Tasnim Shamma
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Atlanta, GA, United States
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Rural Fulton County Offers Glimpse Of Georgia's Digital Divide
There's a part of Fulton County, the city of Chattahoochee Hills, where more than 60 percent of residents don't have access to reliable internet. State and city leaders are now trying to increase broadband access in rural Georgia. Just 30 miles away from downtown Atlanta, you'll find lots of horses, rolling hills and → Read More
Atlanta-based Pindrop Launches New Voice Security Tool
Atlanta-based cybersecurity firm Pindrop, launched a new tool, called Voice Identity Platform, Tuesday. It can verify if the person asking Amazon's Alexa to order 1,000 fidget spinners is actually you. The company invented phoneprinting, which is similar to the idea of a fingerprint for your voice. Pindrop made the → Read More
More Ga. Electric Co-Ops May Begin To Offer Internet Service
State lawmakers continue their push to expand broadband in rural Georgia this year. One way is by explicitly allowing electric membership co-ops (EMCs) the ability to provide not just electricity but also internet service. In the North Georgia region state Sen. Steve Gooch is from, the first question real estate → Read More
Ga. Lawmakers Adopt Final Report To Expand 5G As It Launches In Atlanta
The Internet provider AT&T announced Tuesday its mobile 5G network is now up and running in a dozen cities, including Atlanta. The company said it plans to make 5G mobile devices available to a few customers on Friday. At the same time, state lawmakers adopted a final report Tuesday morning with recommendations → Read More
Atlanta 'Super Hub' Helps UPS Deliver Holiday Packages Faster
Around this time last year, Atlanta-based shipping giant UPS was running behind on deliveries: more than three million packages a day were arriving late. In response, the company announced that it would invest about $7 billion on new facilities. This included a new southeast regional “super hub” a mile away from the → Read More
Ga. Business Owners And Farmers Say Tariffs Are Causing Profits To Shrink
Georgia businesses, farmers and manufacturers have paid more than $45 million in tariffs on imported goods so far this year, according to research by the Trade Partnership, a Washington, D.C.- based economic consulting group. At a town hall in midtown Atlanta on Thursday, business owners and farmers said they are → Read More
Atlanta Likely Strikes Out In Amazon HQ2 Bid
According to multiple media outlets, Atlanta is no longer in the running for Amazon's second headquarters. Amazon won't confirm if the rumors are true that Northern Virginia, Dallas and New York City are the top contenders for its second campus, possibly even splitting the coveted headquarters between multiple → Read More
'Hi! My Name Is ...': Political Groups Target Georgia Voters Via Text
At a Sunday brunch in downtown Atlanta, over roasted potatoes and mimosas, about 400 people look down at their phones to send text messages. It’s a Color of Change Political Action Committee (PAC) text-a-thon at the Loudermilk Conference Center. Volunteer Ali Roc describes a typical text. "It just says, ‘Hey, my name → Read More
Ga. Election Officials Ask Judge To Suspend Absentee Ballot Order Over Signature Mismatches
Lawyers for Secretary of State Brian Kemp are fighting a federal judge's order to stop rejecting absentee ballots and applications that have questionable signatures. The Secretary of State's office filed an emergency motion Thursday evening saying it wants U.S. District Court Judge Leigh Martin May to suspend the → Read More
Georgia Tackles Broadband Expansion And Local Control
Rural Georgia needs better internet access quickly, but state lawmakers said internet companies won’t expand to rural areas if there's too much red tape. Lobbyists said their companies are spending too much time negotiating with each city and county for access to roads to install broadband equipment. So state → Read More
Atlanta Police May See 30 Percent Raise
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that city of Atlanta police officers will be getting a raise of nearly 30 percent by July 2021 on Monday. The Atlanta Police Department, like many police agencies across the country, has struggled with recruiting and keeping its officers. The move to increase pay, to be → Read More
City Of Stockbridge And Lender File Lawsuit To Stop Vote On Eagle's Landing
The city of Stockbridge filed a lawsuit last month in its latest effort to keep the city together. Some residents who live in a portion of the city called Eagle's Landing want to break off and create their own city. A federal district court judge will hear arguments Monday afternoon from the city of Stockbridge and → Read More
Fulton County Says Property Appeals Could Be Resolved By July
Fulton County is working through more than 40,597 appeals of property assessments that it received this summer. That's more than three times the number of appeals filed in 2017, after many homeowners saw a large spike in property assessments in 2018, some higher than 50 percent. Property assessments determine how → Read More
Sparking ‘A Wave’: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Cuts More Food Prices
Mercedes-Benz Stadium is dropping prices by 12 percent on some foods like burgers and chili cheese fries starting Thursday. Stadium officials said it's part of an ongoing effort to have “fan-first” pricing. Since it opened last year, Mercedes-Benz Stadium has been selling $2 hot dogs and $3 pizza slices. Sports → Read More
Atlanta And Guangzhou, China, Selected For Esports Expansion Teams
Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises is entering the world of esports or professional video gaming. Esports often also involves people paying to watch others play video games. The Overwatch League The game Overwatch is a popular science-fiction shooting video game played from a first-person perspective. It's interactive → Read More
Ga. Pecan Growers Brace For Lower Profits With Chinese Tariffs
Georgia's pecan farmers are bracing for lower profits during the upcoming harvest. That is because of a nearly 47 percent tariff China plans to impose on U.S. pecans. Those come in retaliation to the tariffs the Trump administration imposed on Chinese goods in early July. “The price has gone up in the last 8-10 years → Read More
Atlanta Resettlement Agencies Cut Staff As Refugee Arrivals Drop
The number of refugees arriving in Georgia is down dramatically. Resettlement agencies said the state is resettling about a third of what it has in previous years. This means these agencies in Atlanta are laying off staff or eliminating positions. World Relief Atlanta At World Relief Atlanta, a resettlement agency in → Read More
Chick-fil-A To Test Meal-Prep Kits In Atlanta
Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A announced it's entering the meal-prep market. The fast-food chain said it wants to help customers make their meals at home using its chicken and pre-measured ingredients. Next month, 150 restaurants in metro Atlanta will start to offer the kits. The kits can be picked up at its → Read More
Broadband Bill May Bring Better Internet To Rural Georgia
More of rural Georgia may now be a step closer to getting better Internet access. The Achieving Connectivity Everywhere Act (SB 402) passed the Senate on M → Read More
Federal Judge Considers Ways To Combine Equifax Class-Action Complaints
A federal judge considered how best to combine hundreds of lawsuits against Atlanta-based credit agency Equifax in the first hearing about class-action com → Read More