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Catch up on the weekend's top five stories with this list compiled by The Fly: 1.. Nio Inc. (NIO) and Nvidia (NVDA) announced that the automaker has selected the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin system-on-a-chip for its new generation of electric vehicles, which will offer advanced automated driving capabilities. At Nio Day, the company's annual customer event, the EV maker revealed its NVIDIA DRIVE Orin-powered supercomputer, dubbed Adam, which will first appear in the ET7 sedan that will ship in China starting in 2022. As the first of NIO's EVs to feature Orin, the flagship ET7 is a high-performance vehicle that accelerates from zero to 100km in only 3.9 seconds. It also features a new 150kw battery for extended mileage range. 2. As lawmakers and tech executives prepare for a major battle over an internet liability shield this year, a look at Airbnb's (ABNB) use of the law shows that the stakes go well beyond social-media giants such as Facebook (FB) and Twitter (TWTR), The Wall Street Journal's Heather Somerville reported. The home-rental site isn't usually mentioned in the heated discourse over Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the 25-year-old legislation that has shielded internet companies from liability for what users post on their platforms. But Airbnb has repeatedly sought protection under the law to avoid responsibility for listings on its site that several cities say violate local home-renting, the author noted. 3. State and federal litigation against Facebook and Alphabet-owned Google (GOOGL) is mounting, and social media companies are taking heat for their role in creating the fraught political climate that led to a mob taking over the U.S. Capitol this past Wednesday, Eric Savitz wrote in this week's edition of Barron's. In short, the risks to the social media companies-and their shareholders-are rising, he adds, as social media companies may finally be feeling pressure to take some responsibility in the wake of the attack on the Capitol. So far, investors remain unconcerned about social media's liability; and the events of the past week, which also included Democrats taking control of the Senate, don't seem to have changed their mind, the author contended. Nonetheless, there's no question the risks to big tech are greater than they were a year ago, the publication pointed out. 4. Tesla (TSLA) is searching for a design director in China, part of efforts to open a "full-function" studio in Shanghai or Beijing and design electric cars tailored to Chinese consumer tastes, Reuters' Norihiko Shirouzu reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. The U.S. carmaker's human resources managers, as well as several headhunters, have been trawling the industry over the past four months, the sources said. 5. Walmart (WMT), U.S. Steel (X), Altria Group (MO), Union Pacific (UNP) and General Electric (GE) saw positive mentions in this week's edition of Barron's.