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

Midjourney is trippin' when it comes to using AI to draw Black African doctors helping white children.Would you pay $14 monthly or more to access Facebook and Instagram without ads? This is what Meta wants European Union users to pay if they opt out of targeted adAmazon is being sued by the US Federal Trade Commission for illegally maintaining monopoly power.And, another Tesla owner was killed when driving with autopilot engaged, but, the automated system made no attempt to stop or steer clear of a semi that cut the car off.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

iPhone 15 overheating issues have been widely reported, but, Apple is stating that the problem is not with hardware and lies with apps like Uber and Instagram.The Forbes Top Creators 2023 list is out and we discuss who made the list, why they made the list, and why so few African American women are on the list.After 25 years, Netflix’s DVD delivery service has come to an end.  This is one case where we don’t think a tech company killed something too soon.And an appeals court paused Atlanta-based Fearless Fund from awarding Black female-led businesses which only receive 0.39% of venture capital funds $20,000 grants while a conservative group sues it alleging racial discrimination. Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two Black employees sue TikTok for racial discrimination and retaliation. Google partners with Howard University to improve Automatic Speech Recognition. Tinder launches exclusive $500 per month Tinder Select tier. The hosts discuss the significance of African American English (AAVE) and the value of paying for a high-priced dating app. They also promote a new podcast, 'The Briefing Room,' offering a behind the scenes look at the criminal justice system.

This podcast episode covers the new Apple Watch and iPhone models announced at Apple's event, the impact of streaming on music consumption, the ongoing MGM hack and ROT policies in companies.

Speculation on Apple Event announcements, wage gap at Google, iMessage's gatekeeper status, tokenizing Black female-led startups

This podcast discusses various tech topics, including the upcoming release of iOS Beta 17, Apple's surprising support for a right-to-repair bill, Tesla facing lawsuits on autonomous vehicle deaths, a UK study on autonomous driving accuracy, San Francisco's sentiments towards autonomous taxis, and AI and ML in advertising. They also explore the features of the iOS password manager, Apple's gradual support for right to repair, the responsibility for accidents with autonomous driving, and the challenges faced by black creators in finding advertisers for their content.

In most of episode 95 of The Tech Jawn, we’ll be talking to our featured guest, but before we get to the interview we discuss another case of facial recognition misidentifying a person of color leading to their wrongful arrest. In our interview, we talk with Lamarr Wilson, the unofficial “CEO of Tech Unboxings” and Lifestyle Entertainer and Influencer with over 3 million followers.Lamarr tells us about his journey to becoming a prolific content creator, how he decided to forgo long-form content for short-form vertical video, and leaves us with tips on how to become a content creator and ultimately get sponsored by brands.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 online for months.And Congress seems to be unified and serious about banning TikTok in the United States. Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An Asian MIT student asked Playground AI to make her profile pic look more professional, and it turned her into a white woman.Local governments can’t wait on Washington to implement federal guidelines for the use of Artificial Intelligence so they are taking matters into their own hands.The conservative activist behind the Supreme Court affirmative action case sues an Atlanta-based, female-run, Black venture capital fund that invests in Black women lead businesses.And Zoom, one of the companies that made remote work possible during the pandemic, wants employees back in the office.We've got all this, a Spotlight, and more in episode 94 of The Tech Jawn.Link to Show Notes  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samsung held its Galaxy Unpacked event last week and officially announced the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5, the Galaxy Watch 6 and Watch 6 Classic, and the Galaxy Tab 9 series of Tablets.TikTok is getting into the music streaming service game it isn’t necessarily coming for Apple Music, Spotify, or YouTube Music.Will the Hollywood actors’ and writers’ strikes supercharge the Creator Economy?And Black Tech Street and Microsoft are aiming to add 1000+ Cyber Professionals to the Greenwood, a.k.a. Black Wall Street, area of North Tulsa by 2030.Link to Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.