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

In this Just The Two of Us episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss the release of Apple Intelligence, Apple and Goldman's Sachs having to pay $89 million for Apple Wallet issues, Google, and Microsoft, and Perplexity promoting scientific racism in AI search results, and Congress thinks digital price tags could be problematic.Link To Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss new guidelines on pulse oximeters, easy-to-cancel subscriptions, Passkeys replacing passwords, and using AI to ace job interviews.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At Tesla’s We Robot event last week in Los Angeles company CEO Elon Musk unveiled the Optimus line of humanoid-looking robots, but, they didn’t seem to be all that autonomous. 14 State Attorneys General sued TikTok claiming the social media platform was designed with the express intention of addicting young people to the app.Matt Mulleweg, one of the creators of WordPress, and WP Engine, a WordPress-managed host, are going through it legally.And we shine The Tech Jawn Spotlight on Dr. David Harold Blackwell, the first African American inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 follow.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 AI-generated when indeed it is not.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 recommend. And are you using a digital note-taking app on your smartphone?  Chances are, you probably should be.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oprah Winfrey, the iconic media executive known for her influential talk shows, joins Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, to explore technology's societal impact. They discuss the latest iOS 18 features and the complex dynamics of parental guidance in a digital world. The conversation highlights the Fearless Fund's recent grant settlement for Black women entrepreneurs, revealing systemic funding disparities. Plus, they address Amazon's decision to return to in-office work and its implications for employee flexibility and urban economies.

Join Malcolm Coley, Chief Technology Officer at Futures First Gaming, as he dives into the latest from Apple's iPhone 16 Glowtime event, discussing groundbreaking innovations and features. He shares insights on the role of Futures First Gaming in fostering community and career pathways in esports. The conversation highlights the importance of diversity in tech, the integration of gaming with education, and the launch of Delaware’s first esports training center. Malcolm also reminisces about his transition from chemistry to a thriving gaming career, emphasizing empowerment through technology.

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.

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 Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter is the worst deal for banks since the financial crisis.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.