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By Jim Hill HP’s LaserJet Pro range is aimed squarely at the SMB office, putting the emphasis on speed and reliability. This premium multifunction machine which retails at £250 (around $320, AU$435) can print, scan, copy and fax with precision in mono, but it won’t accept colour cartridges. You should look to the HP Color…

A recent leak reveals that AMD’s upcoming GPU packs a lot of punch. Here’s what the Radeon RX Vega supposedly has in store for hardcore gamers. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

The OnePlus 5 is coming out this summer, possibly continuing OnePlus’s trend of releasing inexpensive, top-tier smartphones. Here’s why Samsung Galaxy S8 owners shouldn’t be threatened by its presence. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Stefan Etienne The Urban-X investors showcase is a closed-door event that shows off eight different incubated startups to potential investors and press. I stopped by earlier this week to see what the fuss was about. Of the eight companies in Urban-X’s 02 cohort, I picked four that tackled problems relating to pollution, the visually…

By Josh Constine With titanium 3D printers, electrostatic charge tables, and a giant slide, Playground Global lives up to it’s a name. Here we take you on a tour of Android operating system inventor Andy Rubin’s hardware startup incubator that’s backed by a $300 million fund. Check out how the whimsical space lets scrappy hackers…

By Joanna Glasner Becoming a parent brings drastic change in the household budget. As such, new and expectant parents are a favored demographic among marketers. Startup founders and their backers have also taken an interest, applying technology and business model innovation to the increasingly tech-intensive art of watching, feeding, entertaining and transporting tiny humans. Read…

Some Galaxy S8 owners have been reporting various read and write speeds on their devices. It turns out that two versions are out in the wild, one with UFS 2.0, and one with UFS 2.1 for flash storage. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

OnePlus has just confirmed that its next flagship, the OnePlus 5, will launch this summer. Here’s why OnePlus skipped naming it as the OnePlus 4, along with some potential specs. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Jim Hill Epson’s extensive product range includes the EcoTank series, the first printers to use bottled ink rather than closed cartridges. The EcoTank ET-4500 is a multifunction model that looks remarkably like the Epson Workforce WF-2650, except for the very visible liquid ink tanks attached to its side. Like the WorkForce printer, the EcoTank…

Google announces AIY Projects. The first kit in the set will allow you to create your own smart assistant with the help of Raspberry Pi. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

By Devin Coldewey It’s truly amazing, the wealth of information we all have at our fingertips — that is, of course, unless your fingertips are how you have to access that information. An innovative new tablet that uses magnetically configurable bumps may prove to be a powerful tool for translating information like maps and other…

By John Biggs I went digging recently for another minimalist wallet and boy did I find one. My old one, two pieces of titanium attached with a rubber band, was getting too old and things were falling out. I did a quick hunt, found a few very flat minimalist wallets but nothing that seemed to…

By Romain Dillet Rumor has it that Amazon has been working on an Echo device with a touchscreen for a while. AFTVnews spotted an image on Amazon’s own servers. And it looks like a device we’ve never seen before. As you can see, this isn’t exactly the best image of the device. It’s extremely pixelated…

By Romain Dillet If the Surface Laptop wasn’t enough, Microsoft is going to announce new devices once again at an event later this month. The company’s vice president of devices Panos Panay teased the event in a tweet and Instagram photo. Beside the city and date, the only hint we have is the use of…

By Cat Ellis CCleaner might be the biggest name in PC maintenance, but it’s not the only tool that promises to clean up unnecessary files and give your machine a performance boost. Iolo System Mechanic optimizes your PC by clearing clutter from your hard drive, carrying out basic repairs, cleaning up the registry and carrying…