Posts Tagged ‘technology’
A growing push to fix pulse oximeters’ flawed readings in people of color: ‘This can be dangerous’
The FDA is finally considering what to do about pulse oximeters, which do not work as well for people with darker skin.
Read MoreTech Watch: Seven Black-Owned Startups to Keep Your Eye On
Check out these seven Black-owned startups across various industries that aim to improve lives and turn a profit.
Read MoreNo quick fix: How OpenAI’s DALL·E 2 illustrated the challenges of bias in AI
OpenAI’s DALL·E 2 is the latest technological project that has come under fire for biased computing based on gender and racial differences.
Read MoreBlack women are creating a pipeline of diversity in the tech sector
Latoya Elder and Sherrell Dorsey weren’t happy with how few women have careers in tech, and each decided to offer her expertise to help others
Read MoreThis police robot could make traffic stops safer
A California man has built a robot that he hopes will take some of the danger out of traffic stops — those anxiety-provoking and potentially deadly encounters between police officers and motorists that play out on American roads more than 50,000 times a day. Such encounters lead to many injuries and deaths each year — particularly among black motorists, who are more likely than their white counterparts to experience violence from police.
Read MoreIntel Withdraws Funding For White Supremacist GOP Congressman Steve King
Technology corporation Intel has dropped its support for Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), an eight-term congressman who has been expressing racist beliefs in increasingly undisguised terms. King has long promoted white nationalist views without any consequence from the GOP.
Read MoreTech’s Whiteness Is the Problem. Are We the Solution?
By Amy L. Alexander, The Root Last week, Twitter said it was “pausing” to reconsider the process by which it bestows the blue checkmark denoting accounts that had been “verified,” and on Wednesday the company announced it was yanking the designation from some users who occupy the neo-Nazi or nationalist bucket of grassroots white activism.…
Read MoreWoman Who Is Disabled Shocked To Find No Prostheses In Her Skin Tone
By Elyse Wanshel, HuffPost Black Voices A woman in Canada who recently had her left leg amputated is having a difficult time accepting her new body. Rahab Wanjau, 30, was born with a deformity on her left tibia (or shinbone). She told HuffPost that after five painful surgeries, which left her relying on crutches most…
Read MoreYes, It Is Rocket Science, and African Americans Are Doing It
These 11 African Americans are leaders in their STEM fields, from video game technology to space exploration, setting an example for the kind of professional achievement that is possible. By Nigel Roberts, The Root 1. African Americans are missing out on the tech boom. Job creation in science, technology, engineering and math—known as STEM—career…
Read MorePhoto of Boy in Public Housing with an iPad Prompts Debate
A story about public housing gained interest after people became angry over a photo of a black boy with an iPad.
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