OnePlus 5 vs OnePlus 3T designOnePlus has changed up the design for the OnePlus 5. OnePlus 5 vs OnePlus 3T displayThere’s no significant change here, as despite most flagship phones moving on to QHD screens the OnePlus 5 has stuck with a 5.5-inch 1080 x 1920 one, just like the OnePlus 3T before it. OnePlus 5 vs OnePlus 3T OS and powerOne area where OnePlus phones are rarely lacking is power, and that continues to be the case on both the OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 3T. OnePlus 5 vs OnePlus 3T camera an

Is there a way I could make it – and the garden it guards – smart? Could we one day have fence panels that doubled as solar harvesters to help power our smart homes? This proved to be a wise move as, unlike the previous boiler, there was no existing wireless thermostat installed, so the installation is far more complex. The British Gas engineer they sent was a very charming chap who took apart and rewired my boiler so it is now controlled by the Hive Thermostat. Not even a quick dimming of my ne

2017 has seen the surprising resurgence of Nokia, bringing new phones and now, a suite of connected health products to the market. And now, it’s finally showing a little force by launching rebranded versions of Withings’ products, including its Withings Steel HR, the Withings Health Mate app, the Withings Go and the smart thermometer, among others. It’s also bringing the Nokia BPM+ to market, which straps around your arm for a detailed look at your blood pressure. You can expect Nokia to continu

Google has powered up its search engine to show detailed information about vacant job positions, so that those hunting for employment will be able to see what’s on offer from sources drawn from across the web. As Google explains, this is the next step in its Google for Jobs initiative that uses machine learning to provide smarter job recommendations and search facilities. And starting from today in the US, those entering search queries related to job hunting on Google’s main page will receive in

And in the current climate of all phones looking rather similar, that can only be a good thing for Sony. I appreciate the irony in me saying that Sony should copy other brands to look unique, but that’s missing the point. But Sony has heritage in screen technology, dialling up the quality on its Xperia phone displays using its own engineering for years. Sony phones from seven years ago had a really strong design ethos. If you’re buying a Sony phone, you’re still buying something from an electron

Finding your way around Windows Explorer can be a tricky business. Folders give you a tiny preview of the files within, but a tiny sliver of a document is rarely enough to tell you whether it’s the one you need. Keeping your files arranged in a logical system of folders will help, as will using a consistent method for naming them, but you could easily spend hours arranging them and end up with a vast, unwieldy system that takes forever to browse through. It would be much easier if you could labe

Note: Our best Linux distro for laptops feature has been fully updated. The question is: which distro should you pick to run on your laptop? Experienced users may recommend Arch Linux for fast performance, Debian for stability and Ubuntu for its collection of user-friendly, pre-installed apps. To make everybody’s life easier, we’ve limited this guide to pre-packaged Live Linux distros. This also includes Wine and the PlayOnLinux app for playing Windows games on Linux.

High-intensity interval training (HIIT) has been gaining in popularity recently, and for good reason – a workout that promises big results from short workouts is going to sound pretty appealing to people who are short on time. HIIT bridges the gap between the two training disciplines by interspersing short periods of high-intensity exercise with periods of low-intensity, to help you recover while still burning calories. Tabata training was developed as a method of training by Japanese scientist

Thanks to popular demand, Firefox Focus (formerly exclusive to iOS) has made the leap to Android. Unlike Firefox Focus for iOS, the Android version can become your default browser, opening whenever you tap a link in an app. “The focus is on simplicity, so you don’t have to go into private mode in your usual browser – you’re there straight away,” Barbara Bermes, senior product manager of Firefox Mobile Browsers, told TechRadar. Firefox Focus for Android also includes a Stealth mode that can be di

It hasn’t made a song and dance about it, but Apple has introduced a new subscription option for Apple Music users that could save them some money. Commitment rewardThe new subscription option was first noticed by TechCrunch, who also pointed out that it’s not exactly prominent and also doesn’t seem to be an option for those not already paying for an Apple Music subscription. If you’re an existing Apple Music customer, however, and you want to save some money, this is how you can switch to that

Yes, it sounds terribly unlikely that your vaping pipe could be a potential route to compromise your computer, but many e-cigs can be plugged into a device’s USB port to charge, and therein lies the danger. As Info Security spotted, security expert Ross Bevington discovered that when plugged in, an e-cigarette can trick a computer into thinking that it’s a peripheral such as a keyboard, and can subsequently deliver a malware payload. Or it could be used to spy on the user’s online traffic on the

The Samsung Galaxy S8 Active appears to be real, after the model ID associated with rumors around the rugged handset was spotted on the firm’s own website. Uncovered by Roland Quandt, the model number of G892A is just one digit different to the phone its tipped to replace – the Samsung Galaxy S7 Active, which had a model number of the G891A. Samsung Galaxy S8 Active SM-G892A mentioned on Samsung’s website: https://t.co/spMSFkRjXJ / App list: (PDF) https://t.co/J6eJLfLV9qJune 19, 2017All but cert

Update: You now have more color options for your Joy-Cons – Nintendo has released Joy-Cons in a fetching Power Star yellow shade. You’ve got your Nintendo Switch, you’ve got the launch title you want most (Zelda, anyone?! ), you’re absolutely ready to make the most of your new Nintendo console, right? The Nintendo Switch comes with everything you absolutely definitely need to get the console up and running already in the box, but there are plenty of additional accessories available that will wit

The Nintendo Switch’s latest system update is here and though it isn’t game-changing, it does introduce several new small but useful features that should make the console more enjoyable to use. One of these new features is a ‘find my Joy-Con’ feature which allows you to find paired controllers by making them vibrate. The Pro controller is getting some attention in this update, too; you can now plug it in via USB and use it as a wired controller. It’s worth pointing out, however, that plugging th

In its never-ending quest to try and serve up content you might like, Netflix is experimenting with showing users pre-roll trailers for its own shows and movies before whatever it is you’ve queued up – so you get previews of other attractions just like you do in a real movie theater. Here we go againThose of you with relatively long memories might remember that Netflix tried something similar a couple of years ago . That time the trailers were met with a negative reaction from users who didn’t a

We know that iOS 11 is going to go big on augmented reality when it arrives for iPhone users later in the year, and Ikea’s Michael Valdsgaard has spilled a bean or two about how his company is going to be involved. Ikea was briefly mentioned alongside iOS 11 in the WWDC keynote earlier this month, and Valdsgaard says the plan is to let iPhone owners see how furniture looks in their homes before they take it home from the store. Apparently the technology is going to be so good that you’ll be able

All you need to do now is work out whether it’s a MacBook, a MacBook Pro or a MacBook Air that you want! MacBook Air (2017) dealsThe MacBook Air series is making a comebackWe have to admit, we thought Apple was done with the MacBook Air line after the new Pro lineup was just as compact and almost as light. 13-inch MacBook Air 2015 dealsNow with faster storage and better battery lifeLike a pair of old trainers, Apple’s 2015 MacBook Air is familiar, reliable and more than up to the task. MacBook 2

Not so long ago something like the Sony Xperia Touch would have seemed like the stuff of science fiction. It’s a somewhat portable (though far from pocket-sized) projector which can turn any flat surface into a 23-inch interactive Android screen. If that sounds like something you’d want you’re in luck, because you can now buy the Xperia Touch in the UK, but only if you’ve got £1,300 (around $1,660/AU$2,185) to spare. It’s listed as coming soon in the US and there’s no word on if or when the Xper

According to its Australian makers, it’s powered by the machine learning technology available through the IBM Watson natural language processing platform, and can get answers back to you within 3-5 seconds. That’s not instant, but it’s a whole lot faster than leafing through a foreign dictionary. What’s more, it’s fully independent; with 3G connectivity built-in, the headset and earpiece doesn’t have to be connected to your phone via Bluetooth or WiFi to get the translation done. The device supp

Note: Our Raspberry Pi distros round-up has been fully updated. Believe it or not, the Raspberry Pi is now five years old. The Pi Zero was released in 2015, and the Pi and its ‘essentials’ kit is available for less than £10 (around $13, AU$17). The latest mainstream Pi, the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B was released in 2016. In this article, we’re going to look at five of the most popular and distinct Raspberry Pi distros.