Author: Geek Planet

People already use AI chatbots like search engines for everyday health information. That habit looks riskier after a new study found that half of the answers from five major bots were problematic, even when the replies sounded polished and confident. Researchers tested ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Meta AI, and DeepSeek with 250 prompts across cancer, vaccines, stem cells, nutrition, and athletic performance. The prompts reflected common health queries and familiar misinformation themes, then measured whether the bots stayed aligned with scientific evidence or drifted into misleading and potentially unsafe advice. Broad questions exposed the biggest gaps The weakest results came from…

Apple plans to redesign Siri in iOS 27, and the most talked-about change is its new home in the Dynamic Island. The visual refresh is notable, but the feature upgrades underneath it are what will actually move the needle. According to Bloomberg, activating Siri in iOS 27 will trigger a pill-shaped animation in the Dynamic Island. Swiping it down will open a chat interface styled like a messaging thread, with embedded cards for things like weather, notes, and calendar events. A smarter, more capable assistant A new “Search or Ask” bar will build on the existing Spotlight Search experience, pulling…

Every year, Google front-loads its Android announcements in a separate pre-show the week before its annual I/O conference. This year, the company did exactly that, and The Android Show: I/O Edition was anything but a warmup act.  Google showed up well prepared, with plenty of software and a major hardware announcement that took everyone by surprise. One by one, let’s talk about everything, including a deeply integrated AI overhaul, a long-overdue security upgrade, an Android Auto makeover that feels like it was designed for 2026, and a brand-new laptop category.  One thing is clear: Google wants to be the leading…

Netgear has become the first clear exception to the FCC’s foreign-made router ban, giving it room to keep launching new consumer routers in the US even though its hardware is built overseas. The policy has already started to cloud the outlook for several router brands, especially those still waiting to learn how the FCC will handle future approvals. The approval runs through October 1, 2027 and covers a broad range of Netgear gear, including Nighthawk and Orbi models, plus some cable gateways and modems. The FCC said the Defense Department reviewed Netgear’s request and found the products did not pose…

Sony’s Xperia phones have always been a little different. The company built phones for those who actually care about focal lengths, shutter buttons, color science, and camera-style controls on a phone. The new Xperia 1 VIII continues this tradition, but Sony is now adding a layer of AI assistance to the formula. Its latest flagship introduces an AI Camera Assistant powered by Xperia Intelligence, which is how Sony plans to stand out from the crowd—even though I’m still skeptical. How Sony AI tries to guide rather than process This is the part I’m a little wary of, mostly because Xperia’s…

Android’s long-awaited AirDrop rollout is finally expanding beyond Google’s own phones and Samsung’s latest flagships. Although the rollout is starting with a fairly exclusive-looking list. Google has now listed the devices that support AirDrop-style sharing, along with models scheduled to get the feature later. So the gap between the Apple ecosystem and Android is getting a little smaller. Which Android phones are getting AirDrop support According to the list confirmed by Google, AirDrop support is currently available on the following devices: Samsung Galaxy S26 series Google Pixel 10 series Google Pixel 9 series Google Pixel 8a Oppo Find X9 series…

More than 100 Chrome extensions have been tied to a sprawling campaign that harvested identity data, opened backdoor-style browser behavior, and in one case pulled live Telegram Web session data. Researchers linked 108 add-ons to the same control network, with about 20,000 installs logged across the Chrome Web Store when the findings were published. What makes this one hit harder is the range. The extensions showed up as Telegram tools, slot and Keno games, translation utilities, YouTube and TikTok helpers, and basic page tools, which helped the operation blend into the kind of stuff people install without much thought. See…

This republished article first appeared in The National Review The University of Sussex has published a “toolkit” to enable political and legal action to grant “rights” to trees. This is consistent with the radical environmentalist activism seen in many universities, such as Harvard Law, which is now teaching “nature rights” principles and strategies to students. “Tree rights” is a subset of the overarching “nature rights” movement, which also includes “river rights,” “ocean rights,” and even “rights for the moon.” I don’t have space to discuss the entire 186-page advocacy treatise — developed over three years, evidencing the energy and commitment of nature…

With its latest major software update, Samsung has made a tiny change to One UI, which has left Galaxy users pretty frustrated. The One UI 8.5 update has removed the available storage indicator from the Device Care menu in One UI 8.5. So now, users can only see the total storage capacity and how much space is currently used, without clearly displays the amount of free space left. Why this update has annoyed Galaxy users Previously, One UI showed the exact amount of available space directly in the storage section. This was a simple, intuitive, and quite useful. You get…

The iPhone Camera app has always been simple, sometimes to a fault. While this simplicity was great for the wider audience, the Camera app seemed to fall behind the Android competitors. But Apple may finally be ready to give users more control over what shows up on the screen. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is planning a major Camera app interface update that will let users customize the row of controls at the top of the viewfinder. It also goes beyond just the simple UI elements being moved around, by adding new “widgets”. How widgets work in the new…