Author: Geek Planet

Apple has a new software bundle for you that gives you access to the company’s most popular and useful pro-grade content creation apps, called Apple Creator Studio. You’d think that the bundle would be super expensive, but that’s not the case. In fact, it’s one of the most value-for-money services the company has ever launched. Here’s why. The idea behind Apple Creator Studio is to provide video editors, music producers, motion graphics designers, and other creative professionals with a single place to access the company’s most powerful tools, without purchasing 6 different apps, signing up for their monthly subscriptions, or…

If you were hoping that the next OnePlus flagship would stay reasonably priced, new leaks might disappoint you. With each passing year, OnePlus is moving away from its flagship-killer philosophy for its top-of-the-line model, and early reports suggest that the OnePlus 15‘s successor is getting even more expensive. Flagship phones may be getting pricier across the board According to a tipster on Weibo, next-gen flagship smartphones coming out of China are seeing a notable jump in pricing. The upcoming OnePlus 16 is among these models, and will reportedly start for around CNY 5,000 (~$725) for the base 12GB + 256GB…

Linda Yaccarino continues to cast X as the anti-media media company — a disruptive alternative to what she and Elon Musk believe is the dusty, broken fourth estate.It’s a contentious claim, especially in an era when President Donald Trump is once again at war with the press. But sitting for a fireside chat with Anthony Pompliano, creator of From the Desk of Anthony Pompliano, on X at Possible this afternoon in Miami, Yaccarino insisted the platform’s (self-reported) numbers back her up. According to the platform’s CEO, X has nearly amassed 600 million monthly active users (MAUs) globally — a small…

Nothing today unveiled its latest mid-range duo, the Phone 4a and Phone 4a Pro, bringing significant design and hardware upgrades over last year’s Phone 3a series. The Pro model in particular takes a major step forward, featuring a refreshed, premium design, more powerful internals, a sharper display, improved cameras, and more, all for a reasonable price increase over its predecessor. Starting with the design, the Nothing Phone 4a Pro adopts an upgraded metal unibody that ditches the brand’s iconic transparent back in favor of a more minimal look in the bottom half. The top half, however, features a new rectangular…

Between U.S. tariffs and a potential recession, marketers are feeling cautious at the moment. Sound bets for their media budgets are welcome.Sports, however, offers a haven. Live sports has already become one of the last avenues available to marketers pursuing mass audiences. Now, that reliability provides additional reassurance that their media spend is actually going to move the needle. At least, that’s likely how PwC sees it. The tax and consulting giant has picked a hell of a time to float a refreshed visual identity — its first in 15 years — during a moment when other marketers are parking…

Microsoft is finally letting some users remove Copilot from Windows, but the fine print makes it clear this is not the clean break many people were hoping for. After pushing Copilot deep into Windows 11, Microsoft has introduced a new option in a recent Windows 11 Insider Preview build that allows Copilot to be fully uninstalled. The catch is that it only works in very specific situations, and most regular users will not qualify. Until now, Copilot could be disabled or hidden, but it could not be completely removed. That changes with a new Group Policy setting called RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp, which…

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra has just hit the market, and the perceptions are divided. Irrespective of the debate around it, I had already made up my mind to make the upgrade. But over the course of the past few days, since its launch, the fine print and a few unexpected cuts got exposed. And ultimately, they convinced me to sit this one out. Having spent days going through all its upgrades and downgrades – yes, there are many – I decided to skip this update with a heavy heart after all the early enthusiasm. If you, too, are planning to…

The Samsung Galaxy S26, OnePlus 15, and Google Pixel 10 all land within shouting distance of each other on price, run the same operating system, and target roughly the same buyer. But spend any real time with them and it becomes clear that each one is making a completely different argument for why you should hand over your money. This piece breaks down where each phone genuinely earns its price tag — hardware, software, cameras, battery, and everything in between — so you don’t have to figure it out the hard way. Price and availability The Galaxy S26 and OnePlus…

Some companies just don’t lose – even when the market is in free fall. Amazon’s ads business is proof, cruising steadily while the broader market sputters in the face of economic drag.That strain has already forced ad spend forecasts down as CMOs scramble to rework budgets and reallocate dollars in the thick of the turbulence. Unsurprisingly, more of that money is ending up in Amazon’s cart, where ads are close to the point of purchase – easier to justify, harder to cut.  Over the last quarter, it raked in $13.92 billion, a 19% rise on the same period a year…

A month-long experiment has raised fresh concerns about the reliability of generative AI tools as sources of news, after Google’s Gemini chatbot was found fabricating entire news outlets and publishing false reports. The findings were first reported by The Conversation, which conducted the investigation. The experiment was led by a journalism professor specialising in computer science, who tested seven generative AI systems over a four-week period. Each day, the tools were asked to list and summarise the five most important news events in Québec, rank them by importance, and provide direct article links as sources. Among the systems tested were…