141 episodes

The Tech Jawn is a technology news podcast focusing on the top tech stories of the week, how technology affects and disaffects the African American Community, delivered from a cast of African American hosts with, collectively, over 75 years of experience in the consumer and corporate IT game.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Tech Jawn Robb Dunewood, Stephanie Humphrey, Terrance Gaines

    • News

The Tech Jawn is a technology news podcast focusing on the top tech stories of the week, how technology affects and disaffects the African American Community, delivered from a cast of African American hosts with, collectively, over 75 years of experience in the consumer and corporate IT game.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Apple's Take On AI

    Apple's Take On AI

    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.

    • 1 hr 11 min
    Anybody Else Cancelling Amazon? The Tech Jawn 132

    Anybody Else Cancelling Amazon? The Tech Jawn 132

    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.

    • 56 min
    An Hour With Black, Female, Mechanical Engineer, Cherish Samuels

    An Hour With Black, Female, Mechanical Engineer, Cherish Samuels

    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.

    • 57 min
    Deepfakes for Good?

    Deepfakes for Good?

    Political deep fakes are a thing in India, they generally aren’t nefarious, and most politicians approve. They probably need to do a better job at making sure folks know they are indeed fake, however.
    The latest iOS update, version 17.5, appears to in some instances resurface deleted content, including deleted nudes users thought were gone forever. 
    OpenAI is tossing around the idea of letting users responsibly generate AI porn and other NSFW content. 
    And, OpenAI has done away with its team focused on long-term AI risks less than one year after announcing it.
    Link to Show Notes

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

    • 55 min
    What Aren't We Using Bots For?

    What Aren't We Using Bots For?

    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.

    • 53 min
    Get That Community College AI Degree

    Get That Community College AI Degree

    By the time you hear this Apple’s Let Loose iPad Event has happened.  Here is all the new iPad hotness we think is going to be announced.
    The Supreme Court of The United States really wasn’t interested in hearing why Elon Musk thinks he no longer needs a “Twitter Sitter” to approve all of his Telsa-related social media posts.
    Jack Dorsey is no longer on the board at BlueSky, the decentralized microblogging platform he started at Twitter way back in 2019.
    And should community college be looked at as a cost-effective way to get skills to get that job in AI?
    Link to Show Notes

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

    • 51 min

Top Podcasts In News

بعد أمس
Atheer ~ أثير
Global News Podcast
BBC World Service
يستحق الانتباه
BBC Arabic Radio
بودكاست أريـــكة
Ghmza غمزة
The Daily
The New York Times
FT News Briefing
Financial Times

You Might Also Like

snobOS
Nica Montford & Terrance Gaines
SMRPodcast
Rod Simmons, Robb Dunewood, Chris Ashley
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
Techmeme Ride Home
Ride Home Media
9to5Mac Happy Hour
9to5Mac
Macworld Podcast
IDG