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Google Drops Gemini 3 in Canada: Search Just Got a Major AI Upgrade

Google is bringing its newest AI model, Gemini 3, to Google Search’s AI Mode in Canada, after first launching it in the U.S. last month. The update lets Canadian users with Google AI Pro ($26.99 CAD/month) or Ultra ($339.99 CAD/month) subscriptions switch to “Thinking” in the model selector to access Gemini 3 Pro, the first...

Apple’s AI Boss Is Retiring and a Former Microsoft Exec Is Taking Over

John Giannandrea, Apple’s longtime AI lead, is retiring in 2026. The company says he’ll stay on briefly as an advisor before stepping away next spring. Giannandrea has been running Apple’s machine learning and AI strategy since he joined in 2018. His teams handled major areas like Apple’s foundation models, search, ML research, and AI infrastructure....

Ottawa Says New $0 and Low-Fee Bank Accounts are Now Available

Canadians can now sign up for bank accounts that cost no more than $4 per month. Fourteen federally regulated financial institutions, including the country’s biggest banks, have finished rolling out updated low-cost and no-cost account options. These changes were part of a commitment first announced by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) in June....