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It’s that time of the year again for Apple users; the new devices are being shown to the world and you might once again if you’re an Apple fanboy or fangirl be thinking about a new purchase, OR upgrading your software with the new operating systems each with the ’27’ suffix. We’ll leave the hardware devices aside, they can be expensive and with every year that passes I have to question whether I need a… Read more: Before you upgrade …

Creating and Managing Preferences in Perplexity AI assistants become more useful when they understand how you prefer to work. Whether you use Perplexity for research, writing, technical support, product comparisons or everyday questions, a few well-chosen preferences can make responses more relevant, consistent and easier to use. Perplexity works slightly differently from services that use a standalone preferences file. Rather than uploading a permanent document, you normally add your preferences through its AI Profile, Personalisation… Read more: AI for me (Perplexity)

[Update: October 2026] I hadn’t expected to write a further update quite so soon, but following on from taking Axle VPP on board, I came across an offer from a company called PredBat (who coincidentally had some of GivEnergy’s engineers working with them to support ex-GivEnergy customers). The offer from Predate was to fully manage the charge and discharge from your battery, but in a way that appears to be more beneficial to the consumer… Read more: Energy ‘appiness

I struggled to update my ten year old iPhone because it didn’t have enough free storage. I followed this guidance (from Perplexity) to create some free space. (I also temporarily deleted the Apple Music app and reinstalled it after the operating system update.)

Something I’ve just become aware of – the ability to create and use on-off payment details for online retail purchases. This is a facility that’s appearing with the new payment cards – Revolut, Monzo and payment/transfer systems – Wyse. In essence you can setup your account to use payment details just once from your account and then they will be removed from your card, thus enabling you to protect the source of your payment. Here’s… Read more: Virtual Payment “Cards”