U.S. Central Command: The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran does not have the authority to impose restrictions on free passage at sea. With U.S. military escort support, various commercial vessels continue to transit the strait normally. Since early May, U.S. Central Command forces have escorted approximately 1,000 ships, carrying a total of 500 million barrels of crude oil, safely through this narrow waterway.

Spot gold has just surpassed the $4,100.00/ounce mark, now quoted at $4,100.16/ounce, up 0.84% for the day; COMEX gold futures main contract is now quoted at $4,157.30/ounce, up 3.00% for the day.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority keeps the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4%.

Spot gold has just surpassed the $4,090.00/ounce mark, now quoted at $4,090.32/ounce, up 0.59% for the day; COMEX gold futures main contract is now quoted at $4,148.20/ounce, up 2.77% for the day.

Microsoft (MSFT.US) CEO Satya Nadella emphasized that customers must have the ability to freely switch between different AI models, both closed-source and open-source. On a conference call with analysts on Wednesday, he said that since the beginning of this year, the number of Microsoft customers building with multiple models has quadrupled. "You have to decouple your system framework from the models," Nadella said. "This means that at any given time, any particular model is replaceable. You sh