Now playing: Watch this: iOS 9 changes the iPad, especially the Air 2 2:04 The iPad needed an evolution — some sort of boost to make it more productive, more like a PC… more like what other tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Note and Microsoft Surface have been offering for years. And iOS 9 may …

Jason Cipriani/CNET Facebook is known for showing you what its smarter-than-you algorithms have determined to be important, regardless of when it was posted. The option to rearrange your News Feed by most recent posts is present, but hidden and a hassle to access on a mobile device. Starting today, however, Facebook is giving you better control over your feed with …

You can easily switch between the Start menu and Start screen in Windows 10, screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft finally revived the Start menu, as seen in Windows 10 . But those of you keen on the Start screen can use that instead. How do you switch between the two? Let’s take a look. Your device will determine whether the …

Apple took the wraps off iOS 9 at WWDC and it is now available for public testing. James Martin/CNET An early version of Apple’s next two operating systems, iOS 9 for mobile devices and OS X El Capitan for Macs, went live to the public on Thursday. Apple showcased the updated operating system, which powers the iPhone and iPad, at …

The Adidas MiCoach Smart Ball won’t instantly turn you into Cristiano Ronaldo or David Beckham. But this brainy training ball is packed with tech to help soccer enthusiasts play better. Combined with the free MiCoach Smart Ball app, it gives players real-time feedback on the strike point, spin, speed and flight path for practice kicks. Using that data, players can …

You know what I miss? Photo albums. I miss flipping through their pages to rediscover memories, and slotting in new pictures. For all the convenience of instant uploads and sharing, my interaction with cloud-stored pictures tends to dissolve right after the first time I upload and share. (A November 2014 survey by self-publishing site Shutterfly suggests the same.) That’s why, …

Enlarge ImageIBM Research and business partners have built a working chip with features measuring 7 nanometers, or billionths of a meter. That’s half the size of today’s cutting-edge 14nm chips. IBM Research Chip designs two generations more advanced than today’s cutting-edge designs are now closer to reality as IBM announced Wednesday it’s built a test processor that makes computer circuitry …

What’s next for the Samsung smartphone line? We may find out in September. Josh P. Miller/CNET Samsung is reportedly readying a new set of smartphones that could come with big displays and some new components. The rumored Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus are real and they’re coming to the IFA 2015 conference in Berlin in September, Sammobile …

Felix Kjellberg, aka PewDiePie, wants you to chill about how much money he makes. YouTube screenshot by CNET YouTube star Felix Kjellberg wants you to know that he doesn’t care about the buckets of money he’s made. Kjellberg, who goes by the handle “PewDiePie,” is famous for posting videos of himself shrieking obscenities while he plays video games. He has …

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at the Build 2014 developer conference. James Martin/CNET Microsoft is hoping to get a bigger bang from a smaller smartphone business. The world’s largest software company on Wednesday said it would cut 7,800 jobs, largely in the phone business, and record a charge of $7.6 billion to write-off assets related to its acquisition of Nokia’s devices …

Canon’s new EOS 5DS R has a 50-megapixel sensor, but it doesn’t outscore the Nikon D810’s 36-megapixel sensor. Sarah Tew / CNET Canon’s newest cameras might be the current leader in the SLR megapixel race, but test results released today show the company still significantly lags rival Nikon when it comes to a core part of image quality. DxO Labs, …

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Ever heard the expression, “an embarrassment of riches”? Today I give you an embarrassment of great deals. Seriously. And because I’m in that kind of mood, each headline below is borrowed from a song title or lyric. Hit the comments and let’s see who can …

The Nexus 6 is currently Motorola’s most powerful smartphone. Juan Garzón/CNET Motorola is prepping a new smartphone; documents submitted to the FCC tell us so. First reported by Droid Life, there are few actual specifications to be gleaned by the regulatory listing. But we do know that it should have a screen that measures roughly 5.5 inches, because overall dimensions …

iOS 8.4 adopting is surging, most likely due to Apple Music. CNET Apple’s iOS 8.4 is already on 41 percent of all iOS devices just one week after its debut. Tracking the use of Apple’s mobile OS based on customer data, researcher Mixpanel found a huge jump in iOS 8.4 adoption since its debut on Tuesday, June 30. Starting at …

The monsters from R.L. Stine’s “Goosebumps” books are loose, and it’s up to his niece and their new teenage next-door neighbor to save the town of Greendale (no, not that Greendale). Related stories Real-life horror fills ‘The Stanford Prison Experiment’ trailer Freak out at sea on a zombie-themed cruise Fake Netflix Lemony Snicket trailer isn’t for the squeamish That’s the …