Author: Geek Planet

Chrome may soon get a new scam-fighting upgrade that leans on Gemini. Google is testing Gemini antiscam protection in Chrome as an extra check that kicks in only after the browser already thinks a site looks risky. This isn’t an always-on system that reviews every page you open. Chrome steps in at higher-risk moments, then sends the flagged page out for deeper analysis, keeping the existing scam defenses in place. The feature, spotted by Windows Report, is tied to Enhanced Safe Browsing (Enhanced protection in Safe Browsing settings) and it’s off by default. If you don’t opt in, you won’t…

He made that clear on Wednesday (August 6) when he hosted a live Spaces alongside senior engineering, product and brand safety staff, who all tried to sketch out the platform’s future. At the center of it all is Grok, the in-house AI assistant Musk sees as key to X’s next act — and appeal to marketers.  The hope is that Grok will eventually automate all advertising on the platform. But for now, that ambition is concentrated in three areas: using Grok to assess content for brand safety, tailoring product recommendations based on user behavior, and rolling out Grok-powered tools in…

One of Nothing’s boldest ideas, Essential Apps, is now available for Phone 3 users, unlocking a new way to create highly personalized, AI-generated widgets for your home screen without any coding wizardry. The feature, currently rolling out in beta through the web-based Nothing Playground platform, is an early step toward the company’s long-term vision of an AI-native operating system called Essential OS. What can Essential Apps do? But what is Essential Apps anyway? Think of it as tiny yet useful tools that do very specific things for users, in the form of a widget. Want a widget that can track…

At the MMA’s recent CMO summit, the conversation kept circling back to one thing: AI is accelerating the push to operationalize creative. “It was the subject matter of everything discussed on stage over the course of the event’s two days,” said Travis Lusk, group director of AI Solutions of media management business Ebiquity, referencing the event at the end of July. But it doesn’t stop there. The same theme is showing up in pitch decks, investor memos and agency roadmaps. The idea of overhauling creative at an operational level — structured, scored and optimized in real time. In practice, this looks…

It seems that in the world of smartphone technology, time is a flat circle. Just when we thought we had moved on to a future dominated entirely by AI and software tricks, Samsung is reportedly reaching back into its archives to revive a hardware feature it killed off years ago. According to new reports coming out of South Korea’s supply chain, the tech giant is seriously looking into bringing back variable aperture cameras for its future flagship phones. If you have been following the Galaxy lineup for a while, you might remember this feature from the Galaxy S9 and S10…

Google is working on a new range of Android PCs powered by a new operating system called Aluminium OS. While the first devices are expected to arrive later this year, we have already caught a glimpse of the software running on an HP Elite Dragonfly 13.5 Chromebook. Now, a new report offers an early look at the camera app Google could bring to this desktop experience. Android Authority has spotted the Play Store listing for a Desktop Camera app by Google, likely designed for the upcoming Android PCs. The app’s description refers to it simply as a “Camera app for…

It’s no secret that the creator economy has hit critical mass. Advertisers are getting more specific in their asks — whether it be more meticulous metrics or carefully curated creators — to have more control over their influencer partnerships and content creator deals.Brands are turning to creator-generated content (CGC) as a means to solve for some of this. Think of it as another factor in the already fragmented influencer marketing landscape. CGC is creator content commissioned by a brand that lives on the brand’s owned-and-operated channels — like user-generated content but carefully curated and owned by the brand. With CGC, brands…

The latest generation of Android flagships from Vivo, Oppo, and even Samsung include one 200MP sensor, used as the primary camera or the telephoto camera. However, the next generation of Android flagships could include three 100MP sensors. You heard that right. According to Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station, “some” (that could be more than one) smartphone makers are “testing three 100-megapixel lenses” or cameras. Three 100MP cameras? That’s the rumor Although the tipster doesn’t specify the nature of these cameras, they could very well be the primary, telephoto, and ultrawide shooters. This is one of the most interesting approaches I’ve…

One could easily be forgiven for thinking disaster was just around the corner.After a slew of downgraded ad spend forecasts earlier in the summer, big brands like Adidas, Walmart and P&G have finally begun enacting price increases due to tariff pressures on their supply chains. Kraft Heinz, General Motors, Ford and Johnson & Johnson have each reported tariff-related hits to their bottom lines. And some advertisers have begun tightening their belts — Kimberly-Clark, for example, recently said it had cut its overall marketing spending 10.8% compared with last year’s second quarter. That said, it’s not all doom and gloom. In…

If your ideal browser experience involves as little AI as possible, Mozilla is finally giving you a way to shut it all off on Firefox. The company has confirmed that an AI “kill switch” is coming to Firefox Nightly builds first, before rolling out to everyone on February 24 with the release of Firefox 148. Once it lands, users will be able to disable every AI-powered feature in the browser with a single setting. Mozilla’s move comes at a time when many AI browsers are racing to add more automated tools, whether people ask for them or not. With Firefox,…