Author: Geek Planet

OpenAI introduced an Instant Checkout feature in ChatGPT last year, letting users browse and buy products without leaving the chat interface. Google soon followed with shoppable product listings in its Gemini app, and now Microsoft has announced a similar checkout experience for Copilot. According to Microsoft, Copilot Checkout lets users browse, compare, and buy products without leaving the chat screen. The company has partnered with Shopify, PayPal, and Stripe to enable the experience and promises a friction-free onboarding process for businesses that want to participate. The feature is rolling out in Copilot on the web in the US, and merchants…

A new addition to the S&P 500 officer class has emerged in recent months: the chief AI officer, a position defined not by control of key budgets or the size of their team, but their expertise in all things generative, agentic and automation. In the last 12 months, brands like General Motors, Mastercard and ZocDoc have each appointed chief AI officers while agency holding companies like Stagwell, subsidiaries like Golin and indie shops like Luckie & Co. and Horizon Media have done the same. Adtech firms are in on the trend – Zefr hired a CAIO in February 2024 –…

The iOS 26 Liquid Glass update has been one of the most troublesome iOS releases ever. It is marred by inconsistencies and design choices that cause several UI and readability issues. One of the issues that was more noticeable on older Apple devices with SDR screens, including the iPad mini, iPhone SE, iPhone 11, and earlier models, was the liquid glow effect that caused text and certain UI elements to become unreadable when you interacted with them. Apple adds a new fix in iOS 26.4 developer beta 4 After the release of iOS 26, Apple has been listening to user…

Negotiations in the upfront and NewFronts cycles can seem at odds with the fast-paced, individual-focused creator business model. But new sales presentations from creators and brands centered around the creator economy have agencies optimistic that they could create long-term, lucrative deals for creators.The new sales pitches could also be a sign that the space is maturing as creators are expected to contribute to a global influencer market size of $32 billion in 2025, according to Influencer Marketing Hub. Ongoing creator upfront deals are generally going to the large creators that have become celebrities and media companies (think MrBeast and Khaby…

Samsung has added a new security feature to Galaxy phones that can restart your device if it sits unused for too long. The feature called Inactivity Restart automatically reboots a Galaxy phone if it stays locked for 72 hours without any successful unlock attempts. This makes it harder for anyone to access your data if the phone is lost or stolen. How Samsung’s inactivity restart feature works According to Sammy Fans, the feature is hidden inside the phone’s security settings and must be enabled manually. To find it, you need to open Settings, go to Security and Privacy, then tap…

Acer spent CES 2026 showing off monitors, laptops, and other hardware in Las Vegas. What it didn’t show was just as telling. There was no sign of the Nitro Blaze handheld gaming PCs it has teased for more than a year. If you’re waiting for the Acer Nitro Blaze handheld release date before you buy your next portable, you’re still stuck in limbo. Acer says the handheld category remains in its US plans, but the company hasn’t set local launch timing, and it’s prioritizing core products while tariff driven costs remain uncertain. Acer’s roadmap still has blanks Acer first signaled…

This is the first installment in Digiday+ Research’s 2025 CMO Strategies series that analyzes key marketer strategies and challenges across leading marketing channels, including ad-supported streaming, retail media, display advertising and social media. In this edition we take a look at retail media. Retail media advertising has been the subject of a fair amount of industry buzz, but there are signs that the marketing channel could be heading toward maturation. For instance, 27% of marketers said retail media is one of two marketing channels that took the highest portion of their company’s budget as of first-quarter 2025, down 4 percentage points…

Virtual Aperture was already on the S25 Ultra via Expert RAW, but it only worked with the main 200MP camera. The 3x and 5x telephoto lenses never saw a single drop of it — basically the camera equivalent of having a gym membership and only ever using the water fountain. A Samsung moderator on a Korean community forum finally broke the silence — yes, the 3x and 5x lenses on the S25 Ultra are getting Virtual Aperture too. S25 Ultra’s telephoto lenses finally get variable aperture So what actually is Virtual Aperture? It’s Samsung’s software-based trick for mimicking DSLR-style aperture…

Google Messages is introducing a much-needed tweak to its Smart Replies feature that should reduce the chances of users accidentally sending the wrong AI-generated response. The app’s latest beta release adds an option that lets users review suggested replies before sending them. Currently, Smart Replies in Google Messages offers short AI-generated responses that match the context of the last message you received right above the compose box in the chat. Tapping one of these suggestions immediately sends it to the recipient, which can be convenient but also risky. Accidental taps can send messages before users have the chance to review…

They say the third time’s the charm. The owner of Possible — the conference, trade show and event that’s hitting its third year — certainly hopes so and has invested millions into its scaled but careful expansion.Hyve Group, an event and conference specialist that owns ShopTalk, Fintech Meetup and dozens of other events globally — and bought Possible’s owner Beyond Ordinary Events last year for a rumored $40 million — is bringing a signature feature of ShopTalk to Possible: scheduled meetings. While ShopTalk schedules something on the level of 50,000 such meetings, the scaled down version for Possible is closer…