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Bay Area-based robotics firm Figure this week announced that its humanoid officially took its first steps — a milestone it hit a few days shy of of the company’s first anniversary.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tesla over the weekend said its first much anticipated Cybertruck came off the electric vehicle maker’s production line in Texas.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google has finally launched its Play Games beta for PC project, which lets users play Android games on their Windows systems, in India after introducing it in more than 50 countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chandrayaan-3, India’s third mission to the moon, has taken off successfully — almost four years after its predecessor failed to touch down on the lunar surface in 2019.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Autonomous vehicle companies Cruise and Waymo have separately pushed a narrative this week that humans are bad drivers, and that their technologies are crucial to making roads safer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

French startup Defacto has closed a new securitization fund that will be used to provide short-term loans to small and medium enterprises via an embedded, API-first approach.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google is making its ChatGPT rival Bard available to a wider audience today, launching the generative AI chatbot in more than 40 languages and finally bringing it to the European Union (EU) after an initial delay due to data privacy concerns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Tuesday, Google released new scheduling-related features for Gmail with Google Calendar integration including quick event creation and easy availability sharing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roku is partnering with Shopify to give users the ability to purchase products from Shopify merchants through their TVs, the hardware company announced Tuesday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Discord is introducing a new Family Center opt-in-tool that is designed to make it easy for parents and guardians to learn more about who their teens are friends with and talk to on the platform, the company announced on Tuesday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Instagram’s text-based app Threads has achieved the mark of 100 million sign-ups in just five days.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You enjoyed his iMacs, his iPhones, his iPads. You thrilled at the way he said “aluminium” [sic]. You admired the typeface.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

U.S. regulators have requested more information from Tesla to assist in their ongoing investigation into 830,000 Tesla vehicles that include Autopilot, the automaker’s advanced driver assistance system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nikola failed for the second time since June to get enough shareholders to vote on a proposal that would allow the EV truck maker to issue more shares in a bid to raise more capital.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TikTok has already dominated the short-video and social media market, and is now looking to take on Spotify and Apple Music with its latest offering.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are many Twitters now, but we may never have another Twitter again.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The United Arab Emirates has given Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide the first national license for self-driving vehicles.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon has begun rolling out its custom electric delivery vans from Rivian in Europe, the e-commerce giant said Monday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kentucky now requires that electric vehicle charging companies include Tesla’s charging plug if they want to secure federal funds from a state program to electrify highways, Reuters reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fidelity has further slashed the estimated worth of its holding in social platform Reddit and chat app Discord as well as SaaS startup Gupshup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance announced today that it’s launching a new, free-to-use music production app in closed beta in the United States.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At a Bloomberg conference in San Francisco, some of the biggest names in AI turned up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Halo Car, a startup that uses remote operators to deliver rental cars to a customer’s door, has launched driverless operations in Las Vegas.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The accelerator is seeking new capital ahead of the end of the deployment period of its third institutionally-backed fund, Techstars Accelerator 2021, late this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices