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General Motors Co (GM) has filed a petition through its self-driving technology unit, Cruise, to the U.S. regulators for the deployment of 2,500 self-driving vehicles without human controls. The petition seeks approval for vehicles without mirrors, steering wheels, turn signals, or windshield wipers. The decision from the regulators is expected in the coming weeks.

Portfolio Pulse from Shivani Kumaresan

July 13, 2023 | 9:42 am

META

Elon Musk is pushing Twitter staff to develop better features to compete with Meta Platforms Inc.'s Threads. This comes as Threads reached 100 million users in five days, and Twitter's traffic fell by 5% in the first two days of Threads' launch. Musk's decisions since acquiring Twitter have been criticized, and his employees have reportedly said 'Threads is just better'.

Portfolio Pulse from Rounak Jain

July 13, 2023 | 9:37 am

ERIC

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) has filed a U.S. patent application (#20230224055) for an artificial intelligence-based management system for wireless communication networks.

Portfolio Pulse from Charles Gross

July 13, 2023 | 9:33 am

IOT

Samsara has filed a U.S. patent application #20230219592 for a dash cam with artificial intelligence safety event detection. The patent application does not mention any specific partnerships or collaborations with other companies.

Portfolio Pulse from Charles Gross

July 13, 2023 | 9:27 am

GOOG

GOOGL

VGK

Google has released its chatbot in Europe after addressing privacy concerns, as reported by Financial Times. The move is expected to enhance Google's presence in the European market.

Portfolio Pulse from Charles Gross

July 13, 2023 | 9:12 am

META

Meta, formerly Facebook, is planning to release a commercial artificial intelligence (AI) model in an attempt to compete with its rivals. The news was reported by the Financial Times.

Portfolio Pulse from Charles Gross

July 13, 2023 | 8:52 am

AAPL

Apple Inc. has released the first public beta of iOS 17 for eligible iPhones. The final release of iOS 17 is scheduled for September. The company has also rolled out public betas of macOS Sonoma, watchOS, and iPadOS. The new iOS 17 features include StandBy mode, interactive widgets, and an option to create animated stickers from Live Photos.

Portfolio Pulse from Rounak Jain

July 13, 2023 | 8:10 am

AAPL

Apple Inc.'s upcoming iOS 17 will introduce a new feature that allows iPhone users to create a personalized speech assistant that sounds like them. The feature was announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2023 and was recently highlighted by tech influencer Marques Brownlee. The feature uses recordings of the user’s voice to create a synthesized voice. The official release date of iOS 17 is expected to coincide with the launch of the new iPhone lineup in mid-September.

Portfolio Pulse from Ananya Gairola

July 13, 2023 | 7:34 am

TSLA

Tesla Inc (TSLA) is in talks with the Indian government to establish its own supply chain ecosystem in India. The company is seeking clarity on incentives and tax breaks for setting up a manufacturing unit in the country. Tesla is also considering building a factory with an annual capacity of up to 500,000 electric vehicles and using India as an export base. The discussions indicate Tesla's renewed interest in India following a meeting between CEO Elon Musk and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Portfolio Pulse from Arpit Nayak

July 13, 2023 | 6:57 am

DRPRF

LCID

RACE

Lucid Air Sapphire prototype (NASDAQ:LCID) outperformed Ferrari SF90 Spider (NYSE:RACE) in a drag race featured on YouTube channel MotorTrend. The Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance also showed impressive capabilities against Porsche 911 Turbo S (OTC:DRPRF). The Lucid Air Grand Touring delivers 1,050 horsepower and accelerates from 0-60 mph in 2.6 seconds, while the Sapphire can deliver over 1,200 horsepower with acceleration of 0-60 mph in less than 2 seconds.

Portfolio Pulse from Anan Ashraf

July 13, 2023 | 6:44 am