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

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss...

The price increase coming to the Switch 2, Apple agreeing to pay iPhone owners for dropping the bag on AI Siri, and do Blue bubbles still matter, now that encrypted RCS is here?

We’ve got all this, Steph tells us about Philly Tech Week, and more in episode 227 of The Tech Jawn.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

Yesterday's Price is Not Today's Price on the Switch 2 -- Yahoo Finance

Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri -- The Verge

Encrypted RCS Messages on iOS Are Here -- The Verge

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In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…

Apple eliminating the entry-level Mac Mini, Week one of the Musk vs. Altman trial, the Pentagon striking deals with 8 big tech companies, and the Shark Tank-backed Scholly founder who is suing Sallie Mae after it acquired the scholarship search startup.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

Did Apple Just Eliminate The Entry-Level Mac Mini? — Endgadget

Elon Musk vs. OpenAI — CNBC

The Pentagon Strikes With Most Big AI Companies — CNN

The Founder of Scholly Sues Sallie Mae — TechCrunch

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In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…

Jony Ive's Open AI hardware project, appearing to be a phone, Canva admitting to removing the word 'Palestine' from designs, and with all of the AI-related tech layoffs, is IT still a good career path to pursue?

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

Is Jony Ive's AI Device Another Smartphone? — Gizmodo

Canva Admits Its AI Tool Removed ‘Palestine’ From Designs — Gizmodo

More AI-Related Layoffs From Meta — CNBC

Microsoft Announces First Ever Retirement Buyout — CNBC

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This week on The Tech Jawn, we discuss…

Tim Cook stepping down as CEO of Apple, DHS violating ICE tracking apps 1st Amedment rights, and folks across the board are feeling some kind of way about AI.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Guest Host: Nica Montford

Links:

Tim Cook Steps Down As CEO of Apple — Techcrunch

DHS and DOJ Violated Free Speech Rights of ICE Tracker Creators — Engadget

80% of Adults Feel Some Kind of Way About AI — Fortune

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In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…

The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine web crawling dilemma, power being the thing that may slow AI down, Anthropic's summit with religious leaders about AI morality, and 70 civil rights organizations wanting Meta to scrap its facial recognition plans.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

The Wayback Machine's Crawling Problem — 9to5Mac

Will The Cost Of AI Slow It Down?— WSJ

Anthropics Summit With Religious Leaders — The Washington Post

Smart Glasses Facial Recognition Can Empower Predators — Engadget

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In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…

How Robotaxi companies are tight-lipped when it comes to human intervention, Chromebooks might be just as bad in schools as phones, Claude Code being leaked to the web, and humans returning to the moon for the first time in over 50 years.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

Robotaxi companies won’t say how often remote operators intervene — The Verge

Chromebooks might be just as bad in schools as phones — NYT.com

Claude Code Leaked To The Web — The Register

Artemis II Astronauts Return To The Moon — Space.com

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In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss...

OpenAI shutting down Sora, students renting smart glasses to cheat on tests, the foreign router ban here in the U.S., and RAMageddon… how it's going to get much worse before it gets any better.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

OpenAI Shuts Down Sora — TechCrunch

Students Renting Smart Glasses To Cheat — Gizmodo

The FCC Bans Foreign-Made Routers — Mashable

RAMegeddon Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better — The Week

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In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…

Someone on the TTJ crew got a MacBook Neo, what we can expect from WWDC, the FBI buying location data to track citizens, and Amazon working on a Fire Phone, again.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

Robb got a MacBook Neo — Apple

What can we expect from WWDC — Techcrunch

Amazon is working on a new smartphone — Reuters

The FBI is buying location data again — Techcrunch

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In episode 219 of The Tech Jawn, we discuss A Florida man using ChatGPT to sell his home, 75% of resumes never making it to a human reviewer, Meta potentially laying off 20% of its workforce, and we discuss what AI is doing to the workforce.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

Is AI coming for realtors’ jobs too? — Mashable

Meta rumored to layoff 20% of its workforce — Techcrunch

Andrew Yang Discussing What AI Will Do To The Workforce — CNBC

What workers can do to stabilize themselves in an AI economy — Fortune

Free Claude Training — Anthropic Academy

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Amazon's Ring Super Bowl ad upset a few folks, France and possibly other countries are seeking digital autonomy from the US., and Meta is reportedly working on Facial recognition for its smart glasses.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

Amazon's Ring Super Bowl Ad upset literally everyone — The Verge

France seeks "digital autonomy from the US — Fast Company

Meta is working on facial recognition for its smart glasses — Engadget

Black History Spotlight:

Dr. George Robert Carruthers — NAASM

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