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Local logistic business promote its brand in a big way
People are talking about what is likely St. Louis's biggest billboard. It's on the roof of a building that sits right in the flight path of St. Louis Lambert International Airport.
Beating the heat around St. Louis
Contact 2: Fighting to prevent deep fake robocalls
Scammers have a new tool in their arsenal: Artificial intelligence. On July 11, the U.S. Senate had its first classified briefing on AI and how the technology could be applied to national security.
Staffing 'crisis' creating new risks for St. Louis police officers
There are thousands of emergency calls in St. Louis, but the city is down hundreds of officers. Some say the lack of manpower is risking the lives of not only cops, but also the public.
MoDOT weighs improvements on dangerous stretch of Route 231
Residents flocked to the Hancock School District Central Office in Lemay Thursday evening to learn about and provide feedback on a multi-year MoDOT project to resurface Route 231 while making sidewalks ADA-compliant and upgrading signals.
U.S. Senators vote to compensate victims for nuclear radiation contamination in St. Louis region
A big update for victims of the St. Louis region's nuclear radiation contamination came Thursday. Sixty-one U.S. senators voted in favor of a compensation bill for victims.
She says an Uber stranded her, then things really got weird
An Uber ride Friday night in Belleville was supposed to take her home. Instead, Kristina Caruso said the driver ordered her out at an Alorton gas station at about 2:30 a.m. It only became stranger after that.
Recs on someone who can help with credit repair?
St. Louis Cardinals taking steps to keep fans cool this weekend
The St. Louis Cardinals are hosting the Chicago Cubs this weekend as extreme heat settles into the St. Louis area.
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St. Charles County Fair remains open despite the sweltering heat
It has been just over a year since the temperature climbed to 100 degrees in St. Louis.
Slip n slide in Forest Park?
To Foster Competition In Social Media, Invest In Open Source Trust And Safety Tools
Over the last decade, a small handful of large platforms have become de facto arbiters of how people communicate and share information with one another. As concerns about that concentrated power and those platforms’ decisions have piled up, so too have calls for greater competition and choice in social media and other services for communication […]
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2 juveniles in custody after fireworks destroy bathroom at Jefferson County Northwest Sports Complex
Can anyone sit on the lawn at Hollywood casino ampitheater?
City Foundry restaurateur to expand with first brick-and-mortar location
Metro East internet service provider gets $151M investment
Why does Facebook want you to be on their algorithmic feed?
Social networks mostly have two different kinds of feeds: one that's a simple reverse chronological listing of posts from people you follow, and another that's controlled by an algorithm. On Twitter, users are forever complaining that the platform switches them to the algorithm without asking, and I imagine Facebook is the same. But why? A ...continue reading "Why does Facebook want you to be on their algorithmic feed?"
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