Author: Geek Planet

Some laptop deals are only good if you already know exactly what you want. This one is simpler: it covers a lot of use cases without asking you to compromise much. The Dell Plus Copilot+ 14-inch 2-in-1 is $499.99, saving you $350 off the $849.99 compared value. For a 2K touchscreen convertible with 16GB memory and 512GB storage, that’s the kind of price that makes it a very reasonable everyday upgrade in 2026. What you’re getting This is a 14-inch 2K 2-in-1 touchscreen laptop, meaning it can work as a standard laptop and flip into tablet mode when you want…

Elon Musk’s vision to automate as much of the ad process as possible using Grok has been met with a lukewarm response from advertisers.Part of the hesitation is that it requires handing over complete control to an AI tool — something advertisers already do reluctantly with Google and Meta. Doing so on a platform with X’s historical volatility makes the leap even harder. “We’re still hesitant with X because it’s historically underperformed and Grok, its AI assistant, is unproven,” said Christopher Spong, associate director, social media and communications at Collective Measures. “We’d need proof of its viability from a reputable…

Apple is gearing up to launch the successor to last year’s affordable iPhone 16e, and leaks suggest it may feature a more modern design and two key upgrades. While Apple has yet to share any details about the iPhone 17e, a new report hints that the company may unveil the device in just two weeks. According to Macworld, the information comes from a case and accessory maker familiar with Apple’s plans, who suggests the iPhone 17e could launch on February 19. The report notes that the timeline sounds unusual, given that Apple typically doesn’t launch new devices on Thursdays, but…

Even some of the most ubiquitous ingredients in top American restaurants aren’t immune to tariff woes.  Four years after launching, Carbone Fine Food — a CPG company associated with the famous New York City restaurant — is grappling with an increasingly complicated supply chain. Thanks to tariffs on imports from the European Union, Carbone could face additional long-term costs on what it calls its “most important ingredient” for its line of pasta sauces: tomatoes imported from the San Marzano region of Italy. For Carbone, 2025 was expected to be a major year, with the company growing at a 100% year-over-year rate.…

A power supply is the least exciting part of a PC build, which is exactly why people underbuy it. Then they add a more power-hungry GPU later and wonder why things get weird. The Corsair RM850e is down to $99.99, a 31% discount from $144.99, and this is the kind of deal that makes it easy to do the sensible thing: buy a modern, properly specced PSU once and stop thinking about it. What you’re getting This is a fully modular 850W power supply built for modern builds, with ATX 3.1 support and PCIe 5.1 readiness. It includes a 12V-2×6…

A couple of days ago, a Dutch publication shared pictures of the first-party transparent cases for the Galaxy S26. Some of them had a magnetic ring, while the others didn’t, leading to speculation about the absence of native Qi2 wireless charging (along with the built-in magnets). All the smartphones in Samsung’s upcoming series are believed to be light on hardware upgrades, and among the few silver linings for buyers was magnetic wireless charging. Tipster pours cold water on built-in magnets Now, renowned tipster Ice Universe (@UniverseIce) has basically confirmed the absence of “built-in magnetics inside the device.” The tipster seems…

This is the fifth installment in Digiday’s 2025 CMO Strategies series that analyzes key marketer strategies and challenges across leading marketing channels, such as retail media, display advertising, social media and ad-supported streaming. Among all channels considered in Digiday’s 2025 CMO Strategies series, social media had the highest usage rate for the third year in a row, with 92% of the more than 190 marketer professionals who responded to our Digiday+ Research survey saying their company uses social media for marketing. That is down 5 percentage points from the percentage of respondents who said their company used social media for…

Google’s AI-powered advertising tool Performance Max (PMax) is the marketer’s paradox: everyone complains about it, but few actually walk away. Some do, though — pulling their ad dollars entirely. In a response to a request for comment, a Google spokesperson claimed that PMax was used by over 1 million advertisers across Google’s channels. “In 2024, we launched more than 90 quality improvements in Performance Max that increased conversions and business value for advertisers,” they said in a statement. In this edition of our Confessions series, where we trade anonymity for candor, a 20-year growth marketing veteran explains why they’ve advised…

Apple has quietly turned Xcode, its venerable app-building machine, into an AI-driven software that can now harness agentic coding. Last year, the Cupertino giant added basic AI-based features, such as code completion and suggestions to Xcode 26, but the new update changes everything. Xcode 26.3 includes powerful AI agents such as Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex, both of which can analyze your current project, update settings, search for relevant information, run tests, and interact with previews, all via text-based commands. What does agentic coding actually do? In simpler terms, the app’s AI won’t just assist coders and developers; it will…

Jimmy Zollo, the co-founder of Joe & Bella, thought India could be a viable alternative for the online retailer’s China-made socks. The company explored moving production there, drawn by lower costs and a perception that the country was politically “safe” from steep taxes enacted by the Trump administration. “Pricing seemed great,” Zollo said. “We actually were probably, in the next few weeks, planning on getting a few prototypes made to see if the quality hit our standard levels.” Then came the tariff news. With little warning, the Trump administration doubled duties on Indian imports to 50%, up from 25%, as…