Author: Geek Planet

The decision to leave was already on the table. For months, senior marketers at one of WPP’s clients had grown frustrated with the holding company’s pace of change. WPP had been trying – streamlining teams, fixing old systems, pushing for integration – but it wasn’t happening fast enough for the brand.Then came Mark Read’s exit. And suddenly, the decision didn’t feel inevitable. It felt worth reconsidering. “I’m not so certain we should be leaving WPP now, because I’m not convinced this is the end of an era – not yet anyway,” said  a senior marketer at the WPP client, who…

In an era where AI can generate a thousand design variations in seconds and supply chains can move faster than our own decision-making process, sustainability is no longer a luxury—it is a requirement for anyone trying to shop with intention. The transition from fast fashion to a more permanent wardrobe requires a shift in how we evaluate our purchases. Use this checklist to separate genuine sustainability from the noise of greenwashing before you reach the checkout page. Material Integrity The most basic indicator of a garment’s lifespan and environmental cost is its composition. In 2026, we are looking for materials…

As we move further into 2026, the age old debate of online versus offline shopping has shifted from a question of convenience to one of philosophy. We are no longer just choosing between a screen and a storefront. We are navigating an ecosystem where Artificial Intelligence anticipates our desires before we even feel them, and fast fashion brands churn out thousands of new designs daily. In this high speed environment, the boundary between what we actually need and what we are conditioned to want has become increasingly blurred. The modern consumer exists in a state of constant connectivity. For many,…

Remote IoT integration doesn’t usually struggle because sensors are flawed or cloud platforms can’t scale. It struggles when teams carry over terrestrial assumptions into constrained environments, where power, airtime cost and limited access change what good integration looks like. On paper, the roadmap to successful remote IoT looks straightforward. Install devices. Connect them. Stream data. Generate insight. Whether it’s monitoring infrastructure in rural areas, tracking equipment in oil fields, or managing assets offshore, the value proposition is clear. But once those devices are deployed in places that are difficult, expensive, or even dangerous to reach, small architectural assumptions turn into…

One of the world’s biggest companies and a major supplier of private 5G networks and infrastructure, NTT DATA, has deployed a private 5G network in 50 Cargill manufacturing and processing sites. Most of the sites are in the US, with additional deployments in Europe, and the company has stated it is planning more instances, due for completion in 2026. Private 5G uses dedicated mobile network infrastructure in a defined area like a factory or processing plant, with some installations consisting of discrete networks forming an organisation-wide private communications network. Operators deploy private 5G where wired networks are difficult to extend…

The landscape of personal productivity is shifting from passive chatbots to active agents. While tools like ChatGPT and Claude are excellent at generating text, they typically live inside a browser tab, waiting for you to come to them. Clawdbot, which has recently been rebranded as OpenClaw after a whirlwind series of name changes, represents a different philosophy. It is a self-hosted, proactive assistant that lives in your messaging apps and can execute tasks on your actual hardware. Setting this up requires a bit of technical comfort, but it is far from impossible for a seasoned user. Because this tool interacts…

Intel Arc Pro B70 is shaping up as a straightforward answer to a common workstation headache, running out of VRAM at the worst time. A new leak points to a launch soon, with the card described as the first shipping product built on Intel’s larger Battlemage BMG-G31 chip. Arc Pro B70 is tipped to ship with 32GB of VRAM on a 256-bit bus, a notable jump from the Arc Pro B60’s 24GB GDDR6. That extra capacity matters when your scene, timeline, or dataset won’t stay put. Intel still hasn’t confirmed pricing, timing, or where the card will actually be sold.…

The narrative surrounding software engineering has shifted dramatically in 2026. For decades, the industry valued the Code Monkey the developer who could churn out thousands of lines of syntax based on a Jira ticket. However, the rise of Agentic AI has rendered pure syntax generation a commodity. We are now witnessing a brutal but necessary evolution where the ability to write code is secondary to the ability to architect intent. Generative AI hasn’t replaced engineers, but it has certainly replaced the junior mindset. With tools now capable of handling nearly half of code documentation and refactoring automatically, the entry barrier…

Pinterest is going all-in on programmatic, and its newest hire is the tell.Chip Jessopp, Amazon’s former director of global accounts and North America ad tech sales, joined the visual search platform on May 27 as its first head of programmatic. Reporting to chief revenue officer Bill Watkins, he’s been tasked with building new demand channels and scaling Pinterest’s still nascent programmatic business. With a seven year stint at the e-commerce giant under his belt, Jessopp isn’t new to this. He’s built sales teams, brokered commercial deals and helped grow an ad tech business from the ground up.  “As we pursued…

In an email to employees in May, after pulling back on some diversity, equity and inclusion goals, Target’s CEO tried to reassure employees that its values are not up for debate and that it is still a retailer for everyone. Some retail and communications consultants told Modern Retail that the message was vague or failed to directly address the issues the company faces regarding culture and sales. A similar sentiment is being shared on the store level. In the latest entry in our Confessions series, in which we offer anonymity in exchange for candor, Modern Retail spoke with a transgender Target employee…