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An Iranian flag flutters in the wind as ships remain anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran.Majid Saeedi | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLONDON — European stocks are expected to open in mixed territory on Wednesday as regional investors assess the latest military operations against Iran and declining oil prices. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index is seen opening 0.2% lower, with Germany’s DAX up 0.13%, France’s CAC 40 up 0.34% and Italy’s FTSE MIB 0.25% higher, according to data from IG.The Iran war remains a focal point for European markets, with regional stocks…

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A $2,500 pair of humanoid robot legs built from 3D-printed parts and off-the-shelf components is not going to win marathons just yet. But such relatively inexpensive hardware could enable researchers to more easily test and train AI-powered robotics software in a physical body during real-world experiments. The newly available LeRobot Humanoid project comes from the machine-learning and AI development platform Hugging Face. The full-stack release gives robot builders and researchers access to a bill of materials, files for 3D-printable parts, wiring documentation, and physical assembly instructions—but it also includes software tools for calibrating and controlling the robot in both the…

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Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Automobiles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.France has given the British car industry a major boost by suggesting that the EU could allow UK-made vehicles to qualify for “Made in Europe” subsidies.Under current EU proposals, vehicles for corporate fleets and small electric vehicles would have to be assembled within the bloc in order to be eligible for public procurement and subsidies. Nissan, one of the UK’s biggest automotive employers, said it would shut its flagship Sunderland factory were the policy to take effect. France’s trade minister told the FT that…

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SK Hynix’s blistering rally may still have room to run even after the South Korean memory-chip giant surged more than 250% this year on booming artificial intelligence demand, analysts said. The stock’s sharp rise propelled SK Hynix’s market capitalization above $1 trillion as investors piled into companies seen as key beneficiaries of the global scramble for high-bandwidth memory chips used in AI servers. “It seems the fundamentals and valuations of the two twin towers are still very much intact,” Peter Kim, global investment strategist at KB Securities, told CNBC’s ” Squawk Box Asia “, referring to SK Hynix and Samsung…

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Investing.com– Xiaomi Corp (HK:) shares fell on Wednesday after the Chinese electronics giant clocked underwhelming first-quarter earnings on higher component costs, especially in its smartphone business.  Xiaomi fell nearly 3% to HK$28.88, reaching its lowest point in nearly a month. The stock was among the biggest weights on the index, which fell 0.9%.  Xiaomi clocked a 43% slump in its first-quarter profit to 6.1 billion yuan ($899 million), hit chiefly by higher memory chip costs in its core smartphone unit.  Get more insights on top Chinese stocks by subscribing to InvestingPro The unit also faced greater domestic competition from rivals including…

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The beginning of the story, they say, could be the assembly of an early “supercontinent” (think Pangaea) called Columbia. With an appreciable amount of land above sea level, erosion could deliver enough nutrients to the oceans to support a large amount of photosynthetic cyanobacteria. We can see the evidence of this in seafloor sedimentary rocks rich in organic carbon. The breakup of Columbia aligns with the first signs of lower-temperature subduction. That would have enabled more of this organic carbon—and carbonate accumulating in shallow water around Columbia—to be subducted deep into the mantle. Then comes the Boring Billion, when even…

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Markets continue to attempt to price in peace in the Middle East, but then a re-escalation of the conflict pushes back on that narrative and markets retreat, looking for a reliable theme. We’re going to look at the hard right edge of the key charts that are trying to discount the expected outcome of this conflict. This is no easy task, as this market in a nutshell is violently reacting to headlines, but structurally positioning itself for a final resolution. We’re going to layout the relationship between two key sectors that we’ll need to see before I think we can…

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