up truck to be launched for the this country. The T90EV is based on the pre-existing T90 double cab truck, which is already on sale in China. Maxus has removed all of the components from the standard combustion […]