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Italian pro disqualified from 60km solo victory over illegal brake levers – but were they bent in by a crash?

'It's ridiculous' says Filippo D’Aiuto as rivals show solidarity with podium snub

ISM Manufacturing holds up better than expected in February

February U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI: 52.4 vs. 51.8 consensus and 52.6 prior, according to data released by the Institute for Supply Management on Monday.

Oil Surge and Global Tensions: Markets React to Middle East Conflict

Oil and gas prices surged markedly while the dollar and safe-haven gold witnessed notable rallies on Monday, as the widening U.S.-Israeli air war against Iran ignited concerns of reigniting global inflation and disrupting economic recovery. Global equity indexes lagged behind U.S. stocks amid fears of prolonged conflict.

Hollywood Minute: ‘Sinners,’ ‘The Studio,’ and ‘The Pitt’ lead The Actor Awards

SAG-AFTRA's awards have a new name, but it's still the only award show where actors honor actors. David Daniel has highlights from the big night in Hollywood.

OpenAI Codex-Spark Achieves Ultra-Fast Coding Speeds on Cerebras Hardware - infoq.com

OpenAI Codex-Spark Achieves Ultra-Fast Coding Speeds on Cerebras Hardware infoq.comGPT-5.4 is rumored to launch next week! 2 million context window + persistent state, saying goodbye to frequent forgetfulness LongbridgeOpenAI ChatGPT 5.4 Leak Spotted During Codex Demo Geeky Gadgets

For modern professionals AI is about smarter habits, not shortcuts

Experts from Accenture, BearingPoint and Workhuman discuss how AI and automation can positively impact working life. Read more: For modern professionals AI is about smarter habits, not shortcuts

Musk’s Tweets Ahead of Twitter Purchase Are Focus of New Trial

Victory+ Launches NWSL Content Hub, Tapping Top Creators to Redefine How Fans Experience the League

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Cloudflare’s new Markdown support shows how the web is evolving for AI agents

I’ve always liked Markdown for both clarity and brevity, and now more LLM agents will appreciate it, too. In response to the growing number of LLM agents making searches, Cloudflare’s network now supports real-time Markdown conversion at the source. Let’s look at a less busy page than the one they suggest in their own documentation, and ask [...]

‘The digital colonization of flyover states’: how datacenters are tearing small-town America apart

The rapid rollout of datacenters across the US is creating a divide between municipal governments and residentsWilmington, Ohio, resident Quintin Koger Kidd was so concerned last June with his local public officials’ alleged misdoings – open meeting violations and other discrepancies – that he filed a complaint in court to have the mayor and city council members removed from their posts.When Koger Kidd later heard that the city supported plans by Amazon Web Services to build a $4bn datacenter on 500 acres (200 hectares) south of town, he was aghast. Amazon has sought a tax abatement that would see its datacenter exempt from paying property taxes for 30 years in exchange for the funding of local schools and infrastructure projects. Continue reading...

New Report from The BlackRock Foundation and Commonwealth Confirms Surging Investor Participation Among Millions of Americans Living on Low and Moderate Incomes

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California bill would exclude military retirement pay from state taxable income

Sacramento Snapshot: The idea is to incentivize veterans to stay in California when seeking a second career, the bill's author says.