Chase Rice has responded to criticism she received after performing a concert that appeared to lack adequate COVID-19 social distancing measures. Rice led an outdoor show on Saturday night for nearly 1,000 fans at the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, a historic prison, and a concert hall in Petros, Tennessee. The …
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Facebook visualizes the use of holography for super-thin VR glasses
Facebook and Oculus have been trying to make VR headsets slimmer and more comfortable for a while, but their latest experiment comes close to the ideal: displays that are as easy to use as a pair of sunglasses. Facebook’s Reality Labs has developed a proof-of-concept device that uses flat film …
Read More »WarnerMedia Plans to Sell CNN Center in Atlanta – Variety
WarnerMedia plans to sell its venerable CNN Center, the former hub of its flagship cable news network, as more media companies seek to divest themselves of long-standing real estate assets as they navigate through a challenging operating environment. In a note sent to Atlanta employees Monday, WarnerMedia’s chief financial officer …
Read More »Sale of disputed African artifacts at auction
“These works of art are stained with the blood of the children of Biafra,” Chika Okeke-Agulu, a professor of art history at Princeton, wrote in a passionate Instagram post three weeks ago asking to stop the sale of two wooden statues made by the igbo. Nigerian Okeke-Agulu believes the items …
Read More »Coronavirus Takes Arizona Governor to Close Bars, Clubs, and Gyms for 30 Days
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey ordered the closure of bars, gyms, movie theaters, nightclubs, and water parks across the state for 30 days in an effort to combat an increase in coronavirus cases. “Our numbers continue to rise,” Ducey said at a press conference Monday in Phoenix. “In Arizona, they are …
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