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

Senators Corey Booker and Ben Ray Luján propose the UnCap America Act that would ban data caps on consumer high-speed broadband in the U.S.

A chess-playing robot in Russia breaks its seven your old opponent's finger. Reports are that the robot is completely safe, so, long as you don’t move too fast.

Netflix reports on its 2nd quarter earnings. Subscribers are down for the second quarter in a row, but, not by as much as initially thought.

And, should Google buy Snapchat? Things haven’t been great for Snap pretty much since the company went public and Google might need a social media play to combat its core business losses to TikTok and Instagram.

Link to Show Notes.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon releases Ring Doorbell video to the police without consent from or even notification to Ring owners.

Twitter had a 40+ minute outage, its newsletter service Revue was down for over a day, and some employees are saying there’s no strong leadership at the helm in the wake of Elon Musk reneging on his takeover bid.

Uber settles a lawsuit with the DOJ for overcharging passengers with disabilities.

And Over 600 business leaders teamed up with Code.org to ask state governments and boards of education to add computer science to core curriculums

Link to Show Notes

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rogers Telecommunications in Canada suffered a 19-hour outage last week affecting all kinds of services including cell and landline access, banking services, internet access, 911/emergency services, and more.

A new law in New York will require concealed-carry gun license applicants to hand over their social media accounts for review of their “conduct and character”.

More black investors than your might think own cryptocurrency as an asset class.

And, Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has been terminated but the lawsuits and insults are just getting started.

Link to Show Notes

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google will, soon, start deleting visits to potentially sensitive locations like domestic violence shelters from users' location histories. Search history, however, still remains.

Scammers are using deep fakes to interview and get hired to remote jobs for nefarious reasons. We ponder if this tech, for some folks, could be used to get by the gatekeepers in efforts to really hired.

A robocall loophole that allowed smaller telecom companies to get by STIR/SHAKEN regulations has been closed.

And, the FCC, again, calls for Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their respective app stores. This sparks a great conversation around things creators can do to monetize their content without being completely beholden to social media companies.

Link to Show Notes

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Khaby Lame is now the biggest TikTok creator in the world with over 142.8 million followers.

Even with all the positive stories of black women getting into I.T., the pay gap between white men and black women Is actually widening. 

Eminent Future and it is black founder and president Isaac Barnes were recently awarded a $13.4 billion defense contract with the U.S. Airforce and the U.S. Spaceforce.

And in a post-Roe America, you got to be careful with and protect your search history, location data, text messages, purchase history, and more because your online profile can be used against you when making healthcare decisions.

Link to Show Notes

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’ve got a special Juneteenth edition of the Tech Jawn where this week, we are joined by serial entrepreneur, business consultant, and Web3 strategist, Florcy Morisset to talk to us about Web3 and what's in it for us.

But, before we get to the interview we talk about how only a couple of tech shows made it into a Top 100 Black Podcast list and we ponder if gunshot location systems actually do more harm than help.

Link to Show Notes

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is Google’s artificially intelligent chatbot generator LaMDA showing signs of sentience? Most likely not, but, AI, in general, is getting awfully good at fooling humans.

Jack Dorsey and Jaz-Z are teaming up to launch a bitcoin-focused financial literacy program. The Bitcoin Academy will launch in Brooklyn’s Marcy housing projects, have free in-person and online classes, and provide participants with MiFi devices and smartphones.

And, is Congress finally positioned to do something meaningful on user privacy? A bipartisan draft bill called the American Data Privacy and Protection Act would provide a national standard on what data companies can gather from individuals and how they can use it.

Link to Show Notes

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple held its WWDC22 Keynote and we recap some of the new hardware and software coming out in the coming months.

Tesla and about 50% of other companies want their employees back in the office 100% of the time, but, many employees are willing to change jobs and even careers to not have to go back to commuting 5 days a week.

Oregon is shutting down its automated Child Welfare algorithm which disproportionately flags African American children for “mandatory neglect”.

And this week’s Spotlight shines on Professor James West, co-inventor of the electret microphone which today is an industry-standard and used in 90% of all microphone applications.

Link to Show Notes

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will Apple be found liable for the permanent hearing loss suffered by a 12-year-old boy wearing AirPods during an Amber Alert?

Google does an about-face when it comes to allowing users to keep their free legacy G Suite Accounts. It does make you jump through a few hoops though.

The Great Resignation is real and it is creating real opportunities for underrepresented communities in IT.  

And, this week’s Spotlight focuses on Charley Moore, Founder, and CEO of Rocket Lawyer.

Link to Show Notes

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.