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Users are already looking to find new social homes to replace TikTok. Is TikTok Going Away? As AFROTECH™ previously told you, the platform is on the brink of a potential ban following President Joe Biden’s signing of a law in April 2024, which requires ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, to sell the platform to a U.S.-based company within a year “For years, the Chinese government has sought to build detailed profiles about Americans – where we live and work, who are friends and coworkers are, what our interests are, and what our vices are,” Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar, the 48th Solicitor General of the United States, told the Supreme Court during a hearing on Friday Jan. 10, 2025, according to CNN. She also stated TikTok’s “immense data set” gives China “a powerful tool for harassment, recruitment and espionage.” If ByteDance refuses those terms, the application will no longer be available in the United States on Jan. 19, 2025. “Absent such relief, the Act will take effect on Jan. 19,...
Middle schooler Eniola Shokunbi is making a significant impact in classrooms. Shokunbi, then a fifth-grade student at Commodore MacDonough STEM Academy in Middletown, CT, was tasked with developing a solution to address future pandemic challenges in collaboration with her classmates, Shoppe Black reports . This inspired the creation of an air filter system designed to combat COVID-19 and cold viruses within classrooms, as reported by NBC Connecticut. “The air goes through all the sides,” Shokunbi explained to NBC Connecticut. “And it comes out of the top, so it filters in and out.” Her device, which cost $60 to make, is composed of a box fan, four furnace filters, duct tape, and cardboard. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in North Carolina further validated the invention. “It showed that the air filter removed over 99% of viruses in the air,” Shokunbi told NBC Connecticut. “And that it was effective.” Shokunbi and her classmates installed the air filters, which have been in...
Black-owned Cleo’s Southern Cuisine is still thriving nearly a year since it received a visit from Keith Lee. The Chicago, IL-based restaurant was founded by Kristen Ashley Harper, and she has swayed the hearts of locals through dishes inspired by her grandmother Cleo and her Southern roots, NBC News reports. “Technically Biloxi, (MS) — and I went to school at Grambling State University in Louisiana, so I took the Mississippi and the Louisiana and put it together and boom — there was Cleo’s,” Harper told the outlet. Customers can look forward to staple menu items including fried catfish fillet, fried chicken wings with Belgian waffles and sides that include butter herbed rice, “24-karat gold” muffins, and Creole crab mac and cheese, among others. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cleo's Southern Cuisine (@cleos_southerncuisine) In September 2023, the restaurant’s second location on The Loop was visited by Keith Lee, a popular social media food reviewer who currently has...
The latest round of winners of the Famous Amos Ingredients for Success Entrepreneurs Initiative have been selected, and their businesses represent an impressive cross section of the entrepreneurial talent that exists in the African American community. It’s a community that unfortunately continues to be underserved when it comes to opportunities. Each year since 2021, Famous Amos has partnered with the National Black Chamber of Commerce to award three Black, early-stage business owners with $50,000 in unrestricted business capital. But the Ingredients For Success Entrepreneurs Initiative gives its winners and participants much more than that, coupling the grant with business and mentorship resources provided by the NBCC. The 2023 winners– Steffanie Rivers, Emir Horton and Londyn Jackson –have not only developed impressive businesses, they’ve done so through amazing personal journeys that have put them in position to inspire and support others in their fields. And they are all...
Michael Jordan may be considered one of the greatest of all time when it comes to basketball, but it looks like his ever-present love for golf is finally paying off. While Tiger Woods may be the official face of the golf simulation gaming experience as the cover star of PGA Tour 2K23, there’s room for two GOATs as NBC 5 reveals that fans can tap into the “Michael Jordan Bonus Pack” as a part of the game’s pre-order process. This means fans will get to immerse themselves in the game through the basketball legend, but this is not Jordan’s first stint with the game of golf. In fact, he loves it so much that he even owns a private course in Florida called “Grove XXIII.”
When it comes to getting your finances in order, Tierra Jae should be your girl! After the realization that there weren’t many people in the finance industry who not only looked like her but truly catered to the community, Tierra took matters into her own hands. From there, New Beginnings Community Consulting & Restoration (NBCCR) was born. “This was a personal journey for me,” she said in an exclusive interview with AfroTech. “I started NBCCR back in 2015 when I found myself helping my family and friends restore their credit. I realized that I can create a business out of this because it’s something that we needed within the community. At the time, that we launched, my sole service was credit restoration.” Along her journey, Tierra created a first-of-its-kind planner that focuses on an individual’s current credit status and goals. LivePix Media She says one of most common misconceptions that our people have when it comes to debt management is that credit cards are a bad thing....
At just three-years-old, Led Bradshaw’s son was diagnosed with autism. In response, he created the Jake JetPulse comic books. According to NBC News Chicago, who first reported the story, these comics — of which five are currently available for purchase — combine “superhero” type scenarios with educational and learning opportunities. And Bradshaw said that these comics even helped his son, Jake, develop some of his skills as well. “His vocabulary started to build, he became more confident,” Bradshaw said. “It’s like being a superhero. He started to emulate the character also. Even though it’s a collaborative thing, it’s more like a love letter to my son, where I can actually teach him how to be a good human being, to work your hardest, to do your best.” Jake JetPulse, while inspired by Jake, is also co-written by him today, as well. “ He sits at my side while I’m putting it all together so I get his stamp of approval,” Bradshaw said. “Sometimes he’ll say … ‘We need to go back to the...