Author: Geek Planet

While the idea is appealing, I have never fully enjoyed using the speech-to-text feature for voice typing. I understand why it exists, and I have used it in a pinch. But it has always felt like one of those phone features that works just enough times to be useful, and not often enough to be conveniently reliable. It’s not just about speaking clearly; the problem is a bit more subtle. You have to avoid doubling back mid-sentence, or you have to pretend your brain naturally produces clean text messages in one smooth pass. And since mine does not, I’m looking…

After releasing its Claude extension for Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, Anthropic has finally released Claude for Microsoft word, and it looks genuinely impressive.  Anthropic says it is “designed for professionals who work extensively with documents, particularly in legal review, financial memo drafting, and iterative editing.”  In other words, the people who spend half their day buried inside lengthy contracts and memos can now benefit from Claude’s superior AI capabilities. So, what can it do? It can do a lot, as it turns out. You can ask Claude questions about your document and get answers with clickable citations that jump straight…

Sharing files between Android and iPhone has always been a pain, but Google is quietly fixing that. The company launched a new Quick Share feature that made Android devices compatible with Apple’s AirDrop, allowing users to easily transfer files between iPhones and Android devices.  However, not all Android devices have the hardware to support Quick Share-AirDrop compatibility, which means not all Android smartphones can access this feature. To solve this problem, Google announced a new QR code-based file-sharing system, which allows any Android device to transfer files to iPhones.  How does it work? With this new method, an Android phone…

For years, Apple has approached its affordable iPhones with a predictable formula: take an older flagship design, remove a few premium features, lower the price slightly, and position it as the “entry point” into the ecosystem. Financially, the strategy works. Emotionally, it often does not. That is exactly why the upcoming iPhone 18e represents such a major opportunity for Apple. Instead of treating it as another watered-down flagship, Apple should fully embrace a “Neo” identity, one built around color, personality, experimentation, and smart hardware reuse. Apple has already executed it perfectly with the MacBook Neo. It just needs to follow…

Samsung’s PenUp app is getting a useful creative upgrade for Galaxy users, especially those who use the S Pen for casual digital art. For those unaware, PenUp is Samsung’s app for sketching and coloring templates. It works with touch input, but the latest update should be most useful on Galaxy phones and tablets with S Pen support. The latest PenUp update, version 3.9.22.23, adds 53 new brushes through the “Download more brushes” option. It also adds Dual brush, a new tool that lets two strokes work together for layered effects. What new drawing tools does PenUp add? Brush controls have…

Apple’s budget Mac dropped as a shock to many, but its sales could be doing much better than expected. The company has reportedly issued an urgent follow-up order for the MacBook Neo after the new budget laptop’s early sales surged past initial projections. A new report from MoneyUDN claims that Apple has raised its shipment outlook for the device from “several million” units to more than 10 million, with major manufacturing partners Foxconn and Quanta moving to support the ramp. How Apple’s $599 MacBook is ahead of the game According to the report, the MacBook Neo’s appeal is pretty clear.…

WhatsApp has always let you send messages that vanish on a timer, but the clock starts the moment you hit send, not when the other person actually read it. That means a message could sit unread for hours and still disappear before anyone sees it. This is why WhatsApp is testing a new feature called ‘After Reading’ timer for disappearing messages, spotted in the latest iOS beta update by WABetaInfo. The feature is currently rolling out to some beta testers on iOS, having previously been tested on Android. It is available through the TestFlight beta program, with a wider rollout…

Six months into its life, the Meta Ray-Ban Display is starting to look less like an experiment, thanks to what is arguably the most significant update Meta has ever pushed for the device.  The headline feature is Neural Handwriting, which is now available to every Ray-Ban Display owner, having spent its early months in limited access for Messenger and WhatsApp users.  What else did Meta update? To me, that sounds like Meta is treating the glasses as a platform, not just a product it sells to end users.  This could enable developers to build AI assistants, productivity tools, navigation overlays,…

Google’s new Gemini Intelligence platform is quickly becoming one of the biggest talking points in the Android world right now. After being highlighted during this week’s Android Show, the feature is already being tied to several upcoming premium foldables and flagship phones. But there’s a catch: not every high-end Android device will be able to run it. And surprisingly, even some of Google and Samsung’s latest foldables may miss out. According to Google’s requirements, Gemini Intelligence isn’t just another software update you can casually push to older devices. The company appears to be building this around a much stricter hardware…

If a website tells you to manually install a “Windows update” from a big blue download button, close that tab immediately. Malwarebytes has just spotted a fake Microsoft support website (microsoft-update.support) that pretends to offer a cumulative update for Windows 24H2 but actually delivers password-stealing malware. The entire page is dressed up to look official, and even uses proper KB-style reference and downloads an 83MB MSI file called Windowsupdate1.0.0.msi that looks quite legit even in the file properties. What the malware actually does The site is currently written in French, which suggests that the scam is currently targeting French-speaking users…