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The Labor Department reported Friday that the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%, with 92,000 jobs lost in February. The unemployment rate for women remained flat at 4.1% in the first two months of this year, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Still, the spike in unemployment among Hispanic or Latina women and black women has been significant, with their unemployment rates rising to 5% and 7.1%, experts say. Significant wage disparities for women, particularly women of color, also contribute to the widening gap between high-income earners and low- and middle-income earners in the so-called “K-shaped”…

File photo: Microsoft Commercial Operations CEO Judson Althoff appears during an interview in San Francisco, January 27, 2017.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesmicrosoft The company is adding artificial intelligence to its Office productivity suite and charging 65% more for upgraded products as it seeks to drive enterprise users to its Copilot AI add-on.Microsoft 365 E7, the new top-tier bundle for enterprise employees, will cost $99 per user per month ($60 for an E5 subscription) after future increases. E7 includes Copilot for $30, Entra identity tool for $12, and Agent 365, a new product for managing enterprise AI agents…

A huge fire has broken out in Glasgow, destroying some historic buildings and forcing the closure of one of Scotland’s busiest train stations. Dozens of firefighters were called to Union Street just before 4pm (12pm ET) on Sunday after a fire broke out on the ground floor of a four-storey commercial building near Glasgow Central Station, crews said. Dramatic footage showed orange flames swirling around the domed roof under the night sky, as a silhouetted crane sprayed water jets onto the raging flames. Special equipment was used to take on the hell. No casualties have been reported so far. At…

Manchester City midfielder Rodri avoided a suspension for assaulting an official after last month’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham. The Spain international launched an extraordinary outburst over the decision to concede Dominic Solanke’s goal, which sparked Spurs’ comeback. However, following a hearing, the Independent Regulatory Commission imposed an £80,000 fine and warning for his future actions. Rodri admitted to a charge of acting in an inappropriate manner during a post-match media interview, making comments that implied bias or called into question the integrity of a match official or match officials, contrary to FA Regulation E3.1.Tottenham forward Solanke appeared to score by…

Sunday, March 1, 2026 at Pump Jack near Driscoll, Texas, USA. Eddie Seal | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPrediction market investors are increasingly predicting that the U.S. economy will slip into recession this year due to soaring oil prices.The Kalsi market on whether the U.S. will enter a recession in 2026 rose above 34% on Monday, its highest level since November, according to the platform’s data. Late last week, the market was pegging the chance of that outcome at less than 25%.Monday’s increase in recession probability followed a dramatic rise in U.S. oil prices to more than $100 per barrel. The…

Wednesday, December 4, 2024, Zoox self-driving robotaxi in San Francisco, California, USA. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon’s self-driving division Zoox plans to begin testing self-driving cars in Dallas and Phoenix, the company announced Monday.First, Zoox will introduce a “small number” of refurbished products. toyota The company says the Highlander SUV will be driven by a human safety driver and will map the area before introducing toaster-shaped robotaxis. Dallas and Phoenix will allow Zoox to expose its technology to more expansive streets as well as more diverse and difficult weather conditions than the densely populated metropolitan areas it…

Army Sergeant Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, of Glendale, Kentucky.Source: US militaryThe Pentagon on Monday identified the seventh U.S. service member killed in the Iran war as a 26-year-old Army sergeant. Benjamin Pennington.Pennington, a Glendale, Kentucky, resident, was seriously injured during an Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Air Base on March 1. He died from his wounds on Sunday, the Pentagon said.Read more US-Iran war newsSatellite image shows planes at Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Air Base on February 21, 2026. 2026.2026 Planet Lab Pbc | via Reuters”What I’m saying is, if you’re the type of person to pray, and…

Many European leaders are walking a fine line between expressing limited support for U.S. military action against Iran and warning of regional conflagration. Not Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. He has been an outspoken critic of U.S. airstrikes, sparking anger and threats from the White House. But rather than back down, Sánchez and his government doubled down. Spain has important trade and investment relationships with the United States and NATO members. Four million Americans visited this country last year. And just this month, Amazon announced it would expand its investment in Spanish data centers to a total of nearly $40…

“I knew I had opened the door a little bit for women,” said Sabrina Wittmann, who became the first woman to coach a men’s team in Germany’s third division when she was appointed head coach of Ingolstadt in 2024. “Honestly, I was scared to close it.”This confession hints at the weight of responsibility this young woman must have felt as the national media flocked to town to report on this curiosity. “There were so many cameras and media,” she recalls. “That was something new in Ingolstadt.” Internally, the decision to turn to Wittmann as the club’s new interim head coach…

As demand for data centers capable of delivering large-scale AI computing increases, Nvidia-backed British AI infrastructure company Nscale is now valued at $14.6 billion. This makes it one of Europe’s newest decacorns alongside Helsing and Mistral AI. Nscale has been betting on vertical integration, from energy and data centers to computing and orchestration software. The company’s new valuation stems from a $2 billion Series C, which the company calls “the largest in European history,” but that figure also includes a $433 million pre-Series C SAFE backed by Blue Owl, Dell, Nvidia and Nokia in October. The financing was backed by…