Stories

The African influence on Puerto Rican culture is still felt today. Meet the music genre bomba.

Cameras don’t always show black faces in their best light. Here’s how Insecure’s Ava Berkofsky does it.

Even before the 2018 movie, Black Panther and the people of Wakanda have had some great tech.

It’s not often an action cartoon has a deaf character who’s also a bad-ass general. Here’s how they designed her.

Meet the real-life superheroes.

Jordan Peele’s horror flick doesn’t tick the boxes black films usually need to to see a nomination.

Why software struggles to detect dark skin

The impact of our everyday internet usage

Why the popular response to online privacy is so flawed.

A Q&A with Black Girls Code CEO Kimberly Bryant.

Not if this mic jammer has anything to say about it

Not “jiffs.”

We’ve all been there.

What 90’s Disney princess are you? One who’s being spied on.

The Venn diagram of tech founders and college dropouts (Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs…) skews one direction.

Be honest: you just want the titanium card.

Hands-free video recording rarely looks this stylish.

What a spectacle

Before Apple’s smartwatch, there was a little-known watch named Pebble.

The site is “free” to use in exchange of letting Facebook track your every move. Where’s the option to just pay in cash?

Ban harassment, not the models.

1-2 Switch is more accessible than we thought

No jailbreak required.

300 characters. Each a different skin tone.

Is it worth $79.99?

The real infinite loop

Inclusion meets science and math education