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Gemini 3

Google has just launched Gemini 3.

The new model is built to reason deeply, understand multimodal inputs, and act as a creative and technical partner with more precision, and fewer prompts.

In a head-to-head test by Tom’s Guide, Gemini 3 Pro consistently outperformed ChatGPT 5.1, winning six of nine rounds across coding, reasoning, writing, and multimodal tasks.

It’s available across Search, the Gemini app, AI Studio, Vertex AI, and Google’s new agentic development platform Antigravity.

Tiny Mario

Let’s swap SaaS for silly today.

Tiny Mario is a fully playable, side-scrolling Mario tribute that runs inside your browser’s URL bar.

It was built using Unicode Braille characters and fits movement, enemies, coins, and a hidden underground world into a 4×100-pixel strip.

You use arrow keys or WASD to dodge pits, collect coins, and race the clock for bonus points.

AI Website Builder

The new AI Website Builder by beehiiv lets you start with a prompt, like “Build me a landing page,” “Create an interactive chart,” or “I need a product calculator.”

From there, it generates a fully structured page in minutes. Switch between Chat Mode, where you iterate by describing changes, and Design Mode, which gives you full drag-and-drop precision.

It automatically pulls your design system, understands your visual language, and adapts layouts, components, and copy to match your style. You can also upload image references.

CleanShot X

CleanShot X is an all-in-one screen capture tool for macOS. It’s part screenshot utility, part annotation tool, part screen recorder.

Capture a scrolling chat, highlight a design detail, or turn a bug report into a GIF.

There’s quick access overlay for instant sharing, copying, or drag-and-drop. Scrolling and timed captures work in any app.

There’s also built-in screen recording, annotation and markup tools, a background tool, and text recognition, too.

CleanShot X

CleanShot X is an all-in-one screen capture tool for macOS. It’s part screenshot utility, part annotation tool, part screen recorder.

Capture a scrolling chat, highlight a design detail, or turn a bug report into a GIF.

There’s quick access overlay for instant sharing, copying, or drag-and-drop. Scrolling and timed captures work in any app.

There’s also built-in screen recording, annotation and markup tools, a background tool, and text recognition, too.

Pantone Palette Generator

The Pantone Palette Generator, currently in open beta and built on Microsoft Azure, is an AI-powered tool that does what it says.

It integrates a chat-based interface into Pantone Connect, which lets you quickly generate palettes based on inspiration, trends, or emotional cues.

You can ask it things like, “What colors evoke optimism in Gen Z?” or “Show me palettes inspired by 1970s fashion editorials,” and it will give you ready-to-use combos informed by Pantone’s trend forecasting and Color Insider insights.

Pantone Palette Generator

The Pantone Palette Generator, currently in open beta and built on Microsoft Azure, is an AI-powered tool that does what it says.

It integrates a chat-based interface into Pantone Connect, which lets you quickly generate palettes based on inspiration, trends, or emotional cues.

Gempod

Gempod is a bookmarking app powered by Apple’s on-device AI for saving, organizing, and rediscovering your bookmarked links.

It automatically analyzes and categorizes links the moment you “drop a gem.” If you’ve copied a URL, the gem icon instantly appears, allowing you to tap to save to an organized library.

From there, Gempod’s AI suggests categories, tags, and even a brief summary. Everything runs privately on your device and syncs through iCloud.