• Move over, Black Mirror; the BBC is showing AI can be a force for good in media

    The world’s leading public broadcaster is investing in pilots to demonstrate AI’s potential as a positive force in the media space

  • BAFTA TV Craft Awards: ‘Silo’, ‘Slow Horses’ & ‘Black Mirror’s ‘Demon 79’ Among 5 Double Winners

    BAFTA has announced the winners of the BAFTA Television Craft Awards, presented at a ceremony held on Sunday night in London. The awards celebrate the creativity, skill, and craft of behind-the-scenes television talent and the best programs of 2023. The following won two BAFTAs each: Director: Factual was won by Peter Beard and Bruce Fletcher for Otto Baxter: Not a F ing […]

  • Black Food Truck Festival celebrates Black-owned businesses

    Now in its third year (and fifth event), the Black Food Truck Festival (BFTF) has grown into an impressive showing of not only Black food trucks, but of a community hungry for more opportunities to celebrate Black-owned businesses.  The festival takes place April 26 through April 28, with an opening night event held on Friday […]

  • Black, Black-biracial student celebration set for May 25

    A first-ever celebration of local Black, and Black-biracial public, private and home-schooled students’ accomplishments will be held at 7 p.m. May 25 at the Columbus Learning Center, 4555 Central Ave. in Columbus. Continue reading at The Republic News.

  • GoPro Hero 12 Black vs GoPro Hero 11 Black: What’s new?

    In 2023, GoPro announced the latest device to join its flagship action camera line – the GoPro Hero 12 Black.  The action camera shares a good number of similarities with its predecessor, the GoPro Hero 11 Black. The two action cameras feature similar designs, the same 1/1.9-inch CMOS image sensor, and matching image and video resolutions. Both cameras also take advantage of identical waterproof ratings and the same-sized batteries.  Of course, there’s always room for improvement and GoPro...

  • VIDEO: Stephen A. Smith Apologizes for Saying Blacks Relate to Trump, Then Cites Growing Support for Trump Among Blacks

    Stephen A. Smith apologized Monday for saying that blacks could relate to Trump because the former president has faced legal persecution.

  • Central Florida Rep. Bruce Antone Criticizes Black Leaders For Supporting ‘White-Washed’ Black History Museum Plans

    Some Florida representatives are disappointed after Bruce Antone slammed building the museum on a slave plantation in St. Augustine.

  • The proof is definitely in the black pudding!

    Scotland based supplier, Simon Howie has further grown its national presence after working with Asda to extend availability of its Classic Breakfast Sliced Black Pudding, from 54 stores in Scotland to now over 268 stores across the UK. The Perthshire based butcher has also introduced three new lines into Asda Scotland stores only, including its innovative Reduced Fat, Gluten Free Black Pudding, which is the first time the retailer has offered a gluten free version of the much-loved product. As...

  • Between the Black and White: Sugary silver

    Rosina Lin contrasts "sugary silver" clouds with the sun.

  • Between Big Money and A Black Socialist

      In late October, 2018, East Bay DSA members and other progressives organized a pre-election rally at a Berkeley High School auditorium. A wildly-cheering crowd of several thousand came to hear Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Barbara Lee. Welcoming everyone to the event was 34-year old Jesse Arreguin, who was backed by Sanders when he More

  • The Sympathizer recap: Guilt is a curse

    In lesser hands, The Sympathizer’s third episode, “Love It Or Leave It,” would easily be its weakest: The first half hour is almost languid in its pacing, repetitive in what it shows and tells, and Sandra Oh gets fuck all to do. But after a breakneck opening run, a little stop for breath is appreciated and makes the sudden shifts back to its signature propulsive violence and hammy comedy feel a little more unpredictable. A little more dangerous. I love the interplay between the Captain and the...

  • We Shall Rest by Sheila Black

      The elm split by lightening stands above the bench where my father sat the summer he could no longer breathe enough to walk to the Avalon without stopping. I sat next to him, a little bored, a little tired of his child-like need—his insistence on walking even when he could not walk. In the film, we watched that day, a group of actors are rehearsing a play. The star runs through his lines in the car in which he is driven to and fro from his hotel to the provincial but charming theater. He is a...