Author: Geek Planet

Windows Recall was meant to make your PC history easier to search, but a new proof of concept is putting that promise under pressure again. TotalRecall Reloaded shows how information captured by the Windows 11 feature can still be intercepted after sign in, even after Microsoft overhauled its protections following last year’s backlash. Recall doesn’t capture a narrow slice of activity. It can preserve a broad visual record of what happens on your PC, including apps, websites, messages, and other on screen content. Microsoft shifted the feature to opt in use and added encryption plus Windows Hello protection, but the…

I’ll be blunt: $1,500 is a lot of money to spend on the Razr Ultra, a clamshell phone that folds in half. In fact, it’s a lot of money to spend on any smartphone, especially when a Galaxy S26 Ultra or iPhone 17 Pro Max costs less and still leaves a few hundred dollars in your pocket, or throwing in a couple of hundred bucks can get you a full-fledged book-style foldable.  For me, the Razr Ultra doesn’t quite make a strong case at $1,500. In isolation, it’s a genuinely impressive flip phone that gets all the basics right and…

Google used to be the go-to service for people who wanted to learn about their health conditions. The tide has been slowly shifting with more and more users turning to AI for their health-related queries.  According to new research from the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America, about one in four US adults has used an AI tool or chatbot for health-related information or advice. The findings are based on a nationally representative survey of more than 5,500 adults conducted between October and December 2025. The good news is that most people aren’t replacing their doctors with chatbots. More…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_19pRsZRiz4 AI: Artificial Intelligence is commonly thought of as Stanley Kubrick’s last project, one Steven Spielberg took up in honor of his friend. There is some truth to this. Kubrick had certainly worked on the idea for a long time. AI was his concept, and it is said that he worked with several writers to write a treatment for the film. That being said, it wasn’t his final script, and it’s very hard to know how closely this film matched his original vision. I’m sad to say that the themes couldn’t be too far off because the core premise of this movie matches the core…

Microsoft is planning a two-stage rollout of new Surface Laptop and Surface Pro models.  While the Intel-powered variants could launch this spring, the Snapdragon X2 models could arrive in summer, reportedly due to supply chain constraints (via Windows Central).  What’s actually changing for Surface buyers? The upgrades include display improvements, with Microsoft going with OLED panels for the Surface Laptop for the first time (though limited to higher-end configurations), along with a higher-resolution screen rumored for some models.   Along with the Intel and Qualcomm chipsets, the notebooks could come with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage for their base…

AI-generated car damage is turning into a real insurance fraud issue, with Admiral linking a sharp rise in cases during 2025 to manipulated images and fabricated supporting materials. The problem is no longer limited to suspicious paperwork. Photos of damaged vehicles can now be edited to make a loss look worse or to help support a duplicate filing. According to a BBC report, one filing used an AI-edited number plate on a damaged Land Rover, while a similar image with a different plate appeared in a second case. Another image made rear-end damage look more severe than it was. Admiral…

Samsung’s tri-fold phone experiment may not be a one-and-done project after all. A new patent-based leak has suggested that Samsung is exploring a follow-up to its Galaxy Z TriFold phone, and the most interesting part is not just the folding screen. The leak points to a design with an S Pen pocket built into one of the hinges, potentially solving a long-running foldable problem. What’s new in the next tri-fold? A sign Samsung still cares about trifolds This also lines up with what Samsung appears to be rethinking for its next tri-fold. The first Galaxy Z TriFold proved the concept…

Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup brought one of the more useful selfie camera upgrades in recent memory, and Android may be preparing an even better answer of its own. A known Weibo tipster has just revealed that at least one Android brand is working on a Center Stage-style selfie camera setup. What’s special about Apple’s selfie trick? The iPhone 17 series uses an 18MP Center Stage front camera with a square sensor. That design lets the phone capture selfies and group shots in either portrait or landscape orientation without physically rotating the device. It also lets the camera shift framing dynamically…

Canva today unveiled its AI 2.0 update, introducing a more conversational, AI-powered approach to designing and completing projects. The upgrade aims to take users from a rough idea to a polished result more seamlessly, without the need to switch tools. Create designs by simply describing ideas Instead of beginning with templates or blank pages, users can now describe what they want, and the platform generates a fully structured, editable design. This shifts the process from manual building to guided creation, reducing the need to piece things together from scratch. Behind the scenes, Canva’s AI uses what the company calls “agentic…

On most (not all) American domestic issues, in terms of socioeconomic tradeoffs, a lot of MAGA fans still support the policies of the Trump Administration. However, geopolitically, some of them might be quite confused with the way things are going. And with the current turmoil in the Middle East, as Trump faces highly complex situations, they might be more confused by a strange comment he made to the Press on how he is dealing with such matters. In a recent interview in the New York Times, when Trump was asked if there were any limits on his global powers, he…