Author: Geek Planet

Google just gave us a real glimpse of how Android 17 might change the way you use your phone. New developer tools announced Tuesday let AI agents like Gemini dive directly into your installed apps to find photos, manage calendars, or book a multi-stop rideshare while you do something else. The idea is simple. Instead of opening apps one by one, you tell an AI what you need. Google calls this the “agentic future,” and it’s landing in pieces starting now on the Galaxy S26 series and select Pixel 10 devices. A long press of the power button on those…

Picking a flagship in 2026 is genuinely harder than it should be — not because the options are bad, but because they’re good in completely different ways. The S26 Ultra is Samsung doing what its does best: throwing everything at a phone until it sticks. The OnePlus 15 has a battery so large it almost feels like cheating, at a price that makes the other two look overpriced. And the Pixel 10 Pro XL is Google quietly making the case that specs aren’t everything — that software, consistency, and a camera you can trust on the first shot matter more…

DEI might not dominate boardroom agendas like it once did, but for marketers it remains essential. After all, growth doesn’t come from ignoring the audiences who make it possible.That’s why Heineken’s marketers are digging into research from creative data platform CreativeX, looking at how ads featuring people with different skin tones perform across social media platforms. The goal isn’t just to understand the data, said the brewer’s global media lead Joost Hoppe, it’s to turn those insights into action by sharing them with brand teams across the business. But before unpacking why the findings could prove so valuable to those…

Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy S26, the latest addition to its flagship smartphone lineup. The new device builds on the foundation of last year’s model, bringing a series of updates across AI, performance, and software, though not much has changed in terms of looks and core hardware chops. But let me get the bad part out first. The asking price of Galaxy S26 has climbed up to $899, while the Galaxy S26 Plus now starts at $1,099 in the US, up from the $999 retail value last year. What’s new? Like the previous two years, Samsung’s main focus is…

Meta’s plans to fully automate ads with AI by 2026 doesn’t come as a surprise to creative agencies – but it could make retaining clients and scooping up new business that much more difficult.By next year, the social media company aims to allow brands to fully create and target ads using AI, seemingly giving marketers carte blanche for creative automation, according to The Wall Street Journal. Still, five of the execs Digiday spoke with for this piece say the writing has been on the wall for some time as the AI hype cycle continues. “It’s not new,” said Rachael Datz, executive…

Back when I started testing tech, it felt like the big draw of each new premium phone was its new feature set – eventually that gave way to higher-res cameras, then faster charging, then other hardware specs being the main draw, but the Samsung Galaxy S26 series feels a return to the old way of doing things. Consisting of the Samsung Galaxy S26, S26 Plus and S26 Ultra, the new trio of mobiles feels incredibly familiar – and that’s because they are. The S26 has mostly the same specs as the Galaxy S25, the S26 Plus is barely different to…

Android is officially rolling out one of its most significant AI upgrades yet, launching alongside the new Samsung Galaxy S26 Series and Google Pixel 10 lineup. The update brings deeper intelligence to visual search, introduces hands-free task automation through Gemini, and strengthens scam protection – all designed to make Android devices more proactive, helpful, and secure. This marks a clear shift in Android’s strategy: AI is no longer just assistive – it is becoming operational. Circle To Search becomes multi-layered and more powerful Since its debut, Circle to Search has allowed users to circle or scribble over objects on their…

If you thought rising RAM prices were tough on your wallet, storage might be the next tech category to feel the pinch. According to a recent report from Chosun Biz, major flash memory producers Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are planning cuts to their NAND production in 2026, even as demand for storage continues to grow, particularly from AI and data center customers. That shift has sparked concern that SSD prices, already trending upward, could climb even further this year. NAND flash memory is a core ingredient in solid-state drives, USB flash drives, and other storage products. As such, tighter…

Digiday covers the latest from marketing and media at the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. More from the series → Yet again, generative AI is likely to be center stage at this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity from June 16 to 20 – a development that may be expected for some agency execs and exhausting to others.  “I wish there was a word counter that could somehow read the amount of times that AI gets mentioned at Cannes,” said Nick Miaritis, chief client officer at VaynerMedia, a creative and media agency. “I can’t even imagine that…

Samsung releases a new Ultra every year, and every year the same conversation happens. Is it worth it? What actually changed? The Galaxy S26 Ultra doesn’t reinvent anything — but it does come with a couple of upgrades that are harder to dismiss than usual. A world-first Privacy Display, a custom-tuned chipset, meaningfully wider camera apertures, and faster charging. Not a revolution, but enough of a shake-up that the comparison with the S25 Ultra is worth having properly. Price and availability The Galaxy S26 Ultra starts from $1,299.99 for the baseline 256GB variant. It is available to pre-order on the…