(Black PR Wire) DALLAS, TEXAS – For nearly three decades, the Distinctively Debutantes program has empowered exceptional young women through education, mentorship, and personal development. This year’s 28th Annual Grand C…
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(BPRW) Marva Johnson officially confirmed as FAMU president despite vocal opposition
(Black PR Wire) Florida A&M University is entering a new chapter—one that begins under a cloud of controversy. On June 18, the Florida Board of Governors officially confirmed Marva Johnson, J.D. as the 13th president of FAMU. Her appoi…
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At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I.
On 1,200 acres of cornfield in Indiana, Amazon is building one of the largest computers ever for work with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence start-up.
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The résumé is dying, and AI is holding the smoking gun
Employers are drowning in AI-generated job applications, with LinkedIn now processing 11,000 submissions per minute—a 45 percent surge from last year, according to new data reported by The New York Times. Due to AI, the traditional hiring process has become overwhelmed with automated noise. It’s the résumé equivalent of AI slop—call it “hiring slop,” perhaps—that...
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(BPRW) HomeFree-USA Unveils Experian® CreditCenter™ to Empower Thousands of Potential Homebuyers
(Black PR Wire) LANDOVER, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– HomeFree-USA announces the Experian® CreditCenter™, a free tool, backed by FICO®, to empower potential homebuyers. This initiative is an extension of Experian’s ongoing partners…
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(BPRW) Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Savings Collaborative launch groundbreaking National Financial Resilience Program at HBCUs in honor of Juneteenth
(Black PR Wire) In commemoration of Juneteenth, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and the Savings Collaborative today announced an ambitious new partnership to launch a comprehensive National Financial Resilience Program at the…
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Media Matters Sues F.T.C. Over Advertising Investigation
The liberal advocacy organization said in a lawsuit that the Federal Trade Commission’s inquiry into boycotts with other advertising groups was “retribution.”
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Tesla Begins Limited Robotaxi Service in Austin
The vehicles will have safety monitors and may not operate in bad weather, making them more restricted than the fully autonomous vehicles promised by Elon Musk.
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Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state group
Hackers suspected of working on behalf of the Chinese government exploited a maximum-severity vulnerability, which had received a patch 16 months earlier, to compromise a telecommunications provider in Canada, officials from that country and the US said Monday. “The Cyber Centre is aware of malicious cyber activities currently targeting Canadian telecommunications companies,” officials for the...
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(BPRW) NAACP and Other Civil Rights Groups Demand Department of Energy Withdraw Rule Rolling Back Civil Rights Protections
(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON — The NAACP, along with a coalition of allied organizations and legal experts, filed formal comments urging the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to immediately withdraw a dangerous rule that dismantles long-s…