Sarah Tew/CNET If you’ve never heard of Hisense or ULED, you’re forgiven. Today the China-based manufacturer, which is better known here in the US for its air conditioners and other appliances, took a step toward improving the perception of its TVs at a press event in New York. Taking aim at high-end OLED TVs from …

Canon Wide-angle lenses are more susceptible than most to chromatic aberration, that blue/purple or green fringing you sometimes see in photos and videos. To date, we’ve seen coatings designed to combat it and software processing to compensate for it. Canon’s taken a new approach, dubbed BR optics (Blue Spectrum Refractive) which debuts in the long-awaited replacement for its 35mm f1.4L …

The Save As command is a useful tool on any computer, but it is mysteriously buried on OS X. It goes missing from the default File menu on Apple’s own apps and requires an awkward, four-button keyboard shortcut (Option+Shift+Command+S). Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET There are two ways you can return the Save As command to its rightful place in the …

If you’ve recently purchased a new PC, perhaps one running Windows 10, you may be working at a higher screen resolution than you’re used to. That’s also a possibility if you’ve upgraded to a new monitor. Whatever the case, it’s not uncommon to fire up your browser and find yourself wondering why all your favorite Web sites look a little …

Adobe’s offices in San Francisco. Stephen Shankland/CNET SAN FRANCISCO — Photoshop is so well known that the product name is synonymous with photo editing. But the software itself is a success only on personal computers, not smartphones or tablets. Photoshop’s maker, Adobe Systems, hopes that will change in October at its Max conference for developers and creative professionals when it …

Enlarge ImageThe LG Rolly Keyboard rolls up into a compact stick. LG LG is targeting tech users that are tight on space, announcing a Bluetooth-enabled keyboard for tablets and mobile devices that rolls up into a compact stick when it’s not in use. The Korean tech giant unveiled the Rolly Keyboard ahead of its appearance at Germany’s biggest tech show, …

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Inatech As I mentioned earlier this week, it’s time to rethink the way we charge our mobile devices. Modern phones and tablets just can’t get enough power from the average USB port — …

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 features a fingerprint reader on the home button. Aloysius Low/CNET The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 tablet will soon find a home at both AT&T and T-Mobile. Both US wireless service providers said on Wednesday that they would carry the company’s flagship metal-framed tablet, and announced pricing and availability details. T-Mobile will be first out of …

Nicole Cozma/CNET When you open your Chrome browser on Android, you’ll probably be greeted with the last website you visited. This is useful if you want to look at it again, but if you want to visit a specific site, you’ll need to open your bookmarks and then tap the link. You can bypass that extra step by adding Chrome …

Enlarge ImageThe Apple Watch is headed to more Best Buy stores. CNET The Apple Watch appears to be a hit at Best Buy. To capitalize on that demand, the electronics retailer plans to carry the smartwatch in all its stores by the end of next month. Best Buy will sell the Apple Watch in 900 stores starting September 4, CEO …

The Moto X Play will not be sold in the US…or will it? CNET Verizon may soon debut a successor to its Motorola Droid Maxx smartphone, according to new details reportedly obtained by Android Police. The handset, which appears nearly identical to the recently announced Moto X Play , is said to feature the familiar Verizon and Droid branding on …

Twins/Corbis The sudden closure of video streaming service EzyFlix has left its customers holding the bag, and very little else, as users realise that ‘downloading to own’ doesn’t equate to much when a platform goes under. In a message posted on its website, EzyFlix informed customers that owner Access Digital Entertainment had opted to “end the service offered” on the …

As you learned a few months back in there are iPhone cases that can pay for things, iPhone cases with built-in headphones, even iPhone cases that pack an extra SIM card for when you travel overseas. Oh, and who can forget the iPhone stun-gun case? Even with options as diverse as those, I’ll bet you never saw this coming: Lenzcase …

Can’t get enough of smartwatches? Well, a whole new batch is on its way. Asus, Huawei, LG and Motorola will introduce their newest smartwatches next week at the IFA electronics trade show in Berlin, according to people familiar with the companies’ launch plans. The devices will all run Google’s Android Wear software, which was created to power wearable products like …

Wikipedia The Russian government has aimed its cyber crosshairs at Wikipedia, ordering the country’s Internet service providers to block the widely read online encyclopaedia. Roskomnadzor, the country’s Internet watchdog, made the call after Wikipedia refused to alter a page that was perceived to give instructions on using a form of cannabis. “Censorship of Wikipedia content runs contrary to the Wikimedia …