Author: Geek Planet

At Cannes, AI is the loudest topic no one wants to talk about publicly. Everyone has an opinion. Few want their names attached to it.  That’s the thing about this year’s biggest theme. It’s not just AI itself that’s destabilizing the industry. It’s the quiet discomfort people have with how quickly it’s moving — and what that says about the work, the value chain and who gets to keep their seat at the table.  “There’s a lot of oversight on all things AI from corporate comms at the moment,” said an ad exec on the Croisette — immediately after asking to…

Digiday covers the latest from marketing and media at the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. More from the series → Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify Amid the AI hype, increasingly fragmented media marketplace and economic headwinds, marketers this year came to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity looking for answers.  For Carly Carson, PMG’s head of integrated media, this year’s festival served as a temperature check for an industry in flux. As the book closes on another Cannes Lions, Carson has pocketed three takeaways. AI still needs a human infusion. To be sure, AI talk dominated panels.…

Phishing scams are evolving fast, and AI-assisted sites are making fake login pages look more convincing than ever. To help users stay safe, 1Password, one of the most widely used password managers, is rolling out a new built-in anti-phishing feature in its browser extensions and apps. The goal is simple: prevent your device from automatically providing saved credentials on sites that don’t match the URLs where those logins were originally stored. Instead of quietly refusing to autofill credentials on a suspicious domain, the updated 1Password now adds a proactive warning pop-up whenever you try to paste a saved login into…

One of the coolest features of Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series, likely reserved for the Galaxy S26 Ultra, is Privacy Display. Using directional OLED pixels and clever software implementation, the feature can hide the entire screen (or specific parts) when viewed from an angle, preventing shoulder surfing in public areas. We’ve also seen the feature in a couple of hands-on pictures so far, and it looks, well, impressive. Chinese brands are quite impressed from Samsung’s Privacy Display Turns out it wasn’t just me who was impressed with the feature. Renowned Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station claims that “domestic manufacturers” (referring to…

It looks like the sun is finally setting on Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake series, signaling the end of the road for one of the most impactful processor families we have seen in years. In a set of Product Change Notifications released on January 6, 2026, Intel confirmed what many enthusiasts knew was coming: the company is officially discontinuing a wide range of tray and boxed Alder Lake CPUs – covering everything from the heavy-hitting Core chips down to the Pentium Gold and Celeron G-series – along with the trusty 600-series chipsets like the H670, B660, and Z690. Effectively, the…

As more ad dollars become digital dollars, brands are changing how they use more traditional marketing methods.Marketers at Coca-Cola’s Sprite have been relying on digital out-of-home (DOOH) to cut through the summer heat, for example. Alongside paid social activations on Meta, as well as online video and digital display units, the brand is running digital out-of-home (DOOH) work triggered by rising local temperatures. If the thermometer in Rome, for example, hits a preset temperature, ads reminding consumers to get a cold refreshment (preferably a Sprite) will run. Lower temperatures will trigger different ads from the beverage brand, which is running…

OnePlus just gave small-phone fans exactly what they wanted. The company confirmed the 15T, calling it the “dream machine” for people who prefer pocket-friendly devices. A community lead broke the news on Weibo, and the internet immediately took notice. The phone is a direct answer to anyone tired of palm-filling phablets. Internal letters describe the 15T as the “small screen big demon king,” promising flagship muscle in a smaller body. Leaks point to a 6.32-inch display, a size that’s become rare in a market obsessed with going bigger. If the rumors stick, you won’t have to trade power for portability…

After a week defined by contradictions — lavish $10 million beachfront activations against a backdrop of economy anxiety, AI buzz alongside quiet budget cuts — the industry seemed to settle on an unexpected but familiar note: optimism. That’s the Cannes trick after all. It’s a place where tensions coexists with spectacle. Where marketing leaders sip champagne while talking about efficiency mandates. Where every sunset panel is both a flex and a therapy session. This year, the contrast felt sharper — but also more honest. Or at least, more visible in the margins.  “The U.S tariffs and the global economic slowdown…

Samsung is once again facing a familiar problem ahead of its latest flagship launch. Details about the upcoming Galaxy S26 series have already surfaced online through a wave of leaks, outlining specifications and features for all three models before the company’s official announcement. This year, however, the leaks appear to have gone a step further. A YouTuber has already managed to get their hands on the top-end Galaxy S26 Ultra ahead of its scheduled unveiling, sharing early hands-on coverage just days before Samsung’s launch event. Sahil Karoul, a Dubai-based technology YouTuber, purchased the African variant of the Galaxy S26 Ultra…

Chatbots can sound neutral, but a new study suggests some models still pick sides in a familiar way. When prompted about social groups, the systems tended to be warmer toward an ingroup and colder toward an outgroup. That pattern is a core marker of AI social bias. The research tested multiple big models, including GPT-4.1 and DeepSeek-3.1. It also found the effect can be pushed around by how you frame a request, which matters because everyday prompts often include identity labels, intentionally or not. There’s also a more constructive takeaway. The same team reports a mitigation method, ION (Ingroup-Outgroup Neutralization),…