Daily edition
Polestar has ended production of the Polestar 2, a car that helped establish the brand, with over 200,000 units built since 2020. The company is shifting focus to new models, including an updated Polestar 2 in 2027 and a Polestar 7 SUV in 2028. The US market will not receive the updated Polestar 2.
BYD has 1.02 million employees, surpassing the combined workforce of Toyota, GM, Ford, and Tesla. The company's workforce has grown by 150,000 in 10 months, with 960,000 employees in China and 60,000 abroad. BYD's workforce includes 120,000 R&D engineers.
Apple and OpenAI have agreed on a trial schedule for the trade secrets lawsuit, with the trial set to begin on July 19, 2027. The lawsuit alleges that former Apple employees took trade secrets to OpenAI after leaving Apple. The trial schedule includes a June 1 deadline for the lead attorneys to discuss a potential settlement.
Apple and Microsoft are now required to store user communications and provide them to Russian security agencies if requested, as they have been added to Russia's state surveillance registry. The registry requires companies to store user data for three years. Apple and Microsoft have not commented on their inclusion in the registry or their plans to comply with the requirements.
A judge has set a trial date of July 19, 2027, for Apple's trade secrets misappropriation lawsuit against OpenAI and two former employees. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants improperly accessed or used confidential information about Apple's products and technologies. The parties have been given various deadlines for discovery, motions, and pretrial proceedings leading up to the trial.