Author: Geek Planet

For the better part of the past half a decade, Windows laptops have had a recurring identity crisis. You could either get absurd performance, or you could buy great battery life. Getting both at the same time wasn’t always accessible, and you often would have to make compromises with fan noise, heat, standby drain, or the kind of “why is it warm in my bag?” behavior MacBook owners never had to worry about. Now, the next-gen silicon is changing the story. Intel’s next wave (Panther Lake) is being positioned as a major efficiency and AI platform swing. Right alongside it,…

If you own a power bank, you need to check if it’s a faulty model. Casely has issued a recall for about 429,200 units of the Casely Power Pods through the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. The lithium-ion battery inside can overheat and ignite, posing a serious fire and burn risk. Why has the Casely power bank been recalled? This isn’t the first time Casely has recalled these power banks. The original recall was issued in April 2025, after 51 consumer reports of the battery overheating, expanding, or catching fire. Six people sustained minor burns at that time. Since then,…

Apple is often the first to the starting line when it comes to shrinking silicon, and its partnership with TSMC is a key reason behind that lead. While we are currently settling into the 2nm era, the roadmap for what comes next is already coming into focus. A new report reveals TSMC is eyeing the sub-1nm milestone with a target for trial production as early as 2029. TSMC’s silicon roadmap leading to sub-1nm chips According to DigiTimes, the move to sub-1nm won’t be a single leap. Following the successful start of 2nm mass production late last year, TSMC is already…

Samsung has quietly updated the Galaxy Z TriFold’s product page with a message: the company’s first tri-folding phone is now completely sold out with no restock in sight. If you were hoping to get one sometime in the future, perhaps when the phone goes on sale, it’s time to let go.  “The limited-run Galaxy Z TriFold is now completely sold out,” an updated message on the Galaxy Z TriFold’s landing page says. The message also asks people to keep visiting Samsung’s website for “one-of-a-kind innovations” and shop for other foldables or mobile devices.  Why did Samsung pull the plug so…

Apple’s main business still revolves around the iPhone, with roughly half of the revenue being brought in by these devices. But this is why it feels so strange that the company managed to build a better entry-level Apple laptop than an entry-level iPhone. The MacBook Neo starts at $599 in the US, with buyers getting a full aluminum build, a 13-inch hi-res Liquid Retina display, Apple silicon, and all-day battery life. Apple is clear about what it has built. This isn’t a Pro machine with the powerful M series processors. But despite the various cutbacks in hardware, it still feels…

A new Pew Research Center survey confirms a parent’s hunch. Your teen is probably using AI for homework. More than half of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 say they have turned to chatbots like ChatGPT or Copilot for school tasks. The data, collected in fall 2025, offers the clearest look yet at how AI has reshaped student life. But the numbers tell a nuanced story. While 54 percent have used AI for school, only about one in ten rely on it for all or most of their assignments. That small group marks a real shift. Larger shares use it…

I’ve been waiting for Android to take desktop mode seriously for years. Back in 2019, I bought a OnePlus 7 Pro and wasted an embarrassing amount of time trying to brute-force its half-baked desktop mode into something useful. The idea made perfect sense to me even then. Phones were already absurdly powerful, and the thought of carrying one real computer in my pocket felt less like science fiction and more like delayed common sense. What wore me down wasn’t the idea. It was the waiting. Devices like the Steam Deck eventually showed that docking a compact machine into a usable…

The original Galaxy Z TriFold barely spent enough time in the market to warm pockets before Samsung pulled the plug on it. The company launched the phone on January 30, 2026, as the world’s first mass-market triple-fold smartphone sold in the United States, but it was discontinued just three months later.  However, Samsung hasn’t given up on the concept yet, as it’s already engineering a sequel and starting from the hinge.  Why is the hinge such a big deal? Supply chain sources now indicate that Samsung is developing an entirely new hinge solution to make the TriFold 2 meaningfully slimmer.…

A new iPhone app called Gigs is aiming to change how music fans remember live events by turning scattered concert memories into a structured, searchable archive. Developed by indie creator Hidde van der Ploeg, the app uses artificial intelligence to organise past concert experiences into a personalised digital timeline. The idea is simple: instead of letting ticket stubs, screenshots, and photos sit forgotten across devices, Gigs brings them together into one place – complete with details, stats, and memories tied to each event. Turning Memories Into Data And Experiences Gigs allows users to import information from multiple sources, including tickets,…

At MWC 2026 (Mobile World Congress), AMD announced a major expansion to its Ryzen AI processor lineup with the new Ryzen AI 400 and Ryzen AI PRO 400 series of desktop processors. These chips bring a dedicated NPU for strong on-device AI capabilities. After laptops getting the Copilot+ compatibility branding, this marks the first time its Ryzen AI processors support Copilot+ on desktops. What Ryzen AI 400 series brings to the table The new Ryzen AI 400 series of desktop processors combines multiple key technologies in a single package. It pairs high-performance Zen 5 CPU cores with AMD’s integrated Radeon…