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Google says Gemini 3 Pro is integrated into the Gemini app, which now has 650M MAUs, and powers Google Search's AI Mode conversational search feature (New York Times)

New York Times:
Google says Gemini 3 Pro is integrated into the Gemini app, which now has 650M MAUs, and powers Google Search's AI Mode conversational search feature  —  After several years of criticism that it was lagging behind in artificial intelligence, Google is turning up its competition with smaller start-ups like OpenAI and Anthropic.

One of 2026's most promising anime gets a gorgeous new trailer

The highly anticipated Witch Hat Atelier anime series will premiere in spring 2026, with a new teaser trailer showcasing the magical setting.

Google unveils Gemini 3, its "most intelligent" and "factually accurate" model yet, with improvements across coding and reasoning, and offering less "flattery" (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google unveils Gemini 3, its “most intelligent” and “factually accurate” model yet, with improvements across coding and reasoning, and offering less “flattery”  —  The flagship Gemini 3 Pro model is coming to the Gemini app and Search, with improvements across coding, reasoning, and less ‘flattery.’

Microsoft is turning Windows into an ‘agentic OS,’ starting with the taskbar

Microsoft is trying to transform Windows into a “canvas for AI,” with new AI agents integrated into the Windows 11 taskbar. These new taskbar capabilities are designed to make AI agents feel like an assistant in Windows that can go off and control your PC and do tasks for you at the click of a […]

What's in the Box turns Seven meme into a Netflix game show

David Fincher and Brad Pitt's bleak crime thriller gets a Deal or No Deal meets Traitors treatment when it premieres this December.