Can You Request That A Speed Limit Be Changed? - Jalopnik
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Speed limits are one of the pillars of safe traffic engineering, but that doesn't mean drivers always obey them. Ideally, the posted speed limit matches a road's function while also accounting for daily traffic patterns. Meaning that areas with lots of foot traffic or intersections should have lower speed limits, while areas with fewer pedestrians and cyclists and fewer intersections should allow cars to travel faster in the name of convenience. Unfortunately, the posted speed limit doesn't always align with the road's real-world use, which can be frustrating for drivers, pedestrians, and homeowners alike. If you come across such a road, you may be able to request that the state, county, or town change the speed limit, but laws vary wildly between states and municipalities, so you'll need to do research on local laws to know for sure.
Bomb explosions injure 18 in Damascus during Macron's visit
Eighteen people have been injured by two bomb explosions in central Damascus during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, the Syrian government has said.
The blasts happened near the Four Seasons hotel, where Macron spent the night and met civil society groups on Tuesday morning.
After buying up between $1m and $5m in Dell stock this year, Trump tells everyone to 'go out and buy a Dell computer'. Again.
At the start of May, president Donald Trump thanked Michael and Susan Dell (yes, those Dells) for donating over $6 billion to 'Trump Accounts,' reportedly going toward at least 25 million children in America. In that thank-you speech, he urged listeners to "go out and buy a Dell." That was after Trump filed that he purchased somewhere between $1 million and $5 million in Dell stocks, and just before the War Department signed a $9.7 billion deal with Dell. Now, just under two months later, Trump has once again urged listeners to buy Dell.
World Cup 2026: England's Bellingham and Kane double act are the nation's Wonderwall
Kane and Bellingham: How superstar double act became England's Wonderwall
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The foundational elements of AI architecture that IT leaders need to scale
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With the rapid progress of AI capabilities and the move to agentic systems, organizations are expanding their use cases as the technology continues to grow. That constant evolution also introduces risk, leaving IT leaders to wonder which investments will prove valuable even six months into the future.
'Cosmic wallflowers' may hold the key to the origin of globular clusters
Astronomers using computer simulations have investigated whether a class of star clusters nicknamed "cosmic wallflowers" could be the long-sought ancestors of the globular clusters we see orbiting galaxies today. Their paper, posted to the arXiv preprint server on June 25, suggests that where a cluster is born and how fast it spins may determine its fate.
Public to be asked who should pay for social care as part of major review
The public will be asked who should receive social care and how it should be paid for as part of a review into the system.
Baroness Louise Casey, who is leading a commission into adult social care in England, described the system to the BBC's Radio Four Today programme as "impossible" to navigate and called for a "reckoning" into how people are cared for.
Nations Championship 2026: Ireland back uncapped props Billy Bohan and Sam Illo before Japan game
Scrum coach John Fogarty says the Ireland backroom team have been impressed with uncapped props Billy Bohan and Sam Illo, who are hoping to make their Test debuts against Japan this week.
62% Of AI Brand Recommendations Vanish After One Buyer Question – New Data
Zahir Hasan didn’t have to tell me his company’s numbers were wrong.
I’d sent Hasan, COO of the Oslo-based research firm Clovion AI, a list of methodology questions about “Surviving the AI Funnel,” Clovion’s new study of how Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini recommend brands across a conversation. Question ten was routine, the kind of thing you ask every research team. The report says the three AI assistants flatly contradict each other on brand facts 15% of the time, based on 33 verified contradictions. Was 33 really enough to support a claim about which model tends to undersell a brand’s features and which tends to oversell them?
What will define Elon Musk’s legacy? Doge cuts to USAID Ebola programs
Elon Musk has an Ebola problem. SpaceX stock dropped precipitously after its initial public offering, and Tesla faces a wave of lawsuits. But instead of focusing on his companies, Musk has posted frequently on X about the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which he helped dismantle – or, in his words, feed into the woodchipper – last year.