(Black PR Wire) Hundreds of educators who have been shaped by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund‘s (TMCF) Teacher Quality and Retention Program (TQRP), now entering its 16th year as one of TMCF’s signature programs. Since its la…
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A.I. Has Ushered in Silicon Valley’s ‘Hard Tech’ Era
Goodbye to the age of consumer websites and mobile apps. Artificial intelligence has ushered in an era of what insiders in the nation’s innovation capital call “hard tech.”
Joby Will Buy Blade’s Helicopter Taxi Business for $125 Million
Joby Aviation, which is developing electric aircraft, will acquire the passenger business of Blade, a New York helicopter operator, for $125 million.
AI site Perplexity uses “stealth tactics” to flout no-crawl edicts, Cloudflare says
AI search engine Perplexity is using stealth bots and other tactics to evade websites’ no-crawl directives, an allegation that if true violates Internet norms that have been in place for more than three decades, network security and optimization service Cloudflare said Monday. In a blog post, Cloudflare researchers said the company received complaints from customers...
Swarming to San Francisco’s A.I. Boom: a New Crop of 20-Something CEOs
Some dropped out of M.I.T., Georgetown and Stanford. Others decided not to go to college. They all say they could not afford to wait to build their own artificial intelligence start-ups.
How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military
In a major shift, Google, OpenAI, Meta and venture capitalists — many of whom had once forsworn involvement in war — have embraced the military industrial complex.
The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion
The Rationalists, a community focused on the risks of artificial intelligence, regularly gather with tech figures and other like-minded people in a complex that covers much of a city block.
On ‘Martin,’ Pam and how we talk about art we love
Last week, Grammy-winning singer Ari Lennox took to social media to discuss her feelings about Martin, the classic 1990s sitcom starring the titular Martin Payne (played by comedian Martin Lawrence) and his friends trying to make it in Detroit. The show is beloved, especially among Black folks. Yet Lennox had some critiques, namely the way...
Puma officially unveils LaMelo Ball’s latest signature sneakers, the MB.05
Ahead of his sixth NBA season, Puma has unveiled the fifth on-court signature shoe for LaMelo Ball, the MB.05. Set to hit stores on Aug. 29 for $125, the three-quarter cut silhouette debuts in a fiery fluorescent pink colorway dubbed “World Tour,” which plays off Ball’s rockstar aesthetic. Homages to tattoos in the form of...
‘Highest 2 Lowest’ debuts first official trailer
Apple and A24 have released the first official trailer for Highest 2 Lowest, marking the highly anticipated reunion between director Spike Lee and actor Denzel Washington. The crime thriller represents their first collaboration since Inside Man premiered in 2006, ending a 19 year creative partnership gap. The film transforms Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 Japanese masterpiece High...


