Political Playback: California Capitol News You Might Have Missed
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Sacramento Kings and Black-Owned Digital License Plate Firm Enter History-Making Partnership
Reviver, the world’s first digital license plate and connected vehicle platform, has entered into a history-making jersey patch partnership with the Sacramento Kings, team officials announced right before the team’s season opener on Oct. 24.
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Ranking Member Waters Releases Bipartisan Report on Artificial Intelligence
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Funded by Big Tech? Calif. Lawmakers Debate the Future of Journalism
Last month, Sen. Steven Glazer (D-Orinda) vowed to bring back a journalism support bill he authored that had hit a snag in the legislative process.
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Nvidia CEO Unveils Processing System Named for Black Mathematician
Nvidia, the third largest corporation in the world valued at $2.3 trillion, held its annual Global Technology Conference and expo at the Convention Center in San Jose from March 18 to 21.
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House Passes Bill Banning TikTok in the United States
The United States House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation to potentially ban TikTok, the viral video-sharing platform owned by a China-based company. The move highlights lawmakers’ growing concerns over the app’s possible threats to national security.
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Movie Mogul Tyler Perry Stops Production on $800M Studio Expansion After Seeing Video AI Model
Tyler Perry was planning an $800 million expansion of his studio in Atlanta. Now the plans are on hold. Why? Because a new text-to-video artificial intelligence (AI) model. The new AI model by ChatGTP entitled “Sora” creates video from a text prompt.
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Founder Creates App To Revolutionize Networking For Black Women Entrepreneurs, Professionals, And Creatives
Meet Lashawn Dreher, founder and creator of the BlkWomenHustle® app, a revolutionary networking application for Black women entrepreneurs, professionals, and creatives. The app cultivates social capital, strengthens economic empowerment, and catapults careers and entrepreneurial pursuits.
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Black Women in Tech Share Concerns, Hopes About A.I. Industry
Sofia Mbega’s first exposure to technology – more specifically, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) — happened years before she moved from East Africa to the Golden State.
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Conservative Group Files Lawsuit Against Venture Capital Fund That Offers Help to Black Women-Owned Businesses
With the white sheets removed, the hoods now off, and the dog whistles as overt as they were during Jim Crow and the struggle for civil rights in the mid-20th century, a conservative group that spearheaded the Supreme Court’s overturning of affirmative action now has set its sights on Black women.
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Breaking Barriers: Spill Revolutionizes Online Representation as the Leading Social Media App for African Americans
To address the concerns and challenges faced by diverse communities, two former Twitter employees have developed a new social media app called Spill. Alphonzo “Phonz” Terrell and DeVaris Brown, the co-founders of Spill, have created a platform they said prioritizes the safety and well-being of marginalized identities, with a particular emphasis on African Americans and the LGBT-Q community.
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Facebook to Payout $725 Million to Users in Privacy Settlement; Here’s How to Claim Your Share
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit.
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