Author: Geek Planet

The grandiose claims of AI emergence keep coming. And certain aspects are true. It is possible to search for a much broader and more specific range of topics using natural language, that is, more like how one would normally speak and less like a keyword search. But the manner of querying is deceptive; best results are achieved with carefully-designed queries. These are known as prompt engineering and the term has actually become a job qualification. One can learn much about how to craft better, if unnatural, prompts. Photo Tom Wagner/Missouri ©2019 Missouri S&T, Photograph of team meeting led by Donald…

The Pixel 11 Pro XL is already coming into focus, and if you were hoping for a bold redesign, this leak sets a different tone. Early CAD renders obtained by Android Headlines show a device that sticks closely to Google’s current look, just stretched into a larger frame. That approach feels deliberate. If you already like the Pixel design, this model leans into it instead of reworking it. The main shift is straightforward, it’s bigger. You’re looking at a 6.8-inch display paired with the same horizontal camera bar across the back. The bar remains fully black in the renders, creating…

Honor, one of the fastest growing smartphone brands, has officially started teasing its next smartphone lineup, and if the teaser images are anything to go by, the upcoming series appears to be a compelling package. While Honor hasn’t confirmed the name, all signs point to this being the Honor 600 Series, the next step in its N Series lineup. On the camera front, the teasers promise flagship-level night photography and an AI image experience that can turn still moments into vivid, lifelike visuals. We can also speculate from the teaser image that an AI image-to-video feature could give creators a…

Samsung’s next-generation foldables should go official in a few months, but if you were expecting a dramatic leap in display technology, you might want to realign your expectations. The Galaxy Z Fold 8, Flip 8, and the Wide Fold will reportedly feature the same M13 OLED panel used on the Fold 7 (or the Fold 6, for that matter).  Samsung’s M13 OLED panel has shown up more often than you’d think Before we go any further, let me give you some context about OLED panels. They’re built by layering different light-emitting materials, including dopants, hosts, and premises, along with common…

Xiaomi just did something most tech companies have been shying away from — it told the truth about the rise in smartphone memory prices. Lu Weibing, the president of Xiaomi’s smartphone division, took to Weibo (the Chinese microblogging platform) to spill the beans on exactly how the ongoing DRAM crisis has affected its overall manufacturing cost.  How bad are the numbers? Sourcing 12GB of RAM paired with 512GB of storage now costs Xiaomi roughly 1,500 yuan, about $220, more than it did just a year ago. Yes, you read that right. That’s nearly a fourfold jump in memory costs compared…

New AI models usually create excitement among the true believers and this year hasn’t been an exception. OpenAI and Anthropic released GPT-5.3 Codex and Claude Opus 4.6 respectively on the same day, February 5. The Opus 4.6 included new add-ons that enable Claude Code to perform a range of functions typically filled by software providers, which came on top of predictions by Anthropic’s CEO, Dario Amodei, that 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs could vanish in 5 years as AI takes over workplaces. The market reacted very quickly. Shares of software-as-a-service companies like Adobe, Intuit, and Salesforce declined sharply on fears…

Apple has introduced the MacBook Neo, a new entry-level laptop designed to make macOS more accessible to a wider audience. Starting at $599, with exchange on marketplaces you can get it on $499* the device is the cheapest MacBook the company has released in years and is aimed at students, first-time Mac users, and buyers considering Chromebooks or lower-end Windows laptops. The laptop marks a notable shift in Apple’s strategy. Instead of relying on older models like the 2020 M1 MacBook Air to serve as a budget option, Apple has launched a dedicated lower-cost MacBook designed specifically for price-sensitive markets.…

Remember those moments when a tech giant throws a curveball, only for the underdog to dodge it with style? That’s exactly what just went down with Anything. For those of you unaware, it’s an AI-powered app builder that lets users whip up mobile and web apps using simple text prompts. Last week, Apple yanked the app from the App Store, citing its usual guideline around code execution and keeping apps “self-contained.” The move felt like part of a broader side-eye toward so-called “vibe coding” tools, where building software is starting to feel as casual as texting a friend. Apple pulled…

After months of leaks and rumors, Apple has finally taken the wraps off the MacBook Neo. While much of the buzz surrounding it focuses on specs and pricing, Apple has quietly delivered something just as significant with its new budget notebook. The MacBook Neo is officially the company’s greenest product yet. Apple says the MacBook Neo packs the highest percentage of recycled content of any product it has shipped to date. In its product environmental report, the company reveals that the notebook contains 60% recycled content, including: Beyond materials, Apple reports that 45% of the manufacturing electricity for the MacBook…

Samsung hasn’t even announced the Galaxy S26 FE, but it’s already appeared on the benchmark listings. Renowned Indian tipster Abhishek Yadav spotted the device in Geekbench’s database under the model number “SM-S741U.”  Screenshots of the listing, however, are still available. The Galaxy S26 FE scored 2,426 points in the single-core and 8,004 points on the multi-core Geekbench 6 CPU test, running Android 17 with 8GB of memory.  What do the numbers actually tell us? In retrospect, those figures land well below what the standard Galaxy S26 putson the board. The Galaxy S26 and the S26 Plus, with Samsung’s Exynos 2600…