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RELATED STORIES San Diego Comic-Con is officially taking another year off. The pop culture event has, once again, been postponed following last year’s cancellation as a result of the global coronavirus outbreak. “While we are buoyed by the rollout of the vaccine and the growing number of individuals being inoculated, it appears that July will […]
RELATED STORIES Organizers of San Diego Comic-Con appear to be taking a “show must go on” approach to this year’s event. In a tweet directed at potential attendees, SDCC brass gave the impression that the 2020 convention — scheduled for late July — could still happen. This despite stark warnings from the federal government that […]
Jim Bourg/Reuters Thousands of people arrived in Black Rock City, Nevada, over the weekend for Burning Man, which officially began on Sunday. Dust storms caused dangerous driving conditions that day, prompting a three-hour closure of city gates. Wait times peaked around 10 hours and were still six to seven hours-long on Monday morning. During the […]
NBC Sports Live Winter Olympics organizers say a cyberattack hit their computer servers during the opening ceremonies, Yonhap reported on Saturday. The attack only affected “non-critical systems,” the organizers said. The cyberattack follows a string of previous incidents involving various Winter Olympics computer systems, including a spying operation that is believed to have originated from […]
Bizzabo, a technology platform provider for event organizers, has raised $ 15 million in a round of funding led by Pilot Growth Equity, with participation from European investment fund Maor, among other existing investors. Founded in 2011, Bizzabo offers a range of tools through its cloud-based events platform, covering registration and ticketing, marketing, website building, agenda […]
If you’re unsure of what to call this week’s major golf tournament, that’s okay — some of the game’s top broadcasters aren’t entirely clear on the matter either. The Open Championship is the oldest of golf’s four majors, and it also has the most confusing name. “The Open Championship” is its official label, but many have […]
The organizers of Sweden’s annual politics week has asked police to prevent a neo-Nazi group from attending the event, after initially allowing the controversial group to rent a space there by “mistake.” Almedalen politics week is an annual tradition in Sweden, during which politicians and lobbyists gather in the Gotland Municipality town of Visby. Although […]
Megan Geuss LOS ANGELES, Calif.—On a hot day in April, I drove to a divey-looking sound stage in North Hollywood. It was camouflaged in an unnoticeable compound of warehouses off a busy boulevard. What I found inside was a dimly lit maze of structures, accented by the circus glow of neon LEDs. The people who […]
MusicNotes Conf/Facebook The team behind the doomed Fyre Festival have been banned from doing repeat business in the Bahamas, TMZ reported, citing sources at the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism. The Fyre Festival, which was supposed to be a weekend of luxury and music performances on Great Exuma in the Bahamas, had been organized by rapper […]
Several core members of the BEAST crew, an organization that hosts an annual Super Smash Bros. tournament, announced their departure today in the wake of sexual harassment allegations brought against BEAST head organizer Lolex. In a statement posted on the r/smashbros subreddit, the group says they were shocked and upset to learn about Lolex’s behavior, […]
