Whitmer signs K-12 smartphone ban into law with bipartisan backing

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a bill banning K-12 students from using smartphones during the school day.

Metro-east rescues see spike in pet surrenders. Where to find food, low-cost vet care

This East St. Louis animal shelter offers a low-cost retail store that sells pet food, as well as has a pet food pantry for ...

Windows Notepad is now complex enough to have a serious security flaw

You can infect your PC with malware without ever leaving Notepad, thanks to recent updates and additions. Hooray.

Property rights vs. peace and quiet? Idaho could cut rules on short-term rentals

Despite a 2017 law, many Idaho cities have rules about short-term rentals — including Boise. A legislative push could take ...

Making every identity count: Free tool developed for better handling of identity data in research surveys

Growing up multiracial in the 1990s, Gabriel "Joey" Merrin regularly encountered demographic forms that forced an impossible choice: Pick one box. Deny the others. "That act of being forced to choose, ...
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I Asked AI What to Build My Website With. It Didn’t Say WordPress.

Astro I learned is a framework for building these types of sites and landing pages — ones that don’t tend to change much or ...

OpenAI says new coding model helped build itself

The new coding model released Thursday afternoon, entitled GPT-5.3-Codex, builds on OpenAI’s GPT-5.2-Codex model and combines insights from the AI company’s GPT-5.2 model, which excels on non-coding ...