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The Tech Jawn: Black Tech Enthusiasts Covering The Week"s Tech News And How Tech Affects Black Culture

Robb Dunewood, Stephanie Humphrey, Terrance Gaines

The Tech Jawn is a weekly Tech podcast that covers technology news, with a focus on how tech impacts Black communities and culture. The show discusses major tech trends, gadgets, startups, AI, social media, and other innovations while also addressing issues like digital equity, privacy, and diversity in the tech industry.It is hosted by a group of Black tech enthusiasts: Robb Dunewood, Tech Life Steph (Stephanie Humphrey), and Terrance Gaines (a.k.a. BrothaTech). Their discussions often blend

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59:02

ChatGPT Ebonics Uno-Reverse

The Tech Jawn: Black Tech Enthusiasts Covering The... ·

2024/10/08

Brothatech wants to get a new camera to look good on video. He wants something better than a webcam, but, without all the complexity of a DSLR.Maybe we don’t want ChatGPT speaking in ebonics after all because AI seems to make the same racist decisions based on dialect as humans do.Police seldom disclose the use of facial recognition when used to identify suspects and often lie about its use in public-facing reports.And when you put cameras in glasses, real-time facial recognition was bound to

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45:31

Robb Loves NotebookLM

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2024/10/01

Verizon experienced a nationwide outage on Monday.An outage any day is bad.Right after a hurricane is particularly bad timing.Who knew that your interest in electric vehicles could depend on what side of the aisle you sit on politically?It seems like maybe auto manufacturer execs should have known.ChatGPT can speak in ebonics.We do a live test during the show and the feature is surprisingly good.A Common Sense Media Study shows that Black students are twice as likely to have their work flagged as

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1:07:18

School Daze

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2024/09/24

Some new hotness made its way to the Apple Store last Friday. BrothTech stopped by to pick up a new iPhone 16 Pro Max and the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and today he gives us his first impressions.The government appears to be taking child online safety more seriously as the House Committee on Energy and Commerce forwards two bills on to the full House of Representatives.Section 230 protects online platforms from liability for what users post, but, according to a three-judge panel, not from what platforms

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59:12

It's All Semantics

The Tech Jawn: Black Tech Enthusiasts Covering The... ·

2024/09/17

iOS 18 has been released and is now available.We cover a few of the new features and ponder if you should go ahead and update now, or, wait until 18.1 comes next month with Apple Intelligence.The Fearless Fund, which awarded $20,000 grants specifically to Black women-led businesses, shut its Striver’s grant as part of a settlement in its appeals case.Oprah Winfrey did an ABC special on artificial intelligence, and OpenAI’s Sam Altman seemed to remove some of her skepticism about AI.And Amazon orders

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1:00:44

The Tech Jawn 145 With Malcolm Coley

The Tech Jawn: Black Tech Enthusiasts Covering The... ·

2024/09/10

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we are joined by Malcolm Coley, Chief Technology Officer at Futures First Gaming, who chops it up with us about all the things announced at Apple’s iPhone 16 “Glowtime” event before telling us a bit more about Futures First Gaming, a STEM.org Accredited Ed. Tech, Media, and Esports Entertainment company that convenes esports enthusiasts to engage in competitive and recreational gaming events, fosters a gaming community, and presents opportunities for participants to

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1:06:38

Minoritizing

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2024/09/03

Will Melody Hobson’s $1.45 billion Project Black fund which plans to “minoritize” existing businesses help to narrow the wealth gap?Spotify has invested less than 10% of the $100 million it pledged to its Creator Equity Fund during the Joe Rogan controversy, and it doesn’t appear it ever took the pledge seriously from the jump.Things just keep getting worse for Twitter as the social media giant issued a copyright takedown notice to GitHub after finding out parts of its source code had been posted

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1:03:51

The Worst Deal Ever?

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2024/08/27

French authorities arrested Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov over the weekend as part of an investigation related to charges of "complicity" in various crimes that happen on the cross-platform messaging service.Apple lost its lead when it comes to podcast listening market share.The iPhone maker sits in third place with 12% solidly behind YouTube with 31% and Spotify with 21%.The Justice Department is suing real estate startup RealPage whose software helps landlords price fix rental prices.And

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1:07:08

Check And See If Your SSN Was Hacked

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2024/08/20

Pittsburgh may be the latest major city to drop Shotspotter, the gunshot detection system that uses a network of microphones to alert police to gunfire incidents because the technology just doesn’t work.Former Google CEO and board chair Eric Schmidt walks back his comments about Google being behind startups like OpenAI because ‘work-life balance was more important than winning’.The U.S. DOJ is considering a breakup of Google to address its monopoly on search.And, everybody should check to see if

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52:31

New York, Spanish Does Not Sound Like That

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2024/08/13

group of users it knew skewed towards those under 18.X sued the Global Alliance for Responsible Media for abusing its influence and prompting a boycott against advertising on X.New York City’s drone warning system shouted incomprehensible Spanish to residents when delivering weather-related instructions.And the number of Black podcast listeners is increasing in the United States with 46% of Black listeners listening for the first time within the last year.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See

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56:41

The Lemonade From Don Lemon

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2024/08/06

Don Lemon sued Elon Musk and the social media platform X for fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and breach of contract after Musk canceled a deal for the Don Lemon Show to appear on the platform.After dragging its feet with a proprietary system for over a year, California is now preparing to launch support for adding your Driver’s License to Apple Wallet.No smartphones in school seems to be a growing sentiment globally.The prestigious boarding school, Eton College in Great Britain is replacing

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34:20

The Tech Jawn 140: The After Party

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2024/07/30

Immediately following the live recording of The Tech Jawn we host The After Party, a 30 minute-ish show exclusively for the patrons of The Tech Jawn. The show is unscripted, we talk about whatever, and patrons are welcome to join the conversation via the live chat.We didn't do a live episode of The Tech Jawn this week, so, we are hitting everyone with our last After Party. If you enjoy it, think about becoming a patron where you will get access to The After Party every week. Hosted on Acast. See

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58:43

CloudStrike Caused A Global Windows Server Outage

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2024/07/23

The European Union gives Meta until September 1st to come up with better membership options for Facebook and Instagram other than simply paying a fee not to be tracked or consenting to being tracked for free.Artificial intelligence can detect prostate cancer at substantially higher rates than human doctors and AI-assisted predictions of cancer size were 45 more accurate than without AI.Cybersecurity company Cloudstrike’s Falcon Sensor software pushed out an update that causedWindows Blue Screens of

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59:56

CNN's Identity Crisis

The Tech Jawn: Black Tech Enthusiasts Covering The... ·

2024/07/16

CNN is shifting its business again. The Cable news network is laying off 100 employees, disbanding its Race Equity Team, and launching a digital platform similar to the shortlived CNN+ in 2024.Yes, AI is screwing over Black folks, and, Latin X folks, and, lower middle-income white folks. Here are a few tips to protect yourself from the job-eliminating A.I. boom.SIM Swap Attacks are on the rise. SMS related two-factor-authentication meant to keep your accounts safe, actually make them a target for

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1:04:48

The Internet Is Nothing But Freeware

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2024/07/09

Multi-Purpose-Tap could make mobile NFC payments more useful and more complicated. The new concept could allow you to tap your phone, pay for alcohol, and get carded all at the same time.Morehouse College launches 3D, AI, Teaching Assistants in its Metaversity.They probably don’t need to be 3D, a chat interface would suffice, and we hope they don’t displace real human TAs.Middle school students in a Philly suburb cyberbully and defame 20 teachers to little to no consequence… At least thus

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52:06

The FCC Considers Making Unlocking Phones Easier

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2024/07/02

The Detroit Police Department, after a settlement with a man who was wrongly arrested based on grainy security camera footage, can no longer use facial recognition results as its only basis for an arrest.The Federal Communications Commission wants to change rules that would force mobile carriers to unlock phones for consumers.Facebook and Instagram’s ‘pay or consent’ ad model violates the Digital Markets Act in the EU.And RCS is finally available in iOS 18 beta dev 2. Messaging between iPhones and

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1:05:36

Broke Influencer

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2024/06/25

Microsoft Recall was supposed to launch with Copilot+ PCs last week, but Microsoft decided to send the controversial, AI-powered, timeline snapshotting feature to the Windows Insider Program.Social Media Influencers aren’t seeing the sponsorship and brand deal payouts that they once did, possibly because everyone and their momma is trying to become one.Meta is flagging real photos edited with AI as AI-generated. Maybe we need a flag that says AI-enhanced.And Wil.I.Am unveiled an AI-generated Black,

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57:06

Tap To Cash Might Make Mobile Payments Too Easy

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2024/06/18

Apple’s new Tap to Cash feature that allows iPhone users to tap their phones to initiate an Apple Pay transfer makes paying someone really easy. The question is does it make it too easy?The US Surgeon General wants tobacco-like warning labels on social media.The proposed labels would regularly warn users that social media platforms have not been proven safe for their mental health.The Fearless Fund was dealt a blow in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in its effort to support women-owned Black

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1:11:52

Apple's Take On AI

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2024/06/11

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we cover Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference Keynote. Brothech breaks down the new hotness coming to visionOS 2, iOS and iPad OS 18, WatchOS 11, and macOS Sequoia.TechLifeSteph catches us up with the saga of the phantom system data on her new Macbook Air. To make a long story short, Steph had to make a trip to the Genius Bar.And we wrap things up by talking about New York’s new Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act. The bill, expected to be

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56:40

Anybody Else Cancelling Amazon? The Tech Jawn 132

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2024/06/04

A pair of studies published in the journal Science indicate that predominately older Republican women are responsible for the vast majority of the “fake news”.Spotify is raising its prices for the second time in as many years.Will the streaming music service be able to maintain the industry's best churn rate?The social media platform X has updated its terms of service specifically allowing for adult NSFW content on the platform.And be careful when you receive requests for cash through various mobile

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57:04

An Hour With Black, Female, Mechanical Engineer,...

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2024/05/28

We’ve got something special in this week’s episode of The Tech Jawn.We interview Cherish Samuels, a unicorn of unicorns, as she is a Black, female, mechanical engineer.We talk about everything from her journey getting into engineering at a young age, for years being the only face on the job that looks like hers, and how she has transitioned into tech now working on Amazon Fresh, the automated checkout grocery store.We also talk about Cherish’s son’s unique name, her not changing her last name when

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