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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 […]

Tesla is now worth $100 billion, more than Volkswagen

Tesla is now worth more than Volkswagen, which the company achieved this week. Tesla is now worth $100 billion, which is £76.1 billion. As of this week, Volkswagen is worth $89.6 billion and for comparison, Ford is only worth $36.3 billion. Tesla is now the first american car company to be worth $100 billion and as a result shares for the company have doubled since October 2019, which is now […]

Instagram has now removed the IGTV button

This week the Instagram app has been updated and amongst a few new aesthetic details to how chats are displayed in DMs, the IGTV icon has now been removed from the top row. TechCrunch reported this news earlier this week and Instagram spoke to them too, saying: “Most people are finding IGTV content through previews in Feed, the IGTV channel in Explore, creators’ profiles and the standalone app.” IGTV is still around, […]

Apple releases trailer for ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Season 3

Apple has released the trailer today for the next season of “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” which is similar to the segment in the show with James Cordon – “The Late Late Show With James Corden.” The new season will be free to watch in the Apple TV app when it launches on the 24th January, as it was launched before Apple TV+ was. Trailer

UK Government doubles funding for new EV infrastructure

Here in the UK electric cars haven’t had the instant growth of new take ups that Norway has had or that the US has had with the Tesla Model 3, but the UK government is planning on doubling the funding for new electric charging infrastructure, the Department for Transport (DfT) will be focusing on new residential chargers on the side of streets as most places in shared housing or flats […]

Google is now supporting new Chromebooks for 8 years

Google has said this week that it is now extending the support for any new Chromebooks purchased in 2020 for the Chrome Education Upgrade program. The Chrome OS Automatic Update program ensures devices are kept up to date with automatic updates. When Google first introduced the automatic updates program, devices were only for three years after purchase but since then, it has slowly been increased to the now eight year […]