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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.
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The Tech Jawn Robb Dunewood, Stephanie Humphrey, Terrance Gaines

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    • 4.8 • 31 Ratings

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.
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    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.
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    • 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…
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    • 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?
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    • 51 min
    Get Your TikTok Ish Together

    Get Your TikTok Ish Together

    The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 along party lines to ban non-compete agreements for most employees allowing workers to switch jobs or start their own businesses more easily.
    A Baltimore area gym teacher has been arrested for using AI to make a deep fake recording of his principal making racist and antisemitic comments.
    Gunshot detection system ShotSpotter keeps collecting data and notifying police after its contracts with cities have ended. 
    And the bill that could impose a TikTok ban if it’s parent company Bytedance doesn’t divest its U.S. interest is about to be signed into law.
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    • 58 min
    Don’t Allow Your Thumbprint To Snitch

    Don’t Allow Your Thumbprint To Snitch

    It appears that a lot of folks repeatedly sign up and cancel streaming services based on there being content on them we want to watch, and, they have a name for us. Serial Churners.
    The potential TikTok ban is picking up steam again as a revised bill mandating TikTok parent company ByteDance divest its US interest in the social media platform passes the House of Representatives.
    A court ruled that the police can compel some suspects to unlock their phones with a thumbprint in some cases.
    And schools would like to ban phones in class, but, parents ain’t really trying to hear that.
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    • 57 min
    Fiber Already Trippin'

    Fiber Already Trippin'

    Hybrid work appears to be here to stay. Millennials are making it clear that they have no intention of returning to the office 5 days per week. 
    Artificial Intelligence will allow artists to perform digitally long after they’ve passed away.  The bigger question is how will the content be licensed and distributed.
    X may start charging new users a small fee to be able to post, reply to, and like content on the platform to combat spam and bots.
    And fake footage of Iran’s attack on Israel started going viral within moments of actual events. 
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    • 57 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
31 Ratings

31 Ratings

Terrorskull (The Original) ,

Window to another world

Maybe the title is exaggerating a bit, but this show definitely gets me to think about tech topics in a way that other shows typically do not. Listening has often been an eye opening experience to considerations I personally have never had to make.

infin8dvonE ,

Great content from much needed voices in technology and finances

Why in the world does she have such a dirty potty mouth? None of the guys cuss on a tech podcast. It is so off putting and jarring to hear such unnecessary cuss words from the woman.
I would like to support your show but you no Apple ad free subscription option available for listeners who do not want to spread ourselves around the Internet on Patreon and other websites. I must say I’m enjoying this podcast, I’m late but I’ve been tuning in more often. I know you don’t bill yourself as a finance podcast but I like how you tie economy and finance into technology affecting African diaspora community. Thanks! the Spotlight segment and I think the person should be featured as episode artwork like No Agenda podcast does or at least show the person in that chapter when you are reading and talking about them. Also where is the Apple subscription option? Speaking of chapters… Along with ad-free subscription, Apple needs subscription option with comments and feedback in chapter markers sections and live chat if host is doing streaming or comments for community listeners. 1 minor issue is my Audio quality sounds compressed of this podcast. Maybe better quality with subscription too. I don’t know… Just my thoughts. tell Apple to get on them. :)

Funny with a Point ,

Great podcast to learn about tech ✊🏽

Stumble onto this podcast from the FB group (Black Podcast Support Network) and been listening for a month and a half and done learn a lot about the tech world from these guys & lady. Keep doing y’all 🙌🏾🙌🏾✊🏽✊🏽 hopefully one day I can have y’all on as a guest on my news show 🙌🏾🙌🏾

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