Creating content in the midst of grief can profoundly impact what you produce. This is especially true for authors like Michael Arceneaux, who published his third book, I Finally Bought Some Jordans, while navigating the loss of friends and family and the devastating pain that came with it. As Arceneaux noted, “Grief sends your mind...
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North Carolina A&T student passed up a Fortune 500 job to chase her sports dreams
I first heard about the Rhoden Fellows Initiative as a sophomore at North Carolina A&T State University. I had never had an internship and was eagerly searching for one. The fellowship’s description looked perfect for me, and I wanted nothing more than to be a Rhoden Fellow. A few weeks after I applied, I received...
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TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban
The social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sued to challenge the new law, saying it violated users’ First Amendment rights.
OpenAI Releases ‘Deepfake’ Detector to Disinformation Researchers
The prominent A.I. start-up is also joining an industrywide effort to spot content made with artificial intelligence.
Behind Nigeria’s Arrest of Binance Employee, Claims of a Bribe Request
A compliance officer for the cryptocurrency exchange told senior executives and Nigerian contacts that the company had been asked to pay $150 million in crypto.
Ransomware mastermind LockBitSupp reveled in his anonymity—now he’s been ID’d
Enlarge / Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, aka LockBitSupp (credit: UK National Crime Agency) Since at least 2019, a shadowy figure hiding behind several pseudonyms has publicly gloated for extorting millions of dollars from thousands of victims he and his associates had hacked. Now, for the first time, “LockBitSupp” has been unmasked by an international law enforcement...
Microsoft launches AI chatbot for spies
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft has introduced a GPT-4-based generative AI model designed specifically for US intelligence agencies that operates disconnected from the Internet, according to a Bloomberg report. This reportedly marks the first time Microsoft has deployed a major language model in a secure setting, designed to allow spy agencies to analyze top-secret information...
Samuel L. Jackson and Henry Golding to star in ‘Head Games’
Samuel L. Jackson and Henry Golding have been cast in the psychological sci-fi thriller Head Games. Music video and film director Anthony Mandler is helming the project that’s primed to attract a lot of attention at Cannes this month. Golding will portray Jacob, a corporate spy who poses as a personal chef to Graham (Jackson),...
Howard University became my home not too far away from home
Ten years before I became a Bison at the original HU, my sister Tamika was a student there. Honestly, I never thought about applying to Howard University until my family started praising the school as my senior year in high school approached. But as someone who has lived in Arlington, Virginia, her entire life, attending...




