Author: Geek Planet

An intuitive explanation of conservation of information showing how it destroys the credibility of Darwinian naturalism This republished article first appeared in Bill Dembski’s substack. Despite its flamboyant title, this paper is about a well-defined and sober concept—conservation of information. The term conservation of information sounds technical and suggests it can be difficult to understand. It’s not. I want in this brief article to cut to the heart of this concept. I’ll show that it is self-evidently true. Additionally, I’ll show how it obliterates the materialistic, nihilistic conception of the world championed by aggressive atheists who use science as a…

Motorola has done something unusual. Before officially unveiling the Edge 70 Pro+ on June 4, 2026, in India, the brand had published all the specifications, pictures, and other marketing material related to the phone on its website.  It’s all there, before the launch, leaving nothing for the rumor mill to speculate about. And it isn’t accidental, because the landing page hasn’t been taken down. It just says that the product is currently out of stock while revealing everything else.  What does the Edge 70 Pro+ offer? The handset features a 6.8-inch AMOLED panel capable of achieving a peak brightness of…

For a long time, the laptop buying advice was simple enough. Windows had a more versatile portfolio that brought you affordable, mid-range, high-end, and even gaming options, while MacBooks were known as the easy premium recommendation. But owing to the pricing circus caused by memory shortages and component price hikes, the equation makes no sense anymore. Apple has always had an aspirational pull with its products, including the Mac. The appeal was the sleek hardware, the tighter software experience, and an ecosystem that makes you feel comfortable after getting in. Pricing was the one aspect that pushed people back towards…

Scanning documents from a phone has always been a frustrating experience, especially on Android smartphones. You’ve to scan one page at a time, blurry captures you don’t notice until after, or accidentally hovering over the same page twice; all these issues bother users on a day-to-day basis.  Well, Google Drive’s new document scanner redesign fixes all three problems at once. Announced by Sameer Samat, the President of Android Ecosystem at Google, the feature is now rolling out for Android users. What’s actually new in the Google Drive scanner? The biggest change, in my opinion, is Smart Batch Scanning. Instead of…

The last time a selfie camera really impressed me was the iPhone 17’s Center Stage front camera, but no Android manufacturer even comes close. It looks like smartphone makers have forgotten the front cameras, as there has been no serious innovation in the last few years.  Well, Oppo might change that arrangement this year. Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station (via Weibo) claims that Oppo is testing a 100MP square-format front camera sensor for its purported Find X10 series. If it makes the cut to a commercial release, the Find X10 would be the first Android smartphone to ship with a…

Lenovo has accidentally confirmed it is working on laptops powered by Nvidia’s yet-to-be-announced N1X chip. The confirmation comes from Lenovo’s own ADFS authentication system, which referenced an “Nvidia N1x Portal” in its internal login page, as first spotted by the folks at VideoCardz.  Earlier support page leaks also listed several unreleased Lenovo systems with N1 and N1X labels, including the Legion 7 15N1X11, which points to a Legion 7 gaming laptop built around the N1X chip.  So what exactly is the Nvidia N1X? According to leaks, the N1X is Nvidia’s upcoming ARM-based chip that combines a 20-core CPU with a…

Phone camera partnership had a very rocky start. These collaborations, while bringing big names, felt vague sometimes. Simply slapping a logo on the camera module and making a few color tuning changes will have you wondering how much of it actually changes the photos you take, especially when the price of a phone takes a hike. Such partnerships have been bringing great results in the last couple of years, and a device that really made it apparent was the Xiaomi 17T Pro. I spend a day shooting with it, moving between outdoor portraits, cafe shelves, product displays, and dimly lit…

HP has officially started rolling out its latest generation of ZBook mobile workstations globally, introducing two new premium laptops aimed at creators, engineers, developers, and enterprise users. The new lineup includes the compact 14-inch ZBook 8 G2a powered by AMD Ryzen AI processors, alongside the larger 16-inch ZBook X G2i featuring Intel Panther Lake chips and Nvidia RTX Pro Blackwell graphics. The launches signal HP’s broader push into AI-focused professional laptops, where performance is no longer just about CPU power, but also AI acceleration, high-end graphics, and advanced displays. HP is pushing AI workstations into the mainstream The smaller ZBook…

After David is abandoned in the woods, the movie makes a strange jump. So far, the film hasn’t exactly followed the story of Pinocchio very closely, although, thanks to Martin’s suggestion for a bedtime story, Spielberg has made it clear that this is supposed to be a modern retelling of the classic tale. Therefore, the story of Pinocchio and, to an extent, classic fairy tales, in general, are supposed to be at the forefront of the audience’s mind, and that’s what makes the next scene so baffling. Enter Gigolo Joe, played by Jude Law. If Teddy is supposed to be a Jiminy Cricket, I have no clue who Jude Law is portraying. I…

Microsoft has redesigned Copilot for Windows 11 more than a couple of times. Its latest idea, however, is based on one that it already tried and abandoned: docking the AI assistant to the side of your screen so that it remains accessible even when you’re using other apps.  By default, Microsoft’s AI assistant still opens as a standalone app (in a separate window). But hovering over a new dropdown menu in the title bar now offers dedicated window snapping options that let you dock it to either the left or right edge of the screen (via Windows Latest). What is…