Nio is set to boost its production capacity with the approval for a third factory in China, elevating its annual production capability to nearly 1 million vehicles. This expansion, aimed at competing with Tesla, addresses growing demand for Nio and its new budget brand, Onvo. The factory in Huainan will initially produce 100,000 units, scaling up to 600,000 annually.
A former Meta engineer, Ferras Hamad, has filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging wrongful termination after attempting to fix content suppression issues related to Palestinian posts about the Gaza conflict.
Apple is expected to launch its annual Back to School promotion for university students in the U.S. and Canada soon, offering discounts and gift cards up to $200 with Mac purchases, according to social media ads.
Touchcast Inc., a startup focused on caching generative AI queries, is set to raise $100 million from venture backers, including Microsoft Corp. The New York-based company aims to reduce computational and energy requirements for models like OpenAI's GPT-4. CEO Edo Segal expects the new funding to push Touchcast's valuation to at least $350 million.
Chip stocks, including NVDA, AMD, QCOM, ARM, and Big Tech stocks like MSFT, META, GOOGL, AAPL, and AMZN, are trading lower due to TSMC's plans to raise AI chip production prices.
The US National Institutes of Health has launched two clinical trials to test a new long-acting form of HIV PrEP in cisgender women and people who inject drugs. These mid-stage studies will evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of lenacapavir, a bi-annual injectable antiretroviral drug.