Fortune Tech: Crashing out | Fortune

Fortune Tech: Crashing out | Fortune

By Andrew Nusca
Publication Date: 2025-11-19 10:30:00

Good morning. Anyone feeling lucky?

I’m taking bets* for which mystery AI startup Abidur Chowdhury, the industrial designer behind the new iPhone Air, reportedly left Apple for

After six years at the pinnacle of corporate creativity—there are several fine books about Apple’s design work—you know the opportunity just had to be good.

My money’s on OpenAI-owned io, by the way. Though Jony Ive and Chowdhury barely overlapped in Cupertino, game recognize game, you know?

Today’s tech news below. —Andrew Nusca

*I’m not really. This newsletter and its author follow all applicable laws, folks.

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Google launches Gemini 3

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on July 9, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho. 

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Settle down, folks, there’s a new AI model in town.

Google announced its Gemini 3 on Tuesday, less than a year after the debut of its predecessor. 

CEO Sundar Pichai called G3—if I may—the…