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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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Race and Technology – Algorithms

May 19, 2016 | 0 Comments

Algorithm– a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer. If you think computing, technology and the Internet is color blind you would be wrong. We...

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Obama Launches ConnectHome Initiative

July 20, 2015 | 0 Comments

President Obama announced a broad initiative intended to provide high-speed Internet service to low-income households. The announcement came last Wednesday. The pilot program, named ConnectHome, hopes to deliver high-speed broadband access to over 275,000 low-income households...

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