Screenshot by Dan Graziano/CNET Apple has its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Google has I/O, Microsoft has Build, Facebook has F8 — and now Oculus has Connect. That’s the developer conference devoted to anyone who’s interested in making content or accessories for the fledgling virtual-reality platform, which uses specialized PC- or smartphone-compatible goggles to fully …

Sarah Tew/CNET After a lukewarm US reception for its first mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, the EOS M in 2013, Canon chose not to release its successor M2 here, and to release this year’s M3 initially in selected markets. Now Canon has chosen to follow up with a release in the US. When it ships in October, pricing will be $680 for …

Nothing gets old faster than new technology — is anybody out there still jazzed about their iPhone 3G? Ah, but ask someone living with a great pair of 40- or 50-year-old speakers why haven’t they moved on, and they’ll probably tell you they haven’t found anything that tempts a change. Which is why it makes sense to buy the best …

A backwards S-Pen can permanently damage the device. Sarah Tew Samsung should learn from Apple if it wants to avoid a full-blown controversy from erupting. Word of a design flaw in the Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 smartphone cropped up on Tuesday, as the blog Android Police discovered you could permanently damage the device if you insert its S-Pen stylus into …

Twitter screenshot by Daniel Van Boom/CNET China is preparing for a huge military parade on September 3 to mark the anniversary of the end of World War II, but the security measures it’s enforcing aren’t just being felt on the streets. On Wednesday VPN provider Astrill said the government will be “cracking down” on cybersecurity in the weeks leading up …

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 LG and SUHD 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 …