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Intel Capital Announces New Partnership with HBCUvc

Sequoia BlodgettApril 2, 2019

by Sequoia BlodgettApril 2, 20191153

Intel Capital recently announced its new partnership with HBCUvc, a nonprofit that trains black and Latinx students attending historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-serving institutions...

Technology

Kenyan Engineer Creates High-Tech Gloves That Turn Sign Language into Speech

Samara LynnJanuary 14, 2019

by Samara LynnJanuary 14, 20192303

It sounds futuristic—a pair of gloves that translates sign language into speech—but such an invention is indeed a reality. A young engineer from Kenya, Roy...

Technology

Intel: ‘Our Workforce Now Reflects Diversity of Nation’s Skilled Workers’

Samara LynnOctober 31, 2018October 31, 2018

by Samara LynnOctober 31, 2018October 31, 2018507

Computer chip giant Intel released its diversity numbers this week. The company says it has achieved “full representation” in its workforce, two years ahead of...

Career

Intel Corp. Names Window Snyder As Its First Chief Security Officer

Adedamola AgboolaJune 29, 2018

by Adedamola AgboolaJune 29, 2018869

Window Snyder will leave Fastly at the end of the month to join Intel’s Platform Security Division at its new chief software security officer, vice...

Technology

Brian Krzanich, Intel CEO, Diversity in Tech Advocate, Resigns Over Affair

Samara LynnJune 21, 2018June 21, 2018

by Samara LynnJune 21, 2018June 21, 2018487

During his tenure as CEO at Intel, Krzanich led the charge to diversify the company and the tech industry. In 2015, he announced a $300 million Diversity...

Technology

Intel Capital to Invest $72 Million in 12 Tech Startups

Sequoia BlodgettMay 11, 2018May 18, 2018

by Sequoia BlodgettMay 11, 2018May 18, 2018359

Intel Capital just announced that they will invest $72 million in 12 tech startups at their Intel Capital Global Summit. These companies are driving advancements...

Technology

Intel Closes In On Goal To Reach Full Diversity Representation By Year’s End

Adedamola AgboolaMarch 27, 2018March 28, 2018

by Adedamola AgboolaMarch 27, 2018March 28, 2018322

A week after adding Risa Lavizzo-Mourey to its board of directors, Intel Corp., the world’s second largest semi-conductor chipmaker announced that it is very close...

Career

Intel Adds Risa Lavizzo-Mourey To Its Board of Directors

Adedamola AgboolaMarch 19, 2018March 19, 2018

by Adedamola AgboolaMarch 19, 2018March 19, 2018538

Intel Corporation announced Monday that Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, a doctor and professor, whose career focuses on disease, disability prevention, and health care issues among minorities will...

Technology

Pressure Increases for More Tech Firms to Tie C-Suite Exec Bonuses to Diversity Goals

Samara LynnOctober 27, 2017

by Samara LynnOctober 27, 2017307

Last year, Microsoft announced that its executives' bonuses would be determined on whether that executive’s team met its diversity goals....

Events

Highlights From The Black Enterprise TechConneXt Summit

Samara LynnOctober 10, 2017

by Samara LynnOctober 10, 2017430

“We continue to raise the bar since our inaugural event three years ago.” The first day of the TechConneXt Summit was awe-inspiring....