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Amazon theGrio.com
November 10, 2020
European Union regulators filed antitrust charges Tuesday against Amazon, accusing the company of using data to gain an unfair advantage.
October 18, 2020
Aaron Fender, the cofounder of an Atlanta-based, Black-owned coffee company, will be receiving $50,000 from Google's new initiative.
CeBIT Technology Trade Fair 2018
July 24, 2020
Facebook annouces a $650M settlement in a class-action suit brought by Illinois plantiffs for misuse of its facial recognition technology.
July 6, 2020
After months of conducting research into virtual reality businesses, Shantay DeMar launched @VR, a Frederick, MD-based virtual reality gaming business.
May 24, 2020
Hanifa has rocked social media by debuting its latest collection from designer Anifa Mvuemba on Instagram Live using 3D models.
Google thegrio.com
May 14, 2020
Former and current employees of Google are accusing the company of rolling back their diversity programs to please conservatives and…
May 13, 2020
Facebook will pay a $52 million dollar settlement for employees who have been traumatized by the work they've done keeping…
April 11, 2020
A Detroit church is assisting the community with safe in-person services, along with laptop giveaways to help parishioners get through…
Chris Lyons
February 20, 2020
Philanthropist Karen Civil and Andreessen Horowitz executive and tech leader Chris Lyons were a part of a discussion about Black…
December 4, 2019
Crystal Windham talks about exactly what led her to become the first African-American woman Director of Interior Design at General…
Google thegrio.com
October 5, 2019
Atlanta officials have questions for Google. Did the technology giant target Black homeless people in the city to improve their…
Facebook theGrio.com
July 30, 2019
In the wake of one of the largest data breach in history, tech companies like Facebook must be more accountable…
March 6, 2019
Self-driving cars are something many people are looking forward to but a machines  ability to decipher light skin from a
oracle thegrio.com
January 23, 2019
The Labor Department has revealed that computer tech giant Oracle has withheld $400 million in wages from women, Black and…
January 16, 2019
Pipeline Angels is helping Black women who want to step up to be guardian angels for other sisters who are…
August 13, 2018
[griojw id=”yj02uJze” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] (All Star Code Summer Gala Host, Soledad O’Brien, talks about why she’s so dedicated to mentoring.) It’s
Black woman cellphone thegrio.com
July 24, 2018
It's a well-known fact that humans are prone to be racist, but as artificial intelligence evolves, it has become evident…
July 10, 2018
[griojw id=”IcVnNyWH” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]This summer there are young Black boys learning how to code and be tech entrepreneurs and it’s all
amazon thegrio.com
May 5, 2018
Amazon asked people to take part in their new project to scan your body.
Black Panther theGrio.com
March 19, 2018
Black Panther is taking over everything from beauty pageants to major sporting games— and it doesn’t seem to be letting