STEM

Top Story

Arizona wants to create a DNA database for care facilities and charge people for it, that’s a problem

According to Newsweek, a proposed Arizona Senate bill would require anyone who provides direct care in... more

by Contributors

NYPD asks Google to remove DUI checkpoints from their map application Waze

Report: Many iPhone apps are recording your screen activity without permission

Prisons are using voice recognition technology as mass surveillance

New experimental gene therapies offer potential cure for sickle cell, which largely affects Black communities

#Data4BlackLives conference highlights how technology and race interact

Google CEO finally grilled by Congress over data & censorship, but conservatives try to make it all about them

Trump admin is sticking to their absurd story that their own frightening climate change report is wrong

Chickenpox outbreak at North Carolina school where many parents opted out of vaccines is state’s worst in 20 years

ICE and the DEA are paying for hidden streetlight cameras to be watch you all across the country

Google employees stage mass walkout over sexual harassment and other workplace issues

Texas voting machine errors and draconian voter registration laws combine to spur voter disenfranchisement in the state

As Facebook is sued over inflated video metrics, shareholders call on Mark Zuckerberg to resign

The ACLU is fighting against ‘predictive crime algorithms’ in court

After exploiting her for research, Johns Hopkins University to name building after Henrietta Lacks

The US is trying to force Facebook to decrypt messenger files in case with serious privacy implications

“We microchip our dogs”: OH city council member proposes microchips instead of ankle monitors

Amazon reiterates “unwavering support” for US law enforcement, military despite worker complaints

Shuri returns to the throne in her own Marvel comic by Nnedi Okorafor

Elon Musk faces growing criticism over his contributions to Republican Political Action Committees

Black woman was slated to be on a historic space launch. NASA removed her with no explanation

New concerns over shifting costs to patients as private equity firms gobble up health care providers

As the FCC’s Net Neutrality repeal goes into effect, states issue lawsuits to fight internet deregulation

Amazon is selling face recognition software to police departments. What could go wrong?

In the wake of the Facebook scandal, Google’s data collection practices come under scrutiny

A team of Black girls were winning a NASA competition, then NASA switched up the rules

Facing backlash, Grindr announces plan to stop sharing sensitive user info including HIV status

Apple proposes to include new emojis that reflect users’ lives with disabilities

Here’s how Facebook and Cambridge Analytica harvested data from 50 million users for conservative political ads

After Uber’s self-driving car kills a woman in Arizona, company halts self-driving car tests

Report: Robots in the workforce are accelerating pay gaps for women and people of color

BYP on FB

Black Youth Project

Join Our Newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter today!

You can get all of our newest stories and updates on BYP research in your inbox.