Author: Geek Planet

The AI revolution is happening at work whether people admit it or not. While leadership teams debate AI policies, employees are already using these tools, often in secret — and that can create an organizational blind spot that undermines innovation and oversight. That’s the word from Justin Hale, master trainer at the professional training and consulting company Crucial Learning, who maintains that the problem isn’t that employees are using AI — it’s that they are afraid to talk about it. Leaders “need to go in thinking, I’m just going into the conversation expecting there’s going to be people that are fearful…

Apple has usually played it safe with the color options on its flagship iPhones. Aside from the usual silver, white, gold, and black, the company barely ever goes bold. That changed with the iPhone 18 Pro, which landed in an eye-catching Cosmic Orange color, and it proved to be quite popular. Apple is looking to replicate that success with the iPhone 18 Pro later this year, according to Bloomberg, and its next bet could be a shade of red. What’s the big shift? “Given the success of orange, I wouldn’t be surprised if the company keeps that option around and…

Platforms are having an identity crisis. Or maybe, it’s a rebrand. Whether they built their businesses on social graphs, short-form video or niche communities, the story from Cannes last week was the same: they’ve always been AI companies. That’s the new message being sold to marketers. The fact that AI rarely showed up in their pitch decks until recently seems beside the point. What matters now is being loud, and being first.  “It’s part of our DNA, which is why we’ve spent more than 10 years researching and investing tens of billions into our capex and building open source models,” said…

Apple is gearing up for one of its most packed launch cycles in years, with five new products set to debut in the days leading up to the company’s March 4 “Apple Experience” event. The information comes from Mark Gurman’s latest Power On newsletter for Bloomberg, which outlines Apple’s multi-day rollout strategy and its broader push across Macs, iPhones and iPads. Major lineup incoming According to Gurman, Apple plans to reveal a new low-cost MacBook, updated MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models, a refreshed iPhone 17e, and at least one new iPad between March 2 and March 4. This staggered…

AMD appears to be working on a refreshed version of its Ryzen AI MAX 400 family, codenamed “Gorgon Halo”. According to recent leaks by VideoCardz, this next-gen refresh targets faster performance for Ryzen-powered machines, especially those focused on AI workloads and integrated graphics. The rumored Gorgon Halo series would essentially be a clock-bumped iteration of the current Strix Halo-branded processors, with the same core counts but higher boost speeds on both the CPU and Radeon iGPU sides. Additionally, it’ll also add support for faster LPDDR5X-8533 memory to further improve responsiveness and performance under AI-heavy workloads. What the Gorgon Halo refresh…

Eight months after quietly rolling out Performance+, Pinterest is now turning up the volume. The platform’s bid to automate more of its ad business is moving from test phase to full-throated sales pitch. CEO Bill Ready teed it up recently on the company’s most recent earning call: “While we’re pleased with our progress, we’re still in the early days of driving adoption, and will continue to drive advertisers to adopt the full Performance+ suite of solutions in the quarters and years ahead.” That moment has arrived. Digiday obtained the pitch deck that shows Pinterest plans to make it happen.  The first…

I’ve been using Pixel smartphones for a decade now, and I’ve never seen a muted refresh as the latest Pixel-A midranger. There’s plenty of chatter in the community, and deservedly so. Google’s all-new Pixel 10a doesn’t come with the dramatic spec upgrades we’ve come to expect from annual refreshes. It even makes year-over-year iPhone upgrades feel generous. The phone is strikingly similar to its predecessor, retaining the same overall design and core hardware while introducing only minor tweaks. The bezel around the display is slightly narrower, the camera module sits more flush with the back panel, and under the hood,…

TikTok still faces a ban in the United States. But based on the signals they’re getting from the platforms’ agency reps and their own risk calculations, media buyers and brand marketers are willing to bet it isn’t going anywhere.In fact, despite caveats over the platform’s future, investment is rising. Rather than slow down in anticipation of a shutdown (which would have kicked in June 19, prior to President Donald Trump’s latest executive order), brand spending on TikTok increased from $542 million in April to $588 million in May, according to estimates shared with Digiday by MediaRadar. Last month’s ad spend…

Following last year’s design overhaul and the addition of a retro film-style camera feature, Google is rolling out another update for Snapseed on iOS. The latest release refines the Snapseed camera, making it easier to access and adding new capabilities. When Google first debuted the Snapseed camera last year, users could only access it from a Lock Screen widget, the Control Center, or using the Camera Control button. With version 3.15.0, the company has added a new camera shortcut in the top-right corner of the app’s interface, allowing users to launch the Snapseed camera from within the app. 9to5Google reports…

Microsoft has issued an unusual public advisory telling users to uninstall the Windows 11 January 2026 security update (KB5074109) after widespread reports that it is causing serious system and application issues. The update, which began rolling out automatically on January 13 and advances affected systems to OS Build 26200.7623 or similar releases, has been linked to problems including Outlook Classic freezing, black screens, and app crashes. The hardest hit appear to be users of Outlook Classic who rely on POP email accounts or local PST files, particularly those stored in cloud folders such as OneDrive. For these users, Outlook may…