Nvidia and Tesla Lead Trading Volume Surge Amid Major Industry Moves

1. Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA)
Nvidia surged by 6.43%, with the trading volume of 37.31B. NVIDIA's upcoming GTC 2025 will unveil innovations focusing on AI infrastructure. The event will introduce technologies like CPO switches and NVL288 cabinet solutions. NVIDIA's pricing strategy for RTX 50 cards has sparked criticism from gamers. NVIDIA, TSMC, AMD, and Broadcom reportedly aim to acquire Intel's foundry business.

2. Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA)
Tesla surged by 7.59%, with the trading volume of 35.10B. Tesla stores in the US have been vandalized, with incidents including shootings and anti-Elon Musk graffiti. Ritholtz Wealth Management's CEO, Josh Brown, warns against trusting any short-term rebounds despite Tesla's significant stock decline.

3. Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)
Apple dipped mildly by -1.75%, with the trading volume of 13.61B. Apple plans to allow EU users to set default navigation apps in iOS 18.4; entry-level iPhone sales drop to 5%; Apple's Mac Studio introduces low-power mode; HomePod release delayed to 2025; iPhone 16 Siri features postponed due to development issues.

4. Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META)
Meta Platforms gained mildly by 2.29%, with the trading volume of 9.79B. Meta tests its first self-developed RISC-V AI training chip and faces a lawsuit from French publishers for unauthorized use of copyrighted content to train AI models. Additionally, Meta launched a limited edition Ray-Ban Meta x Coperni smart glasses for $549.

5. Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR)
Palantir Technologies surged by 7.17%, with the trading volume of 9.67B. Cathie Wood's ARK Investment purchased over $70 million in shares of companies including Tesla and Palantir amid market downturn, anticipating a "deflationary boom" in the latter half of the year.

6. Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT)
Microsoft gained mildly by 0.74%, with the trading volume of 9.28B. Microsoft admitted that a Windows 11 update caused printing issues and released a temporary fix. The FTC is advancing a large-scale antitrust investigation into Microsoft over market dominance abuse and AI business. Microsoft unveiled Visual Studio 2022 v17.14, enhancing GitHub Copilot with GPT-4o AI model.

7. Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN)
Amazon.Com gained mildly by 1.17%, with the trading volume of 8.69B. The Federal Trade Commission has requested a date change for the trial against Amazon over its Prime membership practices due to resource constraints; Amazon, Google, and Meta have pledged support for triple nuclear power capacity by 2050.

8. Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX)
Netflix gained mildly by 2.75%, with the trading volume of 6.30B. Mike Verdu, Netflix's first head of games, has resigned after being hired in 2021.

9. Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO)
Broadcom gained mildly by 2.18%, with the trading volume of 5.95B. NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom, and TSMC are reportedly considering jointly acquiring Intel's wafer foundry business, though TSMC has not commented on this speculation and Intel has yet to respond. The semiconductor industry is witnessing notable competition between GPGPU and ASIC technologies.

10. Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOGL)
Alphabet gained mildly by 1.87%, with the trading volume of 4.72B. Google is restructuring its cloud computing division and integrating strategic teams to enhance efficiency. The company plans to acquire AdHawk for eye-tracking technology and has updated Chrome extension policies banning malicious behaviors. Google DeepMind introduced new AI models for flexible robotics development.