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

CNN's recent shifts include layoffs, race equity team disbanding, and plans for a digital platform. AI impacts job security for various communities. SIM swap attacks target SMS two-factor authentication. $200 CMF Phone offers entry-level Android option.

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 far.Microsoft’s AI CEO believes content on the internet is freeware unless specifically otherwise stated.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Android is better, but, green bubbles aren’t going anywhere.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discussion includes Microsoft's AI features for Windows and influencers struggling with sponsorships. AI-edited photos flagged by Meta, and AI-generated Black female host for a radio show revealed. Tech news covers Microsoft's Recall feature and comparison of Mac's Time Machine backup.

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 businesses.  Ancestry is using AI to help users discover the names and lives of their ancestors who were formerly enslaved.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 passed into law by New York’s governor, essentially outlaws algorithmic feeds for children.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 payment apps. Folks out here scamming during graduation season.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 she got married, and, people still thinking it's cool to touch black people's hair even after you tell them not to.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discussion on political deep fakes in India and their approval by politicians. iOS update resurfacing deleted nudes. OpenAI considering AI porn. OpenAI disbanding AI risk team.

Developer season is upon us with Google I/O kicking off, and, tech pettiness is on full display.  Apple announced iOS 17.5 and there are rumors that ChatGPT is coming to iPhone.OpenAI took petty to trolling with an event Monday, the day before I/O, with a brand new version of its generative AI bot called ChatGPT-4o.Online dating site Bumble is betting that AI bots dating other AI can help real people find better matches.And job seekers are turning to AI to help them fill out job applications which hiring managers are using AI to sift through…Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.