WNBA All-Star and Phoenix Mercury guard Skylar Diggins-Smith has partnered with investment platform, Public.com to help level the playing field…
FundBlackFounders, a rewards-based crowdfunding platform, is breathing life into small Black-owned businesses—from a card game that turns awkward questions into…
The Plug, created in 2016 as the first daily newsletter centered on Black visionaries in technology, launched a renovated website…
The National Park Service in Auburn, NY, recently relaunched the Underground Railroad app, an interactive app that traces the Underground…
AI hair care company Myavana recently announced that they raised $5.9 million in seed funding. With the latest announcement, the…
Nigeria made history this week by becoming the first African nation to introduce digital currency. “Nigeria has become the first…
Jay-Z’s venture capitalist firm, Marcy Venture Partners (MVP), invested in 24-year-old technologist Iddris Sandu’s impact-driven tech incubator: spatial LABS (sLABS).…
A group of U.S. senators recently introduced the NO FAKES Act, a bill created to protect figures from the usage…
As tech continues to be implemented in most aspects of the world, various nonprofits are working to achieve racial equity…
Janneke Parrish, a program manager for Apple Maps, said she was fired by the tech giants this week. She is…
The U.S. National Science Foundation recently announced that $10 million will be given to institutions, including HBCUs, for AI research. …
Netflix is standing by Dave Chappelle and his controversial new Netflix special, “The Closer,” following its colossal backlash. Chappelle’s run…