It looks like AI art is going to be truly anywhere, even in the humble Microsoft Paint. As more and more mainstream names integrate controversial text-to-image AI art generation, Microsoft is planning to launch Paint Cocreator. The development suggests there’s still life left in “the …
Read MoreJennings church vandalized with Satanic graffiti
JENNINGS, La. — The Jesus Worship Center was vandalized twice just a day apart. In the early hours of Friday morning, the North campus was hit. Written in red spray paint on the walls of the church were “Devil Has Risen”. Surveillance footage captured two …
Read MoreJennings church vandalized with Satanic graffiti
JENNINGS, La. — The Jesus Worship Center was vandalized twice just a day apart. In the early hours of Friday morning, the North campus was hit. Written in red spray paint on the walls of the church were “Devil Has Risen”. Surveillance footage captured two …
Read MoreStarbucks Odyssey Gives Reward NFTs. Will Coffee Drinkers Care?
Let’s assume that most Starbucks SBUX Rewards members are regular coffee drinkers. How many would be willing to give up a free Grande Pumpkin Latte for a non-fungible token, or NFT NFT ? Starbucks is evidently aspiring to figure that out. The coffee giant has …
Read MoreRemember NFTs? This is how football’s projects dived in value
It wasn’t so long ago that elite football was in the middle of a love affair with NFTs (non-fungible tokens) — “digital assets” based on the blockchain technology which underpins cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. While club commercial officers and sports consultants earnestly tried to convince …
Read MoreOctober arts roundup: SHINE Mural Festival’s return, Generator USF CAM’s debut, much more
Generator: USF Contemporary Art Museum debuts The University of South Florida Contemporary Arts Museum’s Generator presents its inaugural exhibition, “Superflex: This Is The Tip Of the Iceberg,” from October 6th through November 22nd. The exhibition features two separate but interconnected installations from the renowned Copenhagen-based …
Read MoreBulleit Frontier Whiskey Elevates Javits Center with Street Art for Mankind
The Statue of Liberty’s birthday, Oktoberfest, Open House New York, pumpkins, Halloween and more wait for your attention this October. The Perelman Performing Arts Center has officially opened to the public, marking the final piece in the puzzle of the World Trade Center site. Events this month include: An intimate “Evening …
Read More‘Lost in Taiwan’: U.S. illustrator turns cherished memories into graphic novel
By Teng Pei-ju, staff reporter “I call this book my love letter to Taiwan,” Mark Crilley said of his latest graphic novel, which pays tribute to the American illustrator’s two and a half years living and teaching in central Taiwan in the late 80s and …
Read MoreMillions Of Compressed NFTs Are Being Minted Weekly On Solana
Bubblegum From Metaplex Leverages Merkle Trees To Reduce Costs Of Minting and Interacting With NFTs Bubblegum, a tool which brings down the cost of interacting with NFTs on the Solana blockchain using compression techniques (cNFTs), is routinely being used to mint over 3M NFTs on …
Read More13 NC Prisons Working to Make Visitation Spaces More Child-Friendly
By Rachel Crumpler When a child goes to visit an incarcerated parent, they have to navigate a complex maze. They’re shepherded past barbed wire fences and through locked doors. They watch their caregivers get patted down. They often walk down drab halls to sit in …
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