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A former employee at Google sued the tech giant on Friday, claiming it engages in systemic bias against Black workers. Reuters reports the lawsuit, filed on Friday in a San Jose, California federal court, accuses Google of maintaining a “racially biased corporate culture” by placing Black employees in lower-level jobs, paying them less and denying them opportunities to advance because of […]
Ashanti has announced a new partnership with the woman-owned Web3 company EQ Exchange. The Chapter II artist, who last year detailed her decision to re-record her self-titled debut album, unveiled her latest endeavor at SXSW in Austin this week. According to a press release, the partnership will make the singer “the first Black female artist to […]
Adidas will soon be launching its first-ever large-format ‘halo’ storefront in Toronto. The halo concept brings several of the adidas sub-brands together while creating an immersive customer experience. Though the concept was launched in Dubai last year, this will be the world’s first large-format halo store. Clocking in at over 12,000 square feet, the new […]
President Joe Biden is soon set to sign an executive order on cryptocurrency, multiple reports claimed this week. According to Bloomberg, the order—which the publication’s sources said is expected to be signed by Biden this week—will see federal agencies being directed to examine possible regulatory changes in the crypto space. Notably, the order has been “in the works” […]
Megan Thee Stallion and AmazeVR, a virtual reality concert platform company, have announced their partnership on a 10-stop tour titled Enter Thee Hottieverse. “Virtual reality has always been an interest of mine and I’m glad that we’ll be able to make history with this experience,” Megan said of the unique experience,which is billed as the […]
An entrepreneur who doubles as a rapper is being charged along with her husband for allegedly laundering billions following a cryptocurrency exchange breach. Heather Rhiannon Morgan, 31, and Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, 34, were arrested in NYC on Tuesday on accusations of laundering $4.5 billion following a 2016 breach. They allegedly helped “wash” 119,754 Bitcoins before reportedly transferring them to Lichtenstein’s digital […]
Social media scammers made off with a crazy amount of cash in 2021. According to a Jan. 25 report put out by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), over 95,000 people reported $770 million had been lost to social media fraud in 2021. What’s more shocking is the losses only accounted for 25% of all reported fraud in 2021, […]
Jack Sweeney, the 19-year-old behind the Twitter bot @ElonJet, which tracks the whereabouts of the Tesla CEO’s private jet, told Protocol that he received an early morning DM last year, asking, “Can you take this down? It is a security risk.” Sweeney created 15 accounts using bots to track the planes of well-known figures, like Bill Gates […]
Kanye West does not have any intentions of entering the NFT space, at least not for now. The music mogul shared his thoughts on the growing world of non-fungible tokens, saying that he is more focused on building products for the “real world” and not the digital one. “STOP ASKING ME TO DO NFT’s I’M […]
Shantell Martin, the visual artist who has worked in collaboration with Kendrick Lamar, the New York City Ballet, and beyond, launched her “The Importance of Conversation” NFT collection on Saturday. Following the unveiling of her “The Importance of Process” collection last year, the new series available via Nifty Gateway—animated by Ben Sheppee and highlighting her signature black and white drawings— touches on […]
