By AFRO Staff Salihah Hurst, left, Moria Bowman, Hope Pag’an, Aryanna Wilson Pierce and Joy Pag’an were the recipients of $1,000 scholarships conferred by the Black Engineer of the Year Awards on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2023. (Courtesy Photos) Multiple scholars woke up to a surprise on Christmas Day 2023, courtesy of the Black Engineer […]
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Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using ‘incognito mode’
By The Associated Press undefined SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar “private” modes in other browsers — to track their internet use. The class-action lawsuit filed in 2020 […]
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PRESS ROOM: National Urban League’s Marc H. Morial and National Action Network’s Al Sharpton commend FCC’s vote to prevent digital discrimination
(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and National Action Network Founder and President Rev. Al Sharpton today (Nov. 26) issued the following statement in response to the Federal Communication Commission’s vote to adopt rules to prevent and eliminate digital discrimination of access to broadband services based […]
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Re-connecting Baltimore: Bridging the city’s digital gap
By Chrisleen Herard, Special to the AFRO Technology has built a digital bridge that connects its users to their needs, ranging from education and work to news and entertainment. Nonetheless, as Baltimore officials and organizations continue to work toward closing the city’s digital divide, not all residents have been able to cross over to a […]
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Building generational wealth: A look at the kid entrepreneurs taking the business world by storm
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Generational wealth is extremely important for the Black community. It could mean the difference between health, happiness and connections or poverty and strongholds. “It’s a challenge sometimes when talking about creating wealth, especially for Black families, because it takes a lot of generations to get into wealth, but […]
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IT entrepreneur aims to bridge Black tech gap one IT certification at a time
By Imuetinyan UgiagbeSpecial to the AFRO At the age of 34, James Mitchell embarked on his entrepreneurial journey in the information technology space, using the Langston Hughes Community, Business and Resource Center on Park Heights as his initial office space. “In my family, there are not many people in tech, so it was hard to […]
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When it comes to tech, we are who we’ve been waiting for
By Joseph Williams, Word in Black Dr. Fallon Wilson has seen the future, and it is Black. A technology maven and self-described prophet, her visions are of Black Americans thriving in a society that’s equal parts Black Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Wakanda. Every Black school and household will have broadband internet access. Well-funded historically […]
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AFRO launches Digital Billboard Network
The AFRO is rolling out its latest digital media innovation, the Digital Billboard Network (DBN). With television screens featured across 10 host sites in the Randallstown and Owings Mills area, the DBN is the first effort of its kind in the state of Maryland. Onsite screens will feature original content from AFRO programs, including AFRO […]
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A time to evolve: experts discuss AI’s power to disrupt industry work
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Businesses across the globe in a variety of industries are trying to find their place in a world with artificial intelligence. In 2016, The White House cited a statistic from Oxford University researchers that estimated that 9 to 47 percent of jobs could be threatened by AI. However, […]
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Black-owned Latimer Ventures closes $15 million for Black and Brown tech founders’ fund
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Baltimore-based Latimer Ventures, a Black-owned, early stage venture capital firm, recently announced a close of $15 million for its fund launched exclusively for Black and Brown technology founders. In total, Latimer Ventures intends to raise $50 million for the fund. The mission of the company is to deploy […]
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Meet Tonee Lawson, founder of local STEM program: TheBe. Org
By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff Writer, abrent@afro.com Tonee Lawson is the founder and executive director of TheBe. Org, a local nonprofit organization that focuses on encouraging and nurturing youth to live above their socially-imposed limitations to develop their character, talents and leadership skills allowing them to go beyond a dream and achieve remarkable excellence. TheBe. […]
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Ransomware criminals are dumping kids’ private files online after school hacks
By Frank Bajak, Heather Hollingsworth and Larry, Contributors to the Associated Press The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents, truancy — even suicide attempts. “Please do something,” begged a student in one leaked file, recalling the […]