Morning Brief Highlights

1. Google Releases Gemini 3
2. Cloudflare Outage Causes Partial Network Service Failures
3. Zigbee 4.0 Standard Announced
4. Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Anthropic Form Strategic Partnership
5. Apple Shares Crafting Details of Apple Watch Titanium Case
6. Rumors You Can Just Glance At

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Google Releases Gemini 3

On November 18, Google announced the launch of Gemini 3 via an official blog post. Gemini 3 is said to feature top-tier reasoning capabilities, with a stronger grasp of creative concepts and contextual details in user requests, enabling it to better understand user needs. The Gemini 3 Pro model is described as having “PhD-level” reasoning abilities, delivering significantly improved performance over the 2.5 Pro version across all AI benchmarks. It shows outstanding mathematical abilities and highly reliable multimodal reasoning, capable of solving complex problems across broad fields such as science and mathematics. In conversational interactions, Google says Gemini 3 Pro is smarter, more concise, and more direct, “free of clichés and flattery.” The Gemini 3 Deep Think mode goes even further, offering superior performance in reasoning and multimodal understanding.

In terms of programming capabilities, Gemini 3 is also described as Google’s “most powerful” Vibe Coding and agent-coding model to date. It excels in zero-shot generation, handling complex prompts and instructions with ease while providing richer, more interactive visual renderings. It can execute reliable long-term planning and maintain consistent tool usage and decision-making throughout simulations spanning up to an entire year. To support this, Google also introduced the new Google Antigravity agent development platform, which provides an AI IDE experience and an agent capable of directly accessing the editor, terminal, and browser. The platform integrates three models—Gemini 3 Pro, 2.5 Computer Use, and Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Image)—to autonomously plan and execute complex end-to-end software development tasks, including self-verification of code.

Starting today, Gemini 3 will first roll out as a preview of Gemini 3 Pro across Google Search’s AI mode, the Gemini mobile app, AI Studio, the Vertex AI platform, and the Google Antigravity agent development platform. The enhanced-reasoning Gemini 3 Deep Think mode is now available to safety testers and will later roll out to Google AI Ultra subscribers.Source

Cloudflare Outage Causes Partial Network Service Failures

On November 18, several online services—including X, OpenAI, Spotify, and Downdetector—experienced outages due to a Cloudflare service failure. After the issue occurred, Cloudflare confirmed widespread service abnormalities, including problems with its dashboard and API. Full service was restored roughly six hours later. The Cloudflare CTO apologized on social media, and in a subsequent official blog post, Cloudflare confirmed the outage was not caused by a cyberattack. Instead, it was triggered by a permissions change in the database system. This change caused Cloudflare’s bot management system to receive duplicated signature entries. The resulting file—double in size—was then distributed across all machines in the Cloudflare network, exceeding the file-size limits of the software responsible for routing traffic. Source

Zigbee 4.0 Standard Announced

The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) has officially released the Zigbee 4.0 standard. In addition to a simplified certification process, improved security, better battery life, and enhanced batch configuration capabilities, the 4.0 standard introduces a new feature called Suzi. Suzi stands for Sub-GHz and Zigbee. Unlike traditional Zigbee devices, which mainly operate in the 2.4GHz band, devices supporting Suzi can operate in the 800MHz and 900MHz frequency bands. This provides greater signal stability and enables long-range operation without additional hardware, making it especially suitable for commercial and industrial applications. Source

Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Anthropic Form Strategic Partnership

On November 18, Microsoft announced that it has entered a strategic partnership with NVIDIA and Anthropic. Under the agreement, Microsoft will invest USD 5 billion in Anthropic, while NVIDIA will invest USD 10 billion. In return, Anthropic will purchase approximately USD 30 billion worth of Azure compute from Microsoft, and sign a contract with NVIDIA to acquire up to 1,000 MW of additional compute capacity. The partnership will also bring more of Anthropic’s Claude AI models into Microsoft’s Foundry business. Source

Microsoft also announced the rollout of the new Copilot Actions feature to Windows Insider testers on the same day, requiring an update to Copilot for Windows (version 1.25112.74 or later). Users can simply describe the desired task in natural language, and Copilot will attempt to automate it—such as processing travel photos, organizing the Downloads folder, converting file formats, or extracting information from PDFs. All operations run in an auditable, isolated environment controlled by the Agent Workspace policy, independent from the user’s interactive Windows desktop. Microsoft positions Copilot Actions as an experimental Copilot Labs feature, cautioning that it may still encounter errors or difficulties when handling complex interfaces. The company recommends that users stay attentive during use to intervene or take over when necessary. The feature will initially support a limited range of tasks, with Microsoft planning to expand its capabilities as feedback is collected and models are refined. Source

Apple Shares Crafting Details of Apple Watch Titanium Case

On November 18, Apple published a blog post detailing the case-manufacturing process behind the Apple Watch Ultra 3 and the titanium Apple Watch Series 11. According to the post, both models feature cases produced through 3D printing using 100% aerospace-grade recycled titanium powder—a technique previously considered impossible to mass-produce. Apple states that compared with traditional subtractive machining of forged components, the additive 3D printing process used for the Ultra 3 and Series 11 reduces raw material consumption by half, saving an estimated total of more than 400 tons of titanium annually. Source

Rumors You Can Just Glance At

Google Play has announced its Best Apps and Games of 2025. The selections vary by region: in the U.S. store, the Best App is Focus Friend, while in Taiwan, the Best App is Adobe Firefly.

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Toy Story franchise, the Steve Jobs Archive released a previously unpublished interview recorded on November 22, 1996, one year after the film’s debut. In the interview, Steve Jobs discusses how Pixar’s business model was designed to ensure that artists and engineers could benefit from copyright revenue, and how leadership and team culture played a critical role in enabling that vision. Source

According to a report from 9to5Mac citing leaker yeux1122, the battery capacity of Apple’s foldable iPhone has been “confirmed” to exceed that of the iPhone 17 Pro Max. The unit currently in testing reportedly has a battery capacity between 5400–5800 mAh. The same source also claims that the original design for the iPhone Air included only a 3000 mAh battery—rather than the final 3149 mAh—suggesting that the foldable iPhone’s final battery capacity may end up even higher than current prototype data. Source