Author: Alex Lowe

Creator Spotlight S2 E8 – Arielle Nissenblatt

SquadShot In the eighth episode of Creator Spotlight, I spoke to Arielle Nissenblatt, who is the head of community and content at SquadCast.fm. We spoke about what makes a good podcast, what Arielle does and much more. Creator Spotlight is our series where we talk to creators about what they make and do and how they got started. We really hope you enjoy this new episode. We love to hear […]

MacBook 12-inch is now considered obsolete by Apple

As of today, Apple is now considering the original MacBook 12-inch from 2015 as obsolete. This sounds worse than it actually is, it essentially means that Apple will no longer be able to repair the device at Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers. Apple will still help you on the phone support, to an extent but at this stage the device was released over eight years ago and was […]

Land Rover Discovery Sport refreshed for 2023 with updated tech

Land Rover has updated its entry level vehicle this month, the Discovery Sport has been refreshed for 2023 with new technology and updated interior. Inside, pretty much all the buttons have been removed, in favour of a large touchscreen, similar to what we have seen on the latest Range Rover and other new JLR vehicles. The last generation of Discovery Sport used a haptic climate control panel under the dash, […]

Volkswagen reduces its EV production

Volkswagen has announced that it is going to be temporally scaling back EV production at its Emden plant in Lower Saxony, Germany. This is due to a quoted “strong customer reluctance” to EVs and the demand for them is 30% below that of what they are making. In response, Volkswagen is going to be canceling a shift at the factory for the next two weeks, ahead of a four week […]

Ubiquiti UniFi G4 Pro vs G5 Pro

The new G5 Pro has gone on sale this week, and seems to offer pretty much all the same features as the G4 Pro all while costing less. The new camera uses the same 8MP sensor running at a 4K resolution, but thanks to significant improvements to low light image quality, it will likely perform better than the G4 Pro. A new accessory has been added, which connects to the […]

Apple has posted the whole first episode of Silo on Twitter

As a seasons on Apple TV+ is coming to an end, Apple has decided to post the entire first episode of Silo on Twitter. This move is to probably tease the season which has its finale coming this Friday. The @AppleTV account on Twitter shared the entire first episode and at the time of writing, it has had just under one million views. Twitter recently allowed longer videos to be […]

Fiat announces plans to no longer make grey cars

This week, Fiat has revealed that going forward, it’ll not be manufacturing cars in grey, promoting the colours of Italy instead. Here in the UK, grey is the most popular colour for a car so it is a bold move to stop offering it, but the company is going for a more vibrant look, which is good as the UK car market looks positively dull in terms of colours. “We […]

Ubiquiti UniFi Talk is coming to the UK in Q3 2023

UniFi Talk has been offering UniFi Talk in the US since July 2021 and since June 2023 for Canada. However, many people have been asking for support for more countries. Well, when Ubiquiti redesigned the store the all of the UniFi Talk phones were added to the store for pretty much all areas, including the EU and UK a place where UniFi Talk is not yet available. However, we spotted […]

Ubiquiti launches new G5 Pro camera for UniFi Protect

Ubiquiti has launched the new G5 Pro camera for use with UniFi Protect and is on sale now in the USA, Canada, UK and Europe. The G5 Pro essentially replaces the G4 Pro and is even less expensive too. As of writing, the G5 Pro is out of stock but thanks to the advancements Ubiquiti has made with the G5 line, the new camera should perform better in low light […]

Rural UK ISP, Airband Community Internet is reported to be seeking new funding

Airband, a UK ISP focused on rural areas using a mix of fixed wireless (FWA) and a full fibre network (FTTP) is reported to be seeking a new funding source. The company has been going since 2009 and has a current target to feed 600,000 homes by 2025. According to a report from Sky News this week, Airband has reportedly brought in AlixPartners and Houlihan Lokey to help restructure the […]