VizibleZone is an Israeli startup whose smartphone app alerts pedestrians to potential dangers, and gives automatic notification of Covid-19 exposure in the workplace. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) By Abigail Klein Leichman Zenger News As pandemic restrictions ease and more workers return to their workplaces, employers are seeking a way to detect when someone infected with Covid-19 […]
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Black investors take note: Reddit rebellion rescues GameStop stock
WallStreetBets’ actions (also known as the Reddit mob or the Reddit army) resulted in hedge fund losses of over $14 billion. And, despite recent declines, GameStop shares continue to show gains of more than 1,584 percent. The stock now trades at about $150. A year ago, it was just $4. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By […]
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Alfred Street Baptist Church Foundation partners with Google Cloud for largest free virtual HBCU College Fair in the nation
(Black PR Wire) — The Alfred Street Baptist Church Foundation is partnering with Google Cloud in presenting the ASBC Foundation’s 19th annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Festival, taking place virtually for the first time on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. For nearly two decades, the ASBC Foundation’s signature event has enabled more than 50,000 Black youth – […]
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Entrepreneur launches social media app for the Black community
Created by Adeyinka Adegoke, MelaninPeople is a social networking app designed to connect a range of Black and Brown individuals, businesses and professionals. (Courtesy of Blacknews.com) By Blacknews.com MelaninPeople is a social media app that aims to connect Black and Brown people within one convenient media network. The platform connects black people worldwide to increase […]
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Comcast introduces the fastest internet speeds over Wi-Fi across the Northeast
PHILADELPHIA – January 20, 2021 – Comcast announced today that it has introduced the fastest internet speeds over Wi-Fi available across the Northeast including 14 states from Maine to Virginia and Washington D.C. Customers can now take advantage of advanced Wi-Fi technology that is capable of delivering Wi-Fi speeds faster than a Gig to support the […]
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AFRO brings Black Business Matters Expo
The 2021 Virtual Black Business Matters Expo will be hosted on Feb. 18 from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The AFRO has been walking and talking Black businesses since its founding in 1892 and almost 129 years later, the publication is hosting the inaugural Black Business Matters Expo on Feb. […]
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A Georgia HBCU remains committed to providing a pipeline of STEM degree students
Dr. Isaac J. Crumbly (Photo courtesy BlackPressUSA) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Located deep in the heart of Georgia, about 90 miles south of Atlanta, stands Fort Valley State University, one of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Nowhere is the university’s motto, “Empower the Possible,” underscored better than […]
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Twitter bans Trump, citing risk of violent incitement
(By kovop58_Shutterstock) By Tali Arbel AP Technology Writer Twitter banned President Donald Trump’s account Jan. 8, citing “the risk of further incitement of violence.” The social platform has been under growing pressure to take further action against Trump following the Jan. 6 deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Twitter initially suspended Trump’s account for 12 […]
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‘…Baby, One More Time’
AFRO writer Michelle Richardson’s best Christmas gift was given to her on the Christmas of 1999. (Courtesy of Michelle Richardson) By Michelle Richardson AFRO Freelance Writer The best gift I have ever received came on Christmas of 1999. I was in 5th grade, and we had just moved to Randallstown from Baltimore City. That Christmas […]
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Christmas gifts and memories
By Jessica Dortch AFRO News Editor One of the best gifts I’ve ever received was an Amazon Kindle tablet. Now, this may not seem like a major gift, but for an avid reader like myself, it was perfect. Although I love the touch and feel of a hardback book, I wanted to go digital and […]
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BCPS and ransomware ‘catastrophe’
Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS). (Courtesy Image/Logo) By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) continue to recover from a “catastrophic” cyber attack on its systems Dec. 9. “As pleased as we are with the progress that we’ve made so far in our recovery from the ransomware attack, especially in […]
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Child First Authority successfully pivots during the pandemic.
Dr. Bernard Harris, Sr., Elementary School fourth grade student Zamirah Hall attends The Child First Authority Program in her room at home in Baltimore working on a STEM project. (Photo credit: David Marshall) Justus Hawkins, Special to The Afro Undeniable energy circulates as Dr. Bernard Harris, Sr. Elementary School students begin to fill the classroom […]