Meta is using AI to flag teen accounts, is coding still a viable tech field to get into, OpenAI is getting into the social media game, and ChatGPT tried to gaslight Steph.We've got all this and more for you in episode 174 of The Tech Jawn.Hosts
In this episode of The Tech Jawn we discuss…The FCC vs. Meta trial kicking off, Gail King and nem going to space, two Yale juniors getting $3.1 mil in pre-seed funding for their AI social media platform, and Shopify saying you must prove AI can
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…X.ai buying X, Meta stopping its fact-checking program, the TikTok ban deadline being extended again, and DOGE's planned IRS Hackathon.Hosts:Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewoodStephanie Humphrey – @TechLif
In this episode of The Tech Jawn we discuss Black Project 2025, Message interactions from Android finally working in iOS, and, a bit later, Cierra Gross, founder, and CEO of Worklution stops by to talk about WrkReciepts, the first ever direct‑t
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…23AndMe filing for bankruptcy, a facial recognition company tried to buy social security numbers for its database, and several Senators want to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.Ho
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…Apple soon supporting encrypted RCS communications, the email newsletter service Substack is on the come up, if a new LA Times AI tool pro-KKK, and Alexa Plus is going to start sending your voice to
In this episode of The Tech Jawn we have no idea what's going on with the sale of TikTok, the Magnificent 7 tech stocks lead a market selloff, Tesla owners are replacing their hood ornaments, and removing call center worker's accents just don't
This week on The Tech Jawn we talk about how facial recognition continues to fail the citizens of Detroit, Amazon unveiled Alexa Plus, its revamped, now AI-powered virtual assistant which is exposing how far behind Apple is with Apple Intellige
In this episode of The Tech Jawn we discuss why scientists are leaving X and Meta platforms for Bluesky, and we ponder if it is time to start creating our own digital platforms and communities where we own the relationship with our followers.We
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss Google's ending of DEI extending to it ditching diverse calendar events like Black History Month and Holocaust Remembrance Day, new algorithms in Afro-textured hair in animation are coming to the for
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss how Meta is dismantling its DEI Programs while telling investors it still wants’ Cognitive Diversity.Rakim, the legendary MC from the hip/hop duo Eric B. and Rakim has launched an innovative financia
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss President Trump suspending "enforcement" of the TikTok ban, why you can still use TikTok if you already have it installed, but, you can't download it from the App Store or Google Play if you don't. W
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we talk about the TicTok ban, the TicTok ban, and, Oh, did I say The TicTok ban? We also shine The Tech Jawn Spotlight on the Black Inventors Hall of Fame Museum and STEM Research Center.Link to Show Notes Hos
In episode 161 of the Tech Jawn we discuss, New Year's catch-up and Steph's recap of CES, Meta ends fact-checking, DEI is dead at big tech companies, and Steph confirms the awesomeness of the DJI Osmo Pocket 3.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss an FBI warning about using end-to-end encrypted messaging apps, the ACLU making the argument that police departments shouldn’t allow officers to use AI to draft police reports, all the tech companies
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss: A Federal Appeals Court upholding the TikTok divestment law that could see the social media platform banned in January.Washington DC suing Amazon for not delivering to Black neighborhoods, but, stil
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss Australia's new under-16 social media ban, Kai Cenat turning down a $60 million bag and breaking subscription records on Twitch, a reminder that you don't own your social media accounts, and BlueSky
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss why global mobile internet adoption is slowing down, MIT waiving tuition for all students whose families make less than 200,000 per year, the DOJ wanting Google to sell Chrome, and we've got a few Bl
Bluesky, Threads, and Spill running the users up in social media, ESPN integrating an AI avatar into its sports coverage, Spotify changing the name of Spotify for Podcasters to Spotify for Creators, and US workers aren't really trying to tell t
In this episode of The Tech Jawn Amazon workers are appalled by AWS CEO Matt Garmin's return to office remarks and urge a policy reversal.Meta intends to use a proprietary software tool it calls an “adult classifier” to determine if users who s
In this Just The Two of Us episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss the release of Apple Intelligence, Apple and Goldman's Sachs having to pay $89 million for Apple Wallet issues, Google, and Microsoft, and Perplexity promoting scientific racism in
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss new guidelines on pulse oximeters, easy-to-cancel subscriptions, Passkeys replacing passwords, and using AI to ace job interviews.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in
At Tesla’s We Robot event last week in Los Angeles company CEO Elon Musk unveiled the Optimus line of humanoid-looking robots, but, they didn’t seem to be all that autonomous. 14 State Attorneys General sued TikTok claiming the social media pla
Brothatech wants to get a new camera to look good on video. He wants something better than a webcam, but, without all the complexity of a DSLR.Maybe we don’t want ChatGPT speaking in ebonics after all because AI seems to make the same racist de