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Ubiquiti ES-8-150W vs US-8-150W

Ubiquiti launched the US-8-150W in around 2016 and was the first eight port UniFi switch available at the time. It has very flexible PoE options, supporting 802.3af/at as well as 24v passive PoE. The addition of 24v passive was especially important at the time, as Ubiquiti had multiple UniFi AP models on sale that were powered by different types of PoE. At that time, Ubiquiti had the UniFi AC Pro […]

Toyota announces GR Supra with manual gearbox

Today, Toyota has announced the much requested manual version of the GR Supra which will have a six speed manual gearbox, coming three years after the Supra was originally launched. The new six speed manual has been engineered by Toyota specially for the 335bhp 3.0-litre straight-six engine. This also means that the manual box is not available for the entry level 254bhp 2.0-litre flat four version of the Supra. However, […]

Nonfiction film about the life of Michael J. Fox in production for Apple TV+

This week it has been reported that there is a nonfiction feature film currently in production, which will document the life of actor Michael J. Fox. The film is yet to be titled, but Apple Original Films has obtained the rights to the film and it will be released on Apple TV+. Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim is producing and directing the film and it’ll focus on Michael’s story of his time […]

Apple now selling the Belkin Wemo Smart Video Doorbell on its online store

The Belkin Wemo Smart Video Doorbell is now available to purchase direct from Apple, at its physical retail stores and the online website. The doorbell was announced at CES earlier this year in January and supports all of the core HomeKit features for doorbells. At the moment there are not many HomeKit doorbells which support Apple’s ‌HomeKit Secure Video (HSV)‌, so it is good to see another product launched with […]

Chevrolet is working on an all electric Corvette

Chevrolet is currently working on two electrified versions of the iconic Corvette, with a fully electric version and a hybrid version coming in 2023. At this stage, Chevrolet hasn’t provided much detail about the upcoming models, but it does represent a huge shift for the sports car – which is best known and recognised for being a V8, petrol powered car. Corvette released a teaser video on Twitter, which what […]

Meta will open its first physical retail store next month in California

Next month, Meta will be opening its very first physical retail store in Burlingame, California. The store will focus on the hardware the company makes and also provide a nice hands on experience for customers. The store is due to open on 9th May and is pretty close to the Reality Labs division HQ. The ‘Meta Store’ will allow customers to purchase and try out its line of devices, such as […]

Ubiquiti puts the new UniFi Dream Router on sale

Back in September last year, Ubiquiti announced the new UniFi Dream Router (UDR) and was made available on the Early Access Store which is Ubiquiti’s beta program and allows anyone with an account to purchase that new hardware. Now some six months later, the UDR is now finally available to everyone. First things first, the UDR looks very similar to the existing UDM but with an added 0.96-inch colour screen, […]

Elon Musk will be buying Twitter for $44 billion

Yesterday, Twitter accounted that Tesla CEO Elon Musk will be purchasing Twitter for $44 billion with Bloomberg one of the first publications to report the news early on Monday morning this week. This follows on from weeks of drama and rumours, as well as people wondering if Elon would buy Twitter and if so, what would happen to the social media company. Some early reports suggest that the Twitter board have […]

Nissan discontinues the budget focused Datsun brand

Nissan has stopped producing any cars under the Datsan brand and the company has confirmed it this week. The brand was resurrected around nine years ago to function as a more budget option mainly for emerging markets. Nissan also says that part of the shutting down of the brand, it’ll allow the company to focus on “core models and segments that bring the most benefit to customers, dealer partners and […]

Ubiquiti launches new LiteBeam 5AC XR, with larger 29 dBi antenna

Today, Ubiquiti has launched a new larger version of the LiteBeam with the XR model. The XR is around 250mm wider than the already quite large LR version and with that extra size comes more gain and on paper, better range. The standard original LiteBeam has 23dBi of gain, similar to a AC 300 PowerBeam, the LR has 26dBi and then the new XR has 29dBi which is similar to […]