Author: Geek Planet

Microsoft is finally letting some users remove Copilot from Windows, but the fine print makes it clear this is not the clean break many people were hoping for. After pushing Copilot deep into Windows 11, Microsoft has introduced a new option in a recent Windows 11 Insider Preview build that allows Copilot to be fully uninstalled. The catch is that it only works in very specific situations, and most regular users will not qualify. Until now, Copilot could be disabled or hidden, but it could not be completely removed. That changes with a new Group Policy setting called RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp, which…

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra has just hit the market, and the perceptions are divided. Irrespective of the debate around it, I had already made up my mind to make the upgrade. But over the course of the past few days, since its launch, the fine print and a few unexpected cuts got exposed. And ultimately, they convinced me to sit this one out. Having spent days going through all its upgrades and downgrades – yes, there are many – I decided to skip this update with a heavy heart after all the early enthusiasm. If you, too, are planning to…

The Samsung Galaxy S26, OnePlus 15, and Google Pixel 10 all land within shouting distance of each other on price, run the same operating system, and target roughly the same buyer. But spend any real time with them and it becomes clear that each one is making a completely different argument for why you should hand over your money. This piece breaks down where each phone genuinely earns its price tag — hardware, software, cameras, battery, and everything in between — so you don’t have to figure it out the hard way. Price and availability The Galaxy S26 and OnePlus…

Some companies just don’t lose – even when the market is in free fall. Amazon’s ads business is proof, cruising steadily while the broader market sputters in the face of economic drag.That strain has already forced ad spend forecasts down as CMOs scramble to rework budgets and reallocate dollars in the thick of the turbulence. Unsurprisingly, more of that money is ending up in Amazon’s cart, where ads are close to the point of purchase – easier to justify, harder to cut.  Over the last quarter, it raked in $13.92 billion, a 19% rise on the same period a year…

A month-long experiment has raised fresh concerns about the reliability of generative AI tools as sources of news, after Google’s Gemini chatbot was found fabricating entire news outlets and publishing false reports. The findings were first reported by The Conversation, which conducted the investigation. The experiment was led by a journalism professor specialising in computer science, who tested seven generative AI systems over a four-week period. Each day, the tools were asked to list and summarise the five most important news events in Québec, rank them by importance, and provide direct article links as sources. Among the systems tested were…

In corporate boardrooms and on the sidelines of industry conferences, marketers are considering how best to respond to President Donald Trump’s tariffs. It’s become the key question facing them this year.Marketers’ collective wisdom, gleaned from past recessions, pandemics and near misses, will tell them that advertisers that stick with their message — and continue to invest in their brand — are able to reap the benefits when the crunch eases. Market volatility rarely lasts long, after all. Some advertisers, from B2B brands like PwC to automakers such as Hyundai, are holding the line and pushing ahead with marketing activity. Others,…

Soon after Google gave us our first glimpse of the Pixel 10a, it attracted plenty of heat. Looks identical to its predecessor. A no-upgrade chip situation. A similar status for the camera. And display. And battery. That’s a lot to take in.   It’s almost as if Google pulled an Apple. And somehow, did worse.  But there’s more to this phone than meets the eye. I have only had the chance to push it as my daily driver for a week, which is not enough for a full review. But that spell still gave me enough encouragement to keep driving it…

Google isn’t known for saying sorry so the fact that it’s offering something close to a mea culpa at an industry conference in Miami says a lot about the chaos its Chrome cookie plan has unleashed. Last week, the company announced that it would continue to permit third-party cookies in its web browser Chrome, upending nearly six years of planning for many. Despite its careful messaging, the move effectively marks the putative death of the accompanying Privacy Sandbox experimentations, and this week, Google set out on what many expected to be a (much-called-for) apology tour at the Possible conference. “Mostly…

Over the past couple of years, I have tried my fair share of smart glasses. And in that span, the industry matured dramatically. What started as Bluetooth-enabled glasses, which merely served as glorified speakers, has now reached a stage where they are equipped with screens.  Screens are the differentiating factor. On the one hand, we have brands such as Xreal and Viture that fit two display units that offer a massive canvas for work and play. Then we have labels like Even Realities and Meta, which are offering glasses with an indivisible display. RayNeo has done both, and its latest…

The transition from viral influencer to a full-time career as a creator has always been tough — but with greater economic pressure, some are realizing the juice isn’t worth the squeeze.After working 11 years as a creator and amassing 68.2K subscribers on YouTube, mom of twins, creator-turned talent manager Joanna Fowler joined Shine Talent Group in December as its head of talent. “A lot of it is unpaid for a very long time,” Fowler told Digiday, of her work as a creator. “Even when it is your full-time job, you need to be able to bookend sponsored content with a lot…