The Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections approved an Atlanta Hawks plan to transform State Farm Arena into a mass voting center for Georgia’s second-round primary election on August 11, as well as early voting for the election. general scheduled for November 3. The idea came up over the …
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Chase Rice responds to violent backlash from concert and asks fans to follow rules
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 …
Read More »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 …
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