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Data Privacy Day 2025: Why Privacy is the Cornerstone of Innovation

By: Rachel Cash, CEO & Founder, Elroi   January 28 marks the day the world comes together to celebrate Data Privacy Day. In 2025, we are...

Eventnoire Hosts Inaugural Curator Summit to Champion Black Innovation in the Experience Economy

Eventnoire CEO Jeff Osuji with Content is King Panel ( Left to right : Ross Mac, Cody Mack, Scarlett M., Tahiti Spear, AC Trybula...

‘Metastasizing Disrespect’: How Social Media Turbocharges Gun Violence

Experts say Abdul Vicks, 25 — who was fatally shot in broad daylight after digging up his rival's grave, then uploading the video to...

Mayor Johnson Announces City’s Termination of ShotSpotter Contract

The city of Chicago will end its relationship with ShotSpotter after the summer ends, announced Mayor Brandon Johnson.  On Tuesday morning, the mayor released a...

REVOLT CEO Detavio Samuels on AI Being a Disrupter in Media Industry

"I believe the technology sector is the modern day gold rush," said Detavio Samuels, CEO of REVOLT. "It is the biggest creator of generational...

Black Tech Week Convenes Large Gathering of Black Innovators

Black Tech Week, (BTW) returned Tuesday, connecting tech entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals to educational opportunities, resources, and to one another. The conference has sparked the...

Black Married Couple Empowering Today’s Black Tech Leaders

Candice Matthews Brackeen and Brian Brackeen are General Partners at Lightship Capital, a firm investing in innovators, E-commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Healthtech, and more. They...

Meta Celebrates 15 Years in Chicago with New Initiative to Encourage More Blacks in Tech

On June 8, Meta Chicago formerly known as Facebook marked its 15 anniversary with a celebration in its new office space at 151 N....

White House Head of Science and Technology Policy, Dr. Alondra Nelson Talks to the Chicago Defender

A scholar of science, technology, medicine, and social inequality, Alondra Nelson is the Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, an...

Digital Privacy: Is Data Ownership The Next Frontier?

As internet usage has become a routine activity, so has the mining, analyzing and monetizing of personal information – much of it done without...
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