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Google has vowed to increase its diversity leadership 30 percent by 2025. CEO Sundar Pichai has announced that the search engine giant will be adding more Black employees and those from “underrepresented groups” in top roles over the next five years. Google’s promise comes after global Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the death of…

Google has warned that scammers are sending 18 million coronavirus hoax emails per day to Gmail users. The tech giant revealed the ongoing health crisis has led to a rise in phishing attacks, which see criminals trying to trick people into revealing their personal data. In a joint statement, Gmail’s products manager Neil Kumaran and…

Google has released new guidelines for business owners amid the health crisis. The tech giant has decided to issue a list of FAQs in an effort to minimize the damage being done by the virus, which has prompted lockdowns for various businesses — both online and offline — around the globe. In a tweet promoting…

On Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, Google released a new video ahead of Black History Month highlighting phenomenal African Americans who have made noteworthy accomplishments. The concept behind the video is to bring awareness to some of “the most searched” history makers and moments that have captured the attention of the world. It opens with “the…

For more than a decade, Google has periodically changed its search page logo for holidays, special events and anniversaries, but today the search engine was designed by a young Black teenage girl from Georgia. Every year, Google hosts a competition for students around the country to design their own interpretation of what the Google search…

In the continuing public relations storm that is oversaturating the media and Jussie Smollett, the Chicago Police Department released documents that show the “Empire” actor searched himself on Google about five dozen times after allegedly being attacked. The beleaguered Smollett, 37, filed charges on Jan. 29 stating that he was the victim of a homophobic…

The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. held a national summit in California this month to bring together thought leaders from multiple industries to discuss innovative ways to recruit, retain and promote diverse engineering and computer science talent. At the summit, “NACME: A Diversity Solution,” held Sept. 19-21 in San Francisco and Palo…

As more Fortune 500 firms, such as Google, Apple, and Ernest & Young, have eliminated the requirement for a college degree, opportunities for employment are now open to those who haven’t attended prestigious and expensive universities. Educational platforms such as MIT OpenCourseWare, edX, and Coursera now offer free online IT classes with the ability to…

Valeisha Butterfield Jones is the global head of women and Black community engagement at Google where she is responsible for strengthening and deepening the technology giant’s recruitment, retention and inclusion practices from an intersectional lens. She’s also the co-founder and CEO of the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network, an award-winning executive, an activist and author…

Blacks In Tech L.A. serves as a community where like-minded individuals can share ideas, experiences, and information. BIT L.A. includes technology professionals, innovators and enthusiasts who are working with or interested in Web-based technologies. Along with including bloggers, digital media specialists, web designers, social media strategists, and software developers, the monthly meet-up also opens its…

Lauryn Nwankpa understands how using social media can have a positive and negative impact. During a tech meet up event at Google LAX, Nwankpa shared her thoughts on the power of messages that are spread through the use of technology. “I never imagined that people would leverage the same technology that brought us Black…

Daraiha Greene has always loved science, math, technology and the arts. As head of multicultural engagement for the CS and media team at Google, Greene gets an opportunity to combine all of her passions on a daily basis. Greene recently shared her thoughts on increasing diversity in tech and her scripted YouTube series, “GodComplX.” As…

Google LAX celebrated Black History Month by hosting an event to highlight cultural, technological, and scientific contributions within the Black community. Keynote speakers included Arnold Hackett (VP of Alliance and Partnership Management at Xerox); Daraiha Greene (Head of Multicultural Engagement for Computer Science in Media at Goolge); Lauryn Nwankpa (Founding Customer Service Manager at Headspace); and…

It’s a well-known fact that people prefer to shop in their native language. Naturally, they feel more comfortable when they completely understand what they’re reading. The same goes for searching. It’s highly unlikely that potential consumers in foreign markets will find their way to your website using English-language searches, which means you need to incorporate…

Google Arts & Culture has created a three-part Black History Month arts celebration. Yesterday they released their 2nd installment with “Black-ish“ and now “Grown-ish”actress Yara Shahidi. The young actress shared a video and her open letter: “To Be a Black Girl.” To be a black girl is to be one of the reasons the universe…

Unfortunately, Charlottesville was just the beginning of the alt-right madness. According to CNN, a number of alt-right rallies are scheduled this weekend, the largest of which is “March on Google,” which is scheduled to take place in several cities. The “March on Google” was organized to protest the firing of former Google employee James Damore,…

An internal memo drafted by a senior Google engineer has drawn furious backlash after he shared his document with fellow employees in response to the company’s diversity programs. The memo speaks against the idea that any of Google’s practices are sexist, even though the company is currently facing lawsuits regarding alleged pay discrimination by the U.S.…

The McDonald’s 365 Black Awards show was held Sunday, July 2, at the historic Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans closing out the last day of ESSENCE Fest 2017. Each year, the program recognizes and celebrates African Americans who are excelling in their respective fields and for the first time ever the organization awarded only female…

The U.S. Department of Labor has found evidence of “systemic compensation disparities” at Google. The discrimination is against its female employees. “We found systemic compensation disparities against women pretty much across the entire workforce,” Janette Wipper, a DoL regional director, testified in court in San Francisco on Friday, April 7, 2017. Google is a federal…

The Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network (WEEN) Academy graduates have an 86 percent career and internship placement success rate. The WEEN Academy has produced some of entertainment’s brightest and most talented rising stars in media, public relations, marketing, philanthropy, entertainment law, and more. Graduates of the academy receive WEEN certification, an opportunity for an internship…