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Black tech CEO shares personal story of how Trump order on foster care youth could change lives

Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order expanding the federal government’s partnership with states and the private sector to improve the lived outcomes of foster youth and those who age out of the foster care system. The executive order calls for the federal government to “harness Federal support, technology, and strategic partnerships to provide young Americans in or transitioning out of the foster care system with the tools they need to become successful adults.” The EO, spearheaded by […]

todayNovember 21, 2025 3

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An online debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump’s political coalition

An online spat between factions of Donald Trump‘s supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political movement into public display, previewing the fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House. The rift laid bare the tensions between the newest flank of Trump’s movement — wealthy members of the tech world including billionaire Elon Musk and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and their call for more highly skilled workers in their industry — and people in Trump’s Make […]

todayDecember 27, 2024 2

Economy

Black Tech Expert With 25 Years Experience to Teach Cybersecurity Classes in Underserved Communities

Meet Tony Wittock, the Founder and CEO of Cyber Security Consulting Ops, a Black-owned cybersecurity tech firm based in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. Tony started out as an ethical hacker before starting his own tech firm, but prior to that, he spent more than two decades working as a Manager, Director, and Principal Engineer for big companies like Comcast and Cisco.In his various roles, Tony was responsible for developing analog and digital set-top box firmware, field deployment of firmware, the […]

todayJune 17, 2024

Economy

Black Tech Founder Teams Up with Stadiums to Fight Food Waste and Hunger Using AI

Aneshai Smith, founder and CEO of GO See The City, has spearheaded a game-changing partnership with Levy Restaurant Group, marking a significant milestone in the fight against food waste and hunger. Leveraging GO See The City’s Hariet.AI enterprise platform, this partnership has enabled GO See The City to divert surplus food from major stadiums, including Paycom Center Arena, home of the NBA’s Oklahoma Thunder, and now Oklahoma University's Memorial Stadium, where unused food from Oklahoma Sooners football games is being […]

todayApril 24, 2024

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Exclusive: Rep. Barbara Lee and CBC members’ letter addresses layoffs of Black tech employees 

Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California and several other Congressional Black Caucus members have written a letter to Julie Su, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, to address the disproportionate layoffs of Black tech employees.   An excerpt from the letter reads, “We write to express our concerns with recent reports highlighting the impacts of widespread layoffs within the tech industry and its disproportionate impacts on the African American community and women.” “Tech companies who previously agreed to […]

todayDecember 20, 2023 1