Investing.com -- Humanoid robots could become a market worth as much as $200 billion by 2035 as advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, and battery technology accelerate adoption across industries, according to a Barclays report. The report describes humanoids as the next phase of automation, following industrial machinery and software-based AI. Unlike traditional robots designed for specif...
Investing.com -- Humanoid robots could become a market worth as much as $200 billion by 2035 as advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, and battery technology accelerate adoption across industries, according to a Barclays report. The report describes humanoids as the next phase of automation, following industrial machinery and software-based AI. Unlike traditional robots designed for specific tasks, humanoids are built to operate in environments created for humans, using existing tools, buildings, and workflows without requiring significant infrastructure changes. A key advantage of humanoid robots is their ability to work across a broad range of settings, from factories and warehouses to hospitals, hotels, retail stores, and homes. The report notes that much of the world’s physical infrastructure and training data is already centered around human activity, making human-like robots a practical design choice. Demand is expected to be supported by aging populations, urbanization, and labor shortages in sectors such as manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, healthcare, and elder care. Changing workforce preferences are also making it more difficult to fill physically demanding jobs, creating additional opportunities for automation. The report identifies installation and repair, manufacturing, construction, warehousing, and logistics as the sectors most suited to early humanoid adoption. Service industries, including healthcare, hospitality, and household applications, are expected to follow as the technology matures. Humanoid robots rely on what the report calls the "Three Bs" - brains, brawn, and batteries. Brains include AI software, semiconductors, and sensors, while brawn consists of actuators and mechanical systems that enable movement. Batteries provide the power needed to operate both onboard computing systems and physical components. Production costs have fallen sharply over the past decade, dropping from roughly $3 million per unit to around $100,000 to...
九龍城士他令道地底鹹水管破裂 途人涉水而行 警封閉行車線 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】九龍城有地底鹹水管破裂，警員封閉行車線，工人緊急維修。 地面多處有水湧出，途人要涉水而行。晚上6時許，士他令...
九龍城士他令道地底鹹水管破裂 途人涉水而行 警封閉行車線 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】九龍城有地底鹹水管破裂，警員封閉行車線，工人緊急維修。 地面多處有水湧出，途人要涉水而行。晚上6時許，士他令道一條地底水管破裂，警方接報到場封閉上址一段路面及行人路，水務署派人到場閂水掣及搶修。
Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images By Jennifer Nash The yield on the 10-year note finished May 22, 2026, at 4.56%, while the 2-year note ended at 4.13%. The chart below overlays the daily performance of several Treasury bonds, starting from the pre-recession equity market peaks, along with the Federal Funds Rate (FFR) since 2007. This next table shows the highs and lows of yields and the Fede...
Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images By Jennifer Nash The yield on the 10-year note finished May 22, 2026, at 4.56%, while the 2-year note ended at 4.13%. The chart below overlays the daily performance of several Treasury bonds, starting from the pre-recession equity market peaks, along with the Federal Funds Rate (FFR) since 2007. This next table shows the highs and lows of yields and the Federal Funds Rate since 2007. A Long-Term Look at the 10-Year Treasury Yield Here is a long-term view of the 10-year yield starting in 1965, well before the 1973 oil embargo that triggered the era of 'stagflation' (economic stagnation coupled with inflation) Inverted Yield Curve An inverted yield curve is when longer-term Treasury yields are lower than their shorter-term counterparts. The next chart displays the latest 10-2 spread. Typically, the spread turns negative for a period before rising again prior to recessions, as illustrated in the four recessions shown on this chart. For this reason, the 10-2 spread is widely considered a reliable leading indicator for recessions. The lead time between a negative spread and the onset of a recession varies, with recessions beginning anywhere from 18 to 92 weeks after the spread goes negative. One false positive is seen in 1998, where the spread briefly went negative without leading to a recession. In the case of the 2009 recession, the spread went negative multiple times before rising again. Most recently, the spread was continuously negative from July 5, 2022, to August 26, 2024. The last time the spread was negative was on September 5, 2024. If we consider the first negative spread date as the starting point, the average lead time to a recession is 48 weeks, or about eleven months. If we instead use the last positive spread date before a recession, the average lead time is 18.5 weeks, or about 4.25 months. For another perspective on the yield curve, the 10-3mo spread below uses an even shorter-term maturity. The lead time to reces...
Russia pounded Kyiv with a large missile and drone attack early on Sunday, killing one person and wounding 20, authorities said, after Moscow threatened retaliation for strikes in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine. Multiple rounds of loud explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital throughout the early hours of the morning. “Tonight Kyiv region is once again enduring a mass enemy attack with str...
Russia pounded Kyiv with a large missile and drone attack early on Sunday, killing one person and wounding 20, authorities said, after Moscow threatened retaliation for strikes in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine. Multiple rounds of loud explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital throughout the early hours of the morning. “Tonight Kyiv region is once again enduring a mass enemy attack with strike drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles,” said Mykola Kalashnyk, the head of the regional ministry administration. Advertisement The blasts caused a residential building near the government district to shake, while dozens of people took shelter in an underground metro station in the city centre. Residents were instructed to stay in shelters as city authorities warned fires had broken out and city military administration head Tymur Tkachenko said one person had been killed and at least 20 wounded. Advertisement Ukrainian authorities and the US embassy had earlier warned of a possible significant attack on the capital after Russia said it would “punish” those responsible for deadly strikes in a part of eastern Ukraine under its control.
佛誕｜本台直擊北角碼頭設「放生滑水道」 疑魚檔員工阻鏡頭：大家要搵食 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】有市民趁佛誕「放生」祈福，漁護署就派員巡查大埔、上水、西貢等多個常見放生地點，提醒不當「放生」可...
佛誕｜本台直擊北角碼頭設「放生滑水道」 疑魚檔員工阻鏡頭：大家要搵食 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】有市民趁佛誕「放生」祈福，漁護署就派員巡查大埔、上水、西貢等多個常見放生地點，提醒不當「放生」可能會觸犯法例。 在北角碼頭一旁設置了一條滑水道，不時有市民來到海邊，雙手合十參拜，然後去到一旁的水箱挑選活魚，放入籠再掉進海放生；亦有人將魚放在滑水道，讓牠們滑入水中放走。本台攝影師嘗試進入碼頭拍攝，有懷疑碼頭魚檔的員工上前阻擋。員工：「這裡不可以拍攝，你行出去，你出去拍攝，我們私人舖頭，這是他人的私隱。（記者：甚麼私隱？）他們放生有自由。這麼耍賴，大家『搵食』，為何你要『唱衰』我們？」 北角碼頭是佛誕常見的放生地點之一，漁護署亦有派人到場提醒放生或者令動物受傷害。漁護署人員：「不要放生動物入海，因為他們可能會適應不了環境，多謝支持。」 有市民不認同胡亂放生。林先生：「適當地方也可以，但很多地方也不適當，好像虐畜一樣。在海放生，環境不適合會馬上死。」 漁護署發言人強調，根據《防止殘酷對待動物條例》，不當放生而令動物承受不必要的痛苦即屬違法，定罪最高判監3年，罰款20萬元，他們會巡查可能有人放生的地點，有需要時採取執法行動。
Key Points Palo Alto Networks consistently reports a noticeably higher overall revenue total than Fortinet across all recent reporting periods. Both companies have displayed a generally consistent, upward quarter-over-quarter revenue trend over the duration of the last eight periods. Investors should watch whether the total revenue gap between the two companies continues to widen or if it slowly b...
Key Points Palo Alto Networks consistently reports a noticeably higher overall revenue total than Fortinet across all recent reporting periods. Both companies have displayed a generally consistent, upward quarter-over-quarter revenue trend over the duration of the last eight periods. Investors should watch whether the total revenue gap between the two companies continues to widen or if it slowly begins to narrow in upcoming quarters. 10 stocks we like better than Fortinet › Fortinet: Steadily Growing Revenue Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) primarily generates revenue by selling network security hardware, software licenses, and ongoing subscription services to diverse global enterprises. While introducing new enterprise firewall hardware and facing some shareholder investigations, it reported an approximately 29% net income margin for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. Palo Alto Networks: Maintaining the Revenue Lead Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) provides advanced firewall appliances and cloud-based cybersecurity subscription services to large businesses and government entities around the world. It recently finalized multiple corporate acquisitions and addressed critical software vulnerabilities, and it generated an approximately 17% net income margin for the quarter ended Jan. 31, 2026. Why Revenue Matters for Retail Investors Revenue helps individual investors clearly understand the total sales a business generates before any operating expenses are subtracted. It enables investors to gauge raw business scale and growth. Image source: The Motley Fool. Quarterly Revenue for Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks Quarter (Period End) Fortinet Revenue Palo Alto Networks Revenue Q2 2024 $1.4 billion (period ended June 2024) $2.0 billion (period ended April 2024) Q3 2024 $1.5 billion (period ended Sept. 2024) $2.2 billion (period ended July 2024) Q4 2024 $1.7 billion (period ended Dec. 2024) $2.1 billion (period ended Oct. 2024) Q1 2025 $1.5 billion (period ended March 2025) $2.3 bill...
Hong Kong’s leader has sent his blessings to the first local astronaut, Lai Ka-ying, in a video call ahead of the launch of the Shenzhou-23 space flight on Sunday, calling her participation in the mission a reflection of the country’s trust and support for the city. Payload specialist Lai, in response, recalled her packed, tough training in Beijing, which had “finally come to an end”, while expres...
Hong Kong’s leader has sent his blessings to the first local astronaut, Lai Ka-ying, in a video call ahead of the launch of the Shenzhou-23 space flight on Sunday, calling her participation in the mission a reflection of the country’s trust and support for the city. Payload specialist Lai, in response, recalled her packed, tough training in Beijing, which had “finally come to an end”, while expressing confidence that she would complete her space mission. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Sunday uploaded footage of his video call with Lai, in which he was joined by Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong and Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan. Advertisement “We are very proud that you are the first Hongkonger to participate in a national crewed space flight mission. We wish to congratulate you, send our blessings to you and show our care,” he said, recalling they last met in 2024 before she headed to Beijing for her training. “Your participation in this mission shows our country’s recognition of you, as well as our country’s trust and support for Hong Kong.” Advertisement Lai, a 43-year-old police superintendent who holds a doctorate in computer science, is part of the Shenzhou-23 mission team set to blast-off on Sunday and dock with China’s Tiangong space station.
Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) executives said demand for AI-related data center security, operational technology protection and sovereign SASE offerings is contributing to a stronger pipeline, while the company continues to see product growth supported by firewall demand. Speaking at a J.P. Morgan-hosted software event, CFO Christiane Ohlgart and Robert May, executive vice president of technology and pro...
Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) executives said demand for AI-related data center security, operational technology protection and sovereign SASE offerings is contributing to a stronger pipeline, while the company continues to see product growth supported by firewall demand. Speaking at a J.P. Morgan-hosted software event, CFO Christiane Ohlgart and Robert May, executive vice president of technology and product management, described AI as a broad opportunity for Fortinet, extending beyond data centers to enterprise security needs created by AI adoption. Ohlgart said companies are evaluating whether to bring certain AI models into their own data centers as they assess the longer-term cost of using AI in the cloud. She said Fortinet is seeing more AI data center buildouts coming online, but characterized the opportunity as one that is likely to unfold over time rather than in a single large quarter. “For us it’s not about one big quarter with AI data centers, but it’s going to be a consistent deployment as more companies start to look at how do they deploy AI and as other enterprises ramp up,” Ohlgart said. AI Data Centers Highlight Fortinet’s Power Efficiency Pitch May said AI data center demand is coming from both existing data centers that are being repurposed or expanded and from new deployments. He said Fortinet’s history in data centers has been supported by its ASIC technology, citing “high performance, the low latency, the low power consumption” as attributes that are increasingly relevant in the AI era. Ohlgart said about one-third of Fortinet’s firewall revenue comes from large firewalls, with another third from medium-sized firewalls and the remaining third from smaller firewalls. She said financial services and public sector customers often have larger data centers and that Fortinet’s low power consumption is an advantage for AI infrastructure, which consumes significant amounts of power. May added that power consumption is becoming a more prominent factor in purcha...
The owners of a Chinese coal mine where at least 82 people were killed have been accused of “serious violations of the law” by the local government. As search and rescue operations continued through the night, Chen Xiangyang, the deputy party secretary of Changzhi in Shanxi province, said that all four mines operated by the Shanxi Tongzhou Group had been “immediately” ordered to suspend operations...
The owners of a Chinese coal mine where at least 82 people were killed have been accused of “serious violations of the law” by the local government. As search and rescue operations continued through the night, Chen Xiangyang, the deputy party secretary of Changzhi in Shanxi province, said that all four mines operated by the Shanxi Tongzhou Group had been “immediately” ordered to suspend operations. “Preliminary assessment indicates serious legal violations by the coal mine enterprise involved. We will spare no effort or cost to search for and rescue the missing personnel. The specific cause of the accident is under further investigation,” Chen told a press conference late on Saturday. Advertisement More than 120 miners needed hospital treatment after Friday’s accident, and state media reported that most of the injured had been transferred to hospitals in major cities. However, a South China Morning Post reporter at the scene saw that dozens appeared to still be in the county hospital, many with oxygen masks. Security remained tight at the accident site with more than a dozen police stationed along the roads. Advertisement Media have reported that the group’s management had been fined for security breaches in the past.
A former prosecutor at the international criminal court has called for an EU-wide statute blocking what she describes as “thuggish” and “bullying” US sanctions imposed on members of the court that are designed to send the court into oblivion. In February 2025, the US imposed sanctions on 11 ICC officials, including nine judges and the chief prosecutor as well three Palestinian organisations, in re...
A former prosecutor at the international criminal court has called for an EU-wide statute blocking what she describes as “thuggish” and “bullying” US sanctions imposed on members of the court that are designed to send the court into oblivion. In February 2025, the US imposed sanctions on 11 ICC officials, including nine judges and the chief prosecutor as well three Palestinian organisations, in response to the ICC decision in 2024 to issue arrest warrants for members of the Israeli cabinet, including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. The US sanctions – which include travel bans and asset freezes – have locked judges out of the European financial system, making it impossible for them or their families to live normal lives. Fatou Bensouda, ICC prosecutor from 2012 to 2021, told a meeting in The Hague of the Rights Forum, a prominent Dutch non-governmental organisation: “These are coercive attempts to interfere with the independent exercise of judicial and prosecutorial functions established under international law. If the international community does not respond with seriousness, institutional resolve and practical solidarity, the consequences will extend far beyond The Hague.” Without naming the US, she said: “To deploy such instruments against prosecutors, judges or court officials who are engaged in judicial functions in the pursuit of accountability for the most egregious crimes represents a profound conceptual distortion. “It is thuggish and inappropriate, and it should be called out for what it is. It transforms disagreement with legal process into crippling economic coercion to meet political ends. It is bullying, coercion and power politics through other means.” Bensouda accused ICC-affiliated states of “largely slow and timid reactions, inactions and empty gestures of support, without tangible backing and pushback against coercive measures”. There is growing anger in some quarters that the Dutch government in particular – as host to the ICC in The Hague...
This sounds like an old-fashioned, “take my mother-in-law” type joke, but is the antithesis of funny: one in five British people would swap their dad for a better model. This is according to a new survey ahead of – you guessed it – Father’s Day in the UK, which also revealed that one in three pretend they have a better relationship with their dad than they really do. Many admitted they buy Father’...
This sounds like an old-fashioned, “take my mother-in-law” type joke, but is the antithesis of funny: one in five British people would swap their dad for a better model. This is according to a new survey ahead of – you guessed it – Father’s Day in the UK, which also revealed that one in three pretend they have a better relationship with their dad than they really do. Many admitted they buy Father’s Day cards out of obligation rather than love, too. Oof. As a result of this research, online retailer Thortful has launched a campaign called “Dad’s not perfect, but …” to challenge the stereotype of the “Best Dad Ever”, with a much more honest range of cards. The company’s founder and CEO, Andy Pearce, said they provide a chance for customers to “mark Father’s Day in a way that reflects their actual relationship, not the one they feel they are supposed to have”. While authenticity is, typically, to be applauded, and some of the options are a good compromise – “Dad, my therapist says thanks for all the business” – others are brutal. They include “Happy Father’s Day to a stranger with half my DNA” and “Father’s Day – I hope you enjoy doing nothing … you’ve had plenty of practice” and even the succinct, “Worst Dad Ever”. Surely at that point you’d just save your money? Father’s Day has only been a struggle for me since mine died in 2012. He wasn’t perfect, but … I was very fortunate – he was a lovely, funny, caring dad and we had a great relationship. For the first few years after he was gone, that third Sunday in June when everybody else celebrated their fathers was a painful, extremely unnecessary reminder of what I’d lost, but at least then I could sit it out. When I had a baby, and had to make Father’s Day happen for my husband – also a lovely, funny, caring dad – it felt almost perverse. Thankfully my dad gave me lots of advice, which I live by to this day. Some talk about regrets on their deathbed, mistakes, opportunities they desperately wish they hadn’t missed. On h...