Technology

The iPad is ten years old today

Ten years ago today, Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad to the world at the Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco. This was over a year before he passed away in September 2011 and already he was looking ill, the sofa was on stage where we sat for most of the iPad demo. Before the iPad was launched, the rumour mill was in full force, everyone new Apple was unveiling a new […]

Suzuki Jimny to stay on sale in the UK for this year in limited numbers

Several reports lately in the media have suggested that Suzuki is planning on removing the iconic 4×4, the Jimny from sale in the UK and Europe quite soon, but last week Suzuki responded to some of these claims saying that the car will remain on sale throughout 2020 due to the high emission levels of the Jimny. Suzuki has said the Jimny “will remain on sale in the UK in very […]

Porsche launches Super Bowl ad for the Taycan, first one in 23 years

Porsche is returning to the Super Bowl ad space for this year and it has been a long time since they were here last, back in 1997, which is 23 years ago. This year, Porsche is using their ad to highlight the new Taycan, which was launched in the last few weeks and is the company’s first all electric car, which rivals the Tesla Model S. “To spotlight the market […]

Canadian prosecutors are looking to fine Volkswagen £110 million

In December last year, Volkswagen was heavily fined for importing around 128,000 cars into Canada which were above the emissions level. The company said they were guilty after it had been charged sixty times on separate occasions for providing the Canadian Environmental Protection Act misleading information. On Wednesday last week, Canadian prosecutors proposed a fine of $196.5 million (CAD) after Volkswagen pleaded guilty to diesel emissions violations. This is all […]

NHS to lease 700 Jaguar I-Pace electric cars

The NHS is going to be starting to use electric cars for personal and business use, a new deal between the NHS and Jaguar Land Rover will see 700 new Jaguar I-Pace all electric SUVs to be leased on a three year plan with the Northumbria Healthcare’s NHS Fleet Solutions. The program is being funded by employees with a salary sacrifice. “Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reached a deal with […]

German government is still using Windows 7, now has to pay Microsoft for extended support

Microsoft dropped support for Windows 7 earlier this month on January 14th, and it may a pain for consumers to upgrade, even though users should have upgraded during the time Microsoft was making the upgrade free of charge to Windows 10. It is a lot more time consuming for enterprise environments to handle the upgrades to a new operating system. Microsoft dropped the news that Windows 7 would become end […]

Weekends with A&T Tech – Best stories of the week

Another week has gone by and it’s time, once again to go over the best stories we covered here on A&T Tech. In the news this week, Tesla’s valuation hit the $100 billion mark, the Mac turned 36, Disney has said Disney+ will launch earlier than expect in some of Europe and the UK, Ford has said the S-Max and Galaxy MPVs will stay in the line up but with new […]

The original Macintosh is 36 years old today

Looking back at the last ten years at what Apple has achieved and released seems daunting, we’ve seen the first iPad, iPhone 4, Siri, Apple Watch, Touch ID, Face ID, Apple Pay, AirPods, iPhone X and many other things we take for granted, but in the tech world thirty six years is such a long time ago and the birth of the personal computer as we know it took place […]

Google I/O 2020 is 12th-14th May

Google weren’t going to reveal the actual date of this years I/O conference without making it interesting for people, so Google released a puzzle earlier in the week, which if completed would reveal the date of the conference for this year. Enough people have now cracked the puzzle and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed that Google I/O will take place on the 12th May though the 14th May. Cosmos […]

Renault confirms electric Twingo ZE to arrive this year

Renault has confirmed that a new electric version of the Twingo city car will be going on sale later this year, but only for Europe and not for the UK market. Renault already makes a few electric only models, the most famous being the Zoe and Twizzy cars. In the next twelve months, Renault is planning on two new electric cars, one being the new Twingo ZE and also a […]