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Hadiyah Mujhid created HBCU.vc as an avenue to invest in tech innovators from HBCUs.

Denise Young Smith, VP of Diversity and Inclusion at Apple has resigned.

Silas Adekunle—the founder of Reach Robotics—announced that his company will sell its gaming robots at Apple stores.

Google granted the Hidden Genius Project $1 million to develop a stronger Black male presence in tech.

Apple’s workforce is still predominately White and male.

Mattel recently released a Game Developer Barbie in efforts to break gender stereotypes in the STEM industry; but one thing the toy company failed to do was feature the doll in different ethnicities. The only available option was a White doll with red hair. After noticing this while picking up a doll for his wife who is a Black game developer, Marcus Montgomery was prompted to come up with a solution of his own.

New drug reforms are slated to be presented to the United Nations in April.

A black woman creates an app aimed to curb employment discrimination.

On Thursday, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin shared that the state filed a lawsuit against the nonprofit organization, claiming that their Louisville location performed illegal abortions without a license.

Every week a new app is launched, but none have gained the traction like Periscope in the nine months the platform has been active. Periscope is a live streaming app whose mission is to allow people to see the world through other people’s eyes. It’s essentially a boarding pass to anywhere in the world. Since […]

Siri is helpful for a lot of things — finding a date night spot, directions, and looking up definitions. But if you wanted to mess with Siri and ask her to define the word ‘bitch,’ you would come across this: The third definition says (Black slang) for a woman. Excuse me? Since when is the word bitch […]

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced on Tuesday his company’s plan to invest $300 million to improve diversity in the technology industry. The move comes after a year-long campaign waged by Rev. Jesse Jackson and other activists who demanded Silicon Valley diversify their workforces to include more minorities and women. Krzanich has set an aggressive goal of […]