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Making Discriminators Pay - The Madison Times

BlackEconomics.org® Economists have diverse opinions about economic theories that seek to explain racial discrimination. Even so, there is no doubt that official U.S. statistics confirm the persistent existence of economic inequality endured by Black America (in the short and long run), which is at least partly attributable to racial discrimination. However, economies may evolve organically […]

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You’re connected to the internet and online world from every device you own. That means that your information and details about you and what you while connected is online. In many cases, even the things you do while offline are recorded online through credit and debit card records. Every time Read

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From Nursery Rhymes to a Multi-Million-Dollar Enterprise – Free Press of Jacksonville

Encantos Media Studios, a children’s education company and a multicultural trove of free resources, interactive books and educational activities inspired by Latino nursery rhymes, was recognized as one of 19 media start-ups that top venture [...]

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

KABAARA: Democracy, tech are key pillars of transformation

Let’s discuss The Circular Riddle of Two Ds. First, democracy.

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Source: Business Daily

Reshaad Sha resigns as Liquid Telecom SA CEO

Reshaad Sha

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Source: TechCentral

Two Houston ISD campuses selected for Microsoft Imagine Academy - DefenderNetwork.com

Students at HISD’s Edison Middle School and Yates High School will receive innovative technological instruction through the Microsoft Imagine Academy as part of the company’s partnership with the City of Houston to stimulate digital literacy in economically disadvantaged communities. Edison Middle

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Loon balloons go commercial - Kenya first to go live - TechCentral

Alphabet began offering the world's first commercial high-speed Internet using balloons to villagers in remote regions of Kenya's Rift Valley on Wednesday.

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Entrepreneurship education for children booms during lockdown - Voice Online

THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) pandemic has been devastating to many globally, however there are some people... The post Entrepreneurship education for children booms during lockdown appeared first on Voice Online.

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Source: Britain's Favourite Black Newspaper - Voice Online

Africa: Internet Balloons Could Help to Bridge the Digital Divide

[The Conversation Africa] Kenya has, in partnership with Google's sister firm, Loon, launched a fleet of 35 internet balloons that will provide internet services to remote areas of the country. This is the first balloon-powered internet to launch in Africa. Nixon Muganda explains how these will

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Source: allAfrica.com

NBA Will Be Using Microsoft Teams To Project Virtual Fans Into The Bubble

The NBA is set to officially restart it on Thursday (Jul.30), and if you have been watching the tune-up games, it's a bit weird without fans. The league is looking to tackle that issue by partnering with Microsoft.

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Source: Black America Web

Dr. Juan E. Gilbert

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Inside Microsoft's (impossible?) mission to go carbon negative

In January, Microsoft pledged to be carbon negative (removing more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits) by 2030 and to spend US$1-billion on a climate investment fund, much of it aimed at bolstering carbon-removal tech, a nascent field with lots of big ideas but only a handful of companies

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Source: TechCentral

Apple lifts a giant middle finger to Intel

Apple CEO Tim Cook said it marked the beginning of a major new era for a product line powered the company’s rise in the 1980s and its resurgence in the late

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Source: TechCentral

Kenneth Denman

Kenneth Denman is currently a Venture Partner with Sway Ventures. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Emotient, Inc., an innovative venture-backed software start- up that built an artificial intelligence (deep learning) based platform for measuring facial expressions, leveraging computer

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Source: Savoy Network

WALUBENGO: US tech restrictions will have far-reaching impact

We urgently need to lower costs and to accelerate technology deployment in Africa.

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Source: Business Daily

Mayor Turner, Microsoft expand digital alliance with City of Houston - DefenderNetwork.com

Mayor Sylvester Turner announced on Monday that the city of Houston has expanded its groundbreaking digital alliance with Microsoft to innovate in big data, artificial intelligence and the digital economy. Microsoft brings to Houston “Accelerate,” a new program designed to address economic recovery

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Severely disabled girl uses robot to walk – Dallas Post Tribune

A 10-year-old Belgian girl who suffers from epilepsy that is so severe that she can barely move is now able to walk in place, thanks to the help of a new 'robot.' Her parents are asking for donations so she can continue the treatment. An employee mounts Femke in to the robot.(Newsflash) Young Femke

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

4 Innovations That Are Set to Transform the Online Gambling Industry

4 Innovations That Are Set to Transform the Online Gambling Industry The online gambling industry continues to expand and attract even more players around the world. Currently, there are over 1.6 billion people that play casino games from their desktop and mobile devices. But, this sector, as many

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

ODOTE: Data-driven decision making a necessity

On June 6, the place of data in decision making in the Kenyan context came to the fore when President Uhuru Kenyatta addressed the nation on the lifting of the curfew and lockdown in some parts of the country as a result of the Covid-19

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Source: Business Daily

Chinas AI development: What the world can learn and what it should be wary of

The world needs to engage seriously with China’s AI development and take a closer look at what’s really going on, writes Nesta researcher, Hessy Elliott.

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Film Director Mariano Santillán, based in Argentina, continues work on Short Film based on sci-fi story "JoinWith. Me"

The screenplay JoinWith.Me has received multiple accolades in 2020. Despite the COVID situation, short film production continues. TUCUMAN, TUCUMAN, ARGENTINA, August 29, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Argentine film and video director Mariano …

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

3 Years After Hurricane Harvey, Many Houston Homeowners Dont Know Who’s At Risk Next

A lack of data and options is trapping people in flood-prone homes and driving inequality.

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

New York’s Bronx Zoo Apologizes For Putting African Man In ‘Monkey House’ More Than 100 Years Ago - The New York Beacon

Ota Benga. (Photo: “The Tragic Life Of Ota Benga, The Man Who Was Caged In the Zoo” YouTube/screenshot) The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which runs New York’s Bronx Zoo, has apologized for its racist past. The WCS issued a statement on Wednesday, in the wake