The Baltimore Mayor’s Office and the Baltimore City Office of Information Technology partnered with local nonprofit, PCs for People, to provide low-income families with refurbished computers. (Courtesy of PCs for People) By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO Under the leadership of Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, the city is simultaneously reducing waste and taking concrete […]
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Discovery Education event celebrates Black leaders in STEM
Chevron, Boeing, the American Petroleum Institute (API), Microsoft, Proctor & Gamble, Caterpillar Foundation, the Manufacturing Institute, The National After School Association, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) will display how they are using their STEM skills to make a difference and introduce students to STEM. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The members […]
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Tech company advocates for Farewell to digital equity
Fearless, a tech company headquartered in Baltimore, plans to close the digital inequity gap in Maryland with the help of the Digital Connectivity Act of 2021. By Reginald Allen II Special to the AFRO The digital divide has left rural and low-income Maryland residents in the dark. John Foster, partner and chief operating officer of […]
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App helps businesses detect presence of in-house COVID-19
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 […]
