Enlarge ImageRoku 4 is the company’s first new box in more than two years. Sarah Tew/CNET Roku unveiled its first new set-top box in more than two years Tuesday, aiming to distinguish itself from bigger competitors by hawking streaming devices and nothing else. The Saratoga, California, company, which makes devices that connect your television to …

Holograms have a date with reality. On Tuesday, Microsoft revealed that its Windows 10-powered augmented reality headset, HoloLens , will ship to software developers in the first quarter of next year. Now playing: Watch this: Microsoft demos wearable holograms on HoloLens 2:38 “Whether it’s for productivity, health care, design, or entertainment, HoloLens creates experiences that aren’t possible on any other …

Toyobo Wearable technology has hit the big time, with electronics leaders like Apple and Samsung being among the many companies that have released smartwatches and smartbands to capitalise on the trend. However, Japanese textile and chemistry company Toyobo is bringing a new definition to the term “wearable.” Toyobo is currently developingtape-like material called Cocomi that, when applied to clothing, is …

Tim Stevens/CNET JAPAN — If you thought you looked silly holding that giant new smartphone up to your head whenever you take a call, have a look at this. Its name is RoBoHoN, it’s Sharp’s latest creation and yes, it’s coming to market in 2016 — in Japan, at least. RoBoHoN is an honest to goodness robot. He can walk …

Andrew Hoyle/CNET Apple’s brand new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus have been given a whole host of new features over their predecessors, but it’s the new camera that I’ve been giving the most attention. The iPhone 6 was already one of our favourite camera phones, but with an upgraded 12-megapixel sensor, I was keen to see what the new …

With the latest update to the YouTube iOS app, your iPhone has become a mini video-editing studio. Google has added in-app editing tools to its YouTube iOS app that let you trim a video’s start and end points, add filters to tweak the look of that video, and add music to the background for a more cinematic feel. To upload …

Editing so many science stories at CNET, I’ve become fairly conversant in space facts. Until Monday night, however, I did not know that Orion’s Belt is made of real leather or that the big red spot on Jupiter is actually a Target store. I have @Midnight’s nightly #HashtagWars on Twitter to thank for my expanded knowledge. For those who’ve managed …

Enlarge Image Sarah Tew/CNET Most pole mounts for GoPro cameras are little more than extendable monopods with a handgrip. Polar Pro’s PowerGrip H2O goes well beyond that thanks to a flexible design and some choice accessories. An evolution of the camera-accessory maker’s PowerPole, the PowerGrip H2O puts a battery in the pole mount’s handle — a 6,700mAh lithium rechargeable battery …

Sarah Tew/CNET After a novel public beta program Apple released iOS 9 in its official form today. iPhone and iPad users can download the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system either over the air or through iTunes. The update will be compatible with all iPhones back to the iPhone 4S , all iPod Touch devices back to the 5th-Generation …

As everyone knows, trolls ruin the Internet. (You know who you are.) But even a comments section not filled with haters can be a detriment, simply because of the bandwidth require to load it. If you’re using a desktop Web browser, there are any number of ways to block the comments sections on sites like YouTube and Politico. But mobile …