by John Reid Meet Sam Ayeni, founder and CEO of Afrikare Life, a Black-owned company that has developed an easy life insurance platform and other financial solutions to help working-class people of African descent and other people of color in America. Mr. Ayeni, with his founding partners, Maureen Marcus and Andrew Fyneboy, are celebrating the launch Read More…
With ‘The Woman King,’ the legendary actress has leveled up from a master of drama to a bona fide action star Sony Pictures/Ringer illustration Early in The Woman King, obstinate recruit Nawi (Thuso Mbedu) is told that she could be easily mistaken for a child. She fires back at her commanding officer: “You look like Read More…
New York becomes the first state in the country to pass historic legislation that would make it easier to fix your things. by Jason Koebler After a multi-year battle, New York has become the first state in the country to pass an electronics right-to-repair law, a historic win for consumers and independent repair shops across Read More…
The Navy says it has more UFO videos. It doesn’t want to share them. by Jason Koebler Motherboard explores UFOs, UFO culture, and the paranormal. See More → The U.S. Navy says that releasing any additional UFO videos would “harm national security” and told a government transparency website that all of the government’s UFO videos Read More…
Marc Wilson shot and killed 17-year-old Haley Hutcheson in Georgia after he said he was called racial epithets and nearly run off the road. TD by Trone Dow Marc Wilson—the Black man convicted for shooting a 17-year-old in Georgia, despite claims of self-defense—will spend a decade in prison. Judge Ronnie Thompson handed down the maximum Read More…
Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard’s podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet. See More → Multiple branches of the U.S. military have bought access to a powerful internet monitoring tool that claims to cover over 90 percent of the world’s internet traffic, and which in some cases provides access to Read More…
