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Racism Online: Facebook Profited From Racist Ads

November 16, 2016 | 4 Comments

Facebook has allowed advertisers to discriminate against people of color. As simple as that. The world’s largest social media site is also the greatest collector of personal information in the history of mankind. To profit...

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The National Bureau of Economic Research has found that Uber and Lyft drivers discriminate against black riders and cheat women.  In a not so surprising announcement MIT, Stanford University and the University of Washington researchers announced blacks...

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T-Mobile to Pay for Misleading Customers

October 21, 2016 | 0 Comments

The FCC has dropped the hammer on cell provider T-Mobile. T-Mobile USA Inc. agreed to cough up at least $48 million for making customers believe it offered a truly unlimited data plan. It was never...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Goes Down in Flames!

October 14, 2016 | 0 Comments

Its not often a company releases a product that is an absolute disaster. It doesn’t happen often but when it does it is history.  Samsung has joined the list of companies that have done so....

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In case you haven’t heard Airbnb is not racist. Not at all. But the website is fighting the racism of its users. Again and again racist users of Airbnb have refused accommodations to people of color....

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 President Obama has named Dr. B. Vindell Washington, M.D., as the new leader of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. Washington took over leadership of ONC in August from Karen DeSalvo, M.D., who...

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Seems everyone is going nuts for Pokemon. The game has become an worldwide phenomenon and people are basically losing their minds over the game.  Some people have been robbed and even killed playing Pokemon Go....

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Obama Issues Cyber Response Directive

August 1, 2016 | 0 Comments

President Obama has sealed his legacy as not only America’s first African-American president but also America’s first cyber president. No president before has overseen the development of internet initiatives and cyber warfare capabilities as President...

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Lenny App Introduces Credit to Millennials

July 21, 2016 | 0 Comments

Lenny is a new financial app that will offer credit lines of up to $10,000 to millennials and report their payment activity to credit bureaus to build their credit history.  A millennial is considered a...

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Philando Castile was shot and killed by police. It took only minutes for the images of the aftermath of the shooting to be come real world news thanks to Facebook’s live streaming function.  Welcome to...

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