Google rolls out Gemini 3 Deep Think to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app, after saying in November it needed "extra time for safety evaluations" (Abner Li/9to5Google)
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Google rolling out Gemini 3 Deep Think to AI Ultra
After previewing last month with the launch of Gemini 3 Pro, the new Deep Think mode is now available for Google AI Ultra subscribers.
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Google rolls out Gemini 3 Deep Think to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app, after saying in November it needed “extra time for safety evaluations”
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Lumia, which uses AI to analyze interactions between autonomous agents and humans, raised an $18M seed led by Team8 (Chris Metinko/Axios) https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2025/12/04/agentic-ai-security-lumia-team8
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Lumia, which analyzes interactions between autonomous agents and humans using AI tools to evaluate risks or enforce policies, raised an $18M seed led by Team8
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Sources: Fluidstack, an AI cloud provider that is aiding Google's effort to expand access to its TPUs, is in talks to raise $700M+ led by Situational Awareness (The Information) https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-cloud-provider-aiding-googles-chip-push-talks-raise-700-million
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Sources: Fluidstack, an AI cloud provider that is aiding Google
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Microsoft will increase prices for commercial Office subscriptions on July 1, 2026, including a 33% jump for front-line worker plans like Microsoft 365 F1 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
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Microsoft will raise prices of commercial Office subscriptions in July
For the second time in five years, Microsoft is hiking prices for commercial customers of its widely used Office bundles.
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Microsoft will increase prices for commercial Office subscriptions on July 1, 2026, including a 33% jump for front-line worker plans like Microsoft 365 F1
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Phia, founded by Bill Gates' daughter Phoebe to develop an AI search engine accessed via an extension for Chrome and Safari, raised $30M at a $180M valuation (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg)
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Bill Gates’ Daughter Lands $30 Million for Star-Backed AI Firm
Phoebe Gates, daughter of Microsoft Corp.’s billionaire founder Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, is raising $30 million in new funding for Ph...
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NYC-based Phia, founded by Bill Gates
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Russia's Roskomnadzor says it has blocked FaceTime in Russia, claiming the service is being used to organise and "carry out terrorist attacks in the country" (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/russia-imposes-restrictions-apples-facetime-app-agencies-say-2025-12-04/
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Sources: Polymarket has recruited staff for a market making team that could face off against its customers; Kalshi's similar unit exposed Kalshi to criticism (Bloomberg)
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Polymarket Recruiting for In-House Team That Trades With Customers
Polymarket has been recruiting new staff members for an internal market making team that could face off against customers on the company’s exchan...
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Sources: Polymarket has recruited staff for a market making team that could face off against its customers; Kalshi
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Amazon plans to release its new $630 Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and $500 Kindle Scribe on December 10; the company announced the devices in September (Jay Peters/The Verge)
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Amazon’s new color Kindle Scribe launches on December 10th
It will cost $629.99.
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Amazon plans to release its $630 Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and $500 Kindle Scribe on December 10, after announcing them in September, but won
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Meta launches a centralized support hub for Facebook and Instagram, with AI-powered search and an AI assistant to answer queries, on its iOS and Android apps (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
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Meta centralizes Facebook and Instagram support, tests AI support assistant | TechCrunch
The new support hub will connect users to security tools, account recovery options, and an AI assistant.
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Meta launches a centralized support hub for Facebook and Instagram, with AI-powered search and an AI assistant to answer queries, in its iOS and Android apps
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Apple announces its 2025 App Store Award winners and names visual planner Tiimo as the iPhone App of the Year; many of the winning apps have AI integrations (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
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AI finds its way into Apple's top apps of the year | TechCrunch
Although Apple has continued to avoid naming a dedicated AI app or AI chatbot as its app of the year, AI was showcased among this year's winners.
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Apple announces its 2025 App Store Award winners and names visual planner Tiimo as the iPhone App of the Year; many of the winning apps have AI integrations
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