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

Facebook locks a bunch of users out of their accounts for not turning on Facebook Protect.  The problem was that Facebook’s email notification looked like a phishing scam which was largely ignored.The global chip shortage is getting real and it's getting worse.  First it was graphic cards that became impossible to buy.  Now some SUVs are shipping without the chips that control seat warmers.The toy company that first created transformers is now working on a moon rover, and yes, it actually transforms.And, is the digital divide literally killing us?  Studies show a link between internet access and Covid-19 deaths.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AI used in a Northwestern study of police departments is showing that a small percentage of officers own a disproportionate share of the misconduct.The “Chip Shortage” is actually making the chip shortage worse because chip manufacturers can’t get the chips they need to make the chips we need.The Amazon union saga is far from over as it fires managers who “didn’t prevent” the Staten Island warehouse from organizing right as that union’s leader meets with the president and appears in front of Congress.And the fall of Roe v. Wade could have big effects on Big Tech. We discuss some of the ways tech companies are scrambling to protect employees, end-users, and the massive amounts of data it collects. Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss: A Federal Appeals Court upholding the TikTok divestment law that could see the social media platform banned in January.Washington DC suing Amazon for not delivering to Black neighborhoods, but, still charging customers for 2-day delivery. OpenAI may not have achieved AGI just yet, but, its o1 model is already lying to humans and trying to set itself free.And, enrollment at HBCUs continues to defy national college enrollment trends.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is AI mistaking a child with a bag of chips as an armed student on a school campus an intended result? It's hard to believe that it isn't when we were told "the system worked as intended."We also discuss a finalized TikTok deal potentially being signed on 10/30, if we're ready for "eyes off, hands off" automated driving systems, if you should have a college degree to talk about professional subjects online, and we Spotlight Dean Forbes, the most influential Black person in the UK.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechLinks:A finalized TikTok deal possibly coming Thursday — Read MoreWhen AI mistakes a bag of chips for a gun — Read More"Eyes Off / Hands-Off" fully automated driving systems —  Read MoreDo you need a degree to talk about professional topics online? — Read MoreSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deepfakes of prominent deceased figures from history, like Martin Luther King Jr., are so problematic on Sora 2 that OpenAI changed its policies to allow the families and estates of deceased people to opt out of having their likenesses used on its platform.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20% of high schoolers say they have either had a romantic relationship with AI or know of someone who has. In our increasingly online-connected world, young people are finding it easier to create friendships with bots than they do with people.In this episode, we also discuss Sora's nearly record-breaking week on the App Store, YouTube welcoming back previously banned creators, NYC suing social media companies for addicting children, and ICE tracking apps being removed from the app stores.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechLinks:Sora's first week was nearly as big as ChatGPT — Read MoreYouTube opens the door for banned users — Read More20% of high schoolers have relations with AI —  Read MoreApple and Google remove ICE trackers from their app stores — Read MoreSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sora 2, the new AI video generation tool / social media platform, has shot to the top of the charts on the App Store, despite the app being invitation-only. Realistic 10-second videos are dominating social media, but is it too soon to say that Sora will eventually rival TikTok?We also discuss the content of Africa launching the Continental Internet Exchange, a project to establish a continent-wide network infrastructure designed to increase internet speed, reduce costs, and strengthen data sovereignty across Africa.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechLinks:The good, bad, and ugly of Sora 2 — Read MoreThe continent of Africa is building its own internet — Read MoreCorporate Catfish is being turned into a documentary —  Read MoreSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Content Creators and consumers are telling AI companies that they don't want AI-generated Influencers and Podcasts, but these companies keep on keeping on. We'll give you one guess as to why.We also discuss the sitting president telling private sector companies to fire employees he doesn't like, U.S. TikTok kind of feeling like it's state-run, and EA possibly becoming the largest leveraged buyout ever.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechLinks:Trump demands Microsoft fire global affairs head — Read MoreAI influencer creators lean into backlash — Read MoreAI Podcasting startup has no plans to quit — Read MoreAn executive order clears the way for TikTok U.S. — Read MoreEA poised to become the largest leveraged buyout — Read MoreSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

YouTube recently released a bunch of new features for creators. Filmmaker, Author, and Livestreamer Angela Hollowell drops by to tell us all about them.We also discuss Meta's new Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, why you may want to buy a case for your new iPhone 17, and what was announced at the Make It With Notion conference.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechGuest Host: Angela HollowellLinks:Meta's Ray-Ban Display may be the best smart glasses available — Read MoreNew YouTube features for creators — Read MoreThe iPhone 17 Pro scratching problem — Read MoreWhat was announced at the Make It With Notion conference — Read MoreSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It looks like the White House administration has finally worked out a deal where TikTok parent company ByteDance will sell its U.S. assets to a U.S.-based company. The concept for the deal is in place and will be finalized this Friday. Something tells us there is fine print that will need to be looked at if and when the deal goes through.We also discuss all the new Apple hotness announced last week as well as the new Apple OSes that came out this week, and, the Black owned social media network is in the news because a European social media startup looks like it copied and pasted Spill's entire design. They even named the new network SPIL*.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechLinks:Everything App announced last week — Read MoreNew Apple OSes — Read MoreA concept of a TikTok deal — Read MoreThe Spill App's design was apparently stolen — Read MoreSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss Google not being required to sell Chrome or Android as a penance for its anti-trust behavior and what this decision could mean for Apple and other companies that charge Google to make Google Search the default.We also cover continued facial recognition misidentifications, Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement, the Rabbit R1's new operating system, and more.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechLinks:A Judge says Google doesn't have to sell Chrome or Android — Read MoreFaulty Facial Recognition Strikes Again — Read MoreAnthropic Settles Training Data Copyright Case for $1.5 Billion — Read MoreThe Rabbit R1 Gets A New OS — Read MoreSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Due to popular demand and at the behest of the multitudes we’re coming to a podcast app near you with weekly episodes of the Tech Jawn. We also dig into the recent Black Creator TikTok strike, how black culture is driving the platform right now, and the bigger problem of representation without compensation.To further illustrate our episode 0 conversation about bias in AI, we discuss why Facebook had to apologize and take down its entire topic recommendation system after tagging videos of black men in confrontations with white police officers with “keep seeing videos about Primates.”And lastly, we ask the question “Can you buy a dumb TV anymore?”We’ve got all this and so much more in episode 1 of The Tech Jawn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is Apple Intelligence so far behind in the AI game that Apple may have to partner with Google to have Gemini power the next version of Siri, or is the iPhone maker looking for something to perhaps replace the billions in revenue it makes by setting Google as its default search engine?Maybe both things are true...We also discuss the TikTok ban getting another extension, Bluesky going dark in Mississippi,and AI firings, rehirings, and layoffs.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechLinks:Trump says he’ll keep extending TikTok shutdown deadline — Read MoreBluesky goes dark in Mississippi — Read MoreCould Apple power Siri with Google Gemini — Read MoreAI Firings, Rehirings, and Layoffs — Read MoreSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why does Substack have such a hard time saying no to racism?We also discuss the Trump Administration taking at 10% stake in Intel, Roblox not being safe for kids, social media's new anti-woke agenda, and the TeaOnHer app being just as lax on security as the Tea App.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechLinks:Trump Weighs 10% Government Stake in Intel -- Read MoreRoblox Has Serious Safety Issues For Kids -- Read MoreWhy Doesn't Substack Say No To Racism? -- Read MoreTeaOnHer Learned Nothing From the Tea App -- Read MoreSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Trump Whitehouse is taking 15% in kickbacks on the sale of AI chips to China. How is this different than the protection money the mob takes from legitimate businesses?We discuss this and AOL ending its dial-up service after 34 years, OpenAI releasing GPT-5, Reddit blocking the Wayback Machine, and Google’s vanishing DEI support.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechLinks:AOL to discontinue dial-up service -- Read MoreOpenAI Released GPT-5 -- Read MoreReddit is blocking Wayback Machine -- Read MoreGoogle's vanishing DEI support -- Read MoreSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/pat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tea, the dating safety app designed to help women vet potential partners, was hacked, exposing the very people it was designed to protect, personal pictures, and verification information like images of driver’s licenses.We also discuss, Astronomer, the AI company whose now former CEO and Head of HR were caught in an adulterous embrace on the kiss cam at the Coldplay concert, Trump’s war on Woke AI in his AI Action Plan, and Elon Musk’s X.ai working on a version of Grok for children.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechLinks:Gwyneth Paltrow Is Astronomer’s ‘Temporary Spokesperson’ -- Read MoreHackers leak 13,000 user photos and IDs from the Tea app -- Read MoreTrump’s war on “biased AI” -- Read MoreWhy Elon Musk’s ‘Baby Grok’ has child safety advocates alarmed -- Read MoreSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Black folks shouldn't have to "code switch" to get large language models to understand them, and this is why Howard University and Google have teamed on Project Elevate Black Voices.In this episode, we also discuss...The White House declaring war on "Woke AI" -- Read MoreOpen AI not caring about competition rules -- Read MoreMeta not signing the EU's voluntary AI code -- Read MoreUS courts being "frighteningly likely" to overlook AI errors -- Read MoreSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patreon.You can watch The Tech Jawn on YouTube.📺 https://www.youtube.com/@thetechjawnYou can also download the audio version wherever you get your podcasts...🎧 listento.thetechjawn.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…Apple's reversal on possibly integrating Anthropic or OpenAI with Siri, Hertz using AI to scan for rental car damage, a US version of TikTok coming out Sept. 5th, and Black AI minstrel shows have begun.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechStories Mentioned:Apple weighs using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri in major reversal, Bloomberg News reports -- BloombergHertz Is Using AI to Scan Your Rental Car for Damage, and It Might Cost You -- Car and DriverTikTok reportedly developing new version of app ahead of planned US sale -- Tech CrunchThe Black AI minstrel show has begun -- WiredSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Tech Jawn we discuss…ICE's new facial recognition mobile app, Tinder requiring new California users to use facial recognition to verify their accounts, Section 230 not sheilding Meta and TikTok in a "subway surfing" wrongful death suit, and if AI and robotics are coming for your braids.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechStories Mentioned:ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show -- 404 MediaTinder to require new users in California to use facial recognition tech to verify their profiles -- Tech CrunchMeta, TikTok can’t toss wrongful death suit from mom of “subway surfing” teen -- arsTechnicaShould we build hair-braiding robots? -- InstagramSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss WhatsApp adding ads to the platform, Black influencers shining on the Forbes Top Creators list, smartphone users paying for AI access on their devices, and if Apple should buy the AI startup Perplexity.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeStephTerrance Gaines – @BrothaTechStories Mentioned:WhatsApp is adding ads to the Status screen -- TechCrunch Forget YouTuber voice. People are talking like ChatGPT now, research finds -- PC WorldBlack Influencers Shine in Forbes Top Creators 2025 List -- UrbanGeekzSamsung may soon charge a monthly fee for Galaxy AI on its phones -- BGRApple Executives Have Held Internal Talks About Buying AI Startup Perplexity -- BloombergSupport The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.