Lila Shroff / The Atlantic:
Gemini referencing real-life moments when prompted to write a birthday letter shows how effectively Google is leveraging user data to craft personalized content  —  Google is ushering in an era of custom chatbots.  —  In May, I asked Google's chatbot, Gemini, to write a birthday letter to my best friend.

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Verne Kopytoff / Fortune:
Former Google staffers and others detail why Google's 2013 effort to build Motorola smartphones in Texas failed, as Trump pushes Apple to make iPhones in the US  —  Equivalent in size to nearly eight football fields, the plant began producing the Google Motorola phones in the summer of 2013.

The Information:
Sources: TikTok plans to launch a new version of its app in the US on September 5, ahead of the US' September 17 deadline to enforce the divest-or-ban law  —  TikTok is building a new version of its app for users in the U.S. ahead of a planned sale of the app to a group of investors.

Amazon’s next Prime Day event hasn’t officially kicked off yet, but as usual, the retailer has already dropped a selection of early deals ahead of the four-day shopping event. While steeper discounts are surely to arrive when things kick off on July 8th, many of the current offers are already worth considering, especially if you’re […]