Top 5 stocks from different platforms (8/27)

- $Support.com (SPRT.US)$ surged higher on Thursday, climbing as much as 43.2% earlier in the session, ultimately ending the trading day up 41.1%. That's not all. The company, which provides technical support services and cloud-based software, has been on fire all week -- gaining more than 150%.

Read more: Support.com stock surged over 40% premarket. What's going on with SPRT today?

- Texas Monthly reported on Thursday that $Tesla (TSLA.US)$subsidiary earlier this month filed an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to sell power on the retail market. Tesla reportedly told state regulators it intends to build two giant, 250-megawatt batteries, one at its factory under construction near Austin, and the other outside Houston.

- $Apple (AAPL.US)$settled a wide-ranging class action lawsuit with U.S. app makers Thursday without agreeing to major changes to its policies, a victory for a company facing criticism that it wields too much power. The settlement will include $100 million worth of payments to app makers ranging from $250 to $30,000 per developer, according to law firm Hagens Berman, which represented plaintiffs claiming Apple overcharged them fees for distributing their programs through the iOS App Store.

-A vulnerability in $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$'s cloud database system left data at thousands of clients exposed to potential cyberattacks for about two years, according to the Israeli cybersecurity firm that discovered the bug. Reuters reported earlier that Microsoft had warned thousands of its Azure customers on Thursday about the security flaw.

- $Lordstown Motors (RIDE.US)$the beleaguered EV startup, said Thursday it had appointed Daniel Ninivaggi as its new CEO, sending RIDE stock sharply higher.