(BALTIMORE – October 12, 2026) – Curious about artificial intelligence? Wondering how it could help with a challenge you face at work? Those are the questions I want us to explore. But first, we need to make something clear: the debate over data centers and the conversation about learning to use AI are distinct, although connected. Data centers raise questions about electricity demand, water use, land, infrastructure, and who pays for expansion. Communities have every right to question proposed developments and demand accountability. AI’s growth is contributing to the demand for that infrastructure. Those concerns deserve attention. At the same…

If you work in education or healthcare, are part of a nonprofit, or are an entrepreneur, join us for The BMORE AI Challenge. We’re bringing community members and AI experts together to explore practical ways artificial intelligence can help address the challenges you face in your work, organization, or business. Through a hands-on team exercise, you’ll identify a problem, explore how AI might help, and develop a possible solution—with experts there to guide you, answer questions, and help you evaluate the results. No prior AI experience is needed. Bring your curiosity, your questions, and a laptop or cell phone. Bring…

Former Maryland aviation leader joins regional leaders for the ATL Airport Chamber’s annual meeting on October 30. (ATLANTA – October 11, 2026) — A familiar name to Baltimore and Maryland audiences will be among the featured speakers at the ATL Airport Chamber’s 2026 Annual Meeting: State of the Airport Forum. Ricky Smith, now general manager of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, previously served as executive director and CEO of the Maryland Aviation Administration, overseeing BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport and Martin State Airport. His Maryland leadership provides a hometown connection to the conversation about Atlanta’s aviation and economic future. The forum takes…

Beloved Community Services Corporation and BMORENews.com Present the BMORE AI Challenge Bring a Problem. Build a Solution. (BALTIMORE – October 11, 2026) — Beloved Community Services Corporation and BMORENews.com will present the BMORE AI Challenge on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Justice Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center, 1315 Division Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Admission is free. Presented as a service to the community, this interactive event will bring together people from education, healthcare, nonprofits, and the entrepreneurial community to explore how artificial intelligence can help address everyday challenges. Moderated by Doni Glover, the event will…

(COLLEGE PARK, MD – October 11, 2026) – Isn’t it amazing how far digital technology has come since the mid-1990s? It feels like just yesterday we were sliding floppy disks into our computers to install AOL. And who could forget “You’ve got mail!”? That familiar greeting was our collective introduction to life online. In roughly 30 years, we’ve gone from dial-up to the Age of AI, with MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok along the way. Just look at how our lives have changed. The underlying concept is still familiar: platforms connecting the people who produce information and entertainment with the…

Celebrating young Black tech leaders, 24 years of BMORENews.com, and Dr. Tyrone Taborn’s extraordinary vision. (BALTIMORE – REVISED – October 11, 2026)—Before I ever walked onto the stage tonight, the young brothers backstage had already given me something worth celebrating. I was meeting honorees from across the country at the inaugural AI NEXTGEN America Conference and Futurist Awards. The conference brought people together October 9–10 at the Baltimore Convention Center, but the conversations behind the curtain really hit home for me. Young Black men. PhDs. Working in technology, artificial intelligence, and the digital space. Brothers from California and Mississippi. I…

A NEW CHAPTER FOR SPARROWS POINT Anduril’s planned $3.7 billion investment promises thousands of careers and a renewed manufacturing role for Baltimore County. How can Marylanders prepare to participate? (SPARROWS POINT, MD – October 10, 2026) — The waterfront that helped build America is preparing for another major chapter. Anduril Industries plans to invest $3.7 billion in Arsenal-2, a two-million-square-foot submarine-component manufacturing facility at Tradepoint Atlantic. Maryland officials describe it as the state’s largest single private investment in over a decade, with more than 3,100 new permanent jobs projected. For Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Maryland, this is an opportunity worth…

(BALTIMORE) — I have met a lot of entrepreneurs in my 61 years. I have met people who went from selling incense to becoming millionaires. I have watched people go from a life in the streets to a bountiful life as successful entrepreneurs. I have seen people build businesses in catering, the funeral industry, the church, law, science, and entertainment. And yes, lawyers are entrepreneurs, too. Different industries. Different backgrounds. Different journeys. But I recognize something in people who can see an opportunity, put in the work, and turn an idea into something that feeds a family, employs people, or…

The Formula on the Board (COLLEGE PARK, MD – October 2, 2026) – Friday night, in a doctoral classroom at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, a formula went up on the screen that looked like hieroglyphics. Upside-down A’s. Backward E’s. Letters with little letters hanging off them. I had never seen it before. But before I could fear it, Dr. Balaji Padmanabhan had already explained it. It made perfect sense. Not “I’ll figure it out later” sense. Perfect sense, on the first pass. And sitting there, a member of the DBA Class of ’28, I…

(BALTIMORE – September 25, 2026) – Let me start with the people who have concerns, because their concerns deserve to be heard first. Attorney Tonya Bana and Reservoir Hill community leader Carson Ward have said out loud what many in West Baltimore are thinking. They want affordable housing at Reservoir Square, the $170 million mixed-use development MCB Real Estate is building along the 600 to 850 blocks of West North Avenue. They want to know it will be made available. They want to know it will be built. They have every right to that position. We need affordable housing. We absolutely…