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The FDA Approves Gene Therapy For Sickle Cell Disease: The Tech Jawn 110
The Tech Jawn - December 12, 2023 02:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThe FDA has approved the first-ever gene editing therapy we talked about in episode 106 that treats sickle cell disease which affects over 100,000 mostly Black Americans in the United States. Rumor has it that Apple’s iMessage will not be classified as a gatekeeper service under the EU’s Digita...
Dang, Colleges Collect A Lot Of Data On Students: The Tech Jawn 109
The Tech Jawn - December 05, 2023 17:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsHappy belated birthday to ChatGPT. OpenAI’s generative AI chatbot that kicked off the AI craze of 2023 officially turned 1 year old on November 30th. Spotify has laid off 17% of its workforce eliminating around 1500 jobs. This is the music streaming company’s third reduction in staff this year...
Coding My Crown and Dove Launch A Guide For Coding Black Hair In Video Games: The Tech Jawn 108
The Tech Jawn - November 28, 2023 18:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThis is a public service announcement to check your old Google accounts because, starting this week, Google is deleting accounts that have not been accessed in over two years. Tech Life Steph has made the switch from PC to Mac, but, all is not well as she explains why she is not yet using her n...
OpenAI Is Trippin': The Tech Jawn 107
The Tech Jawn - November 21, 2023 17:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsApple has finally decided to add RCS to the iPhone sometime in 2024, but, the company makes it clear that RCS is not coming to iMessage, thus the blue bubble vs. green bubble bullying will continue. OpenAI fired its CEO, failed at trying to rehire him less than 24 hours later, had most of its e...
The D.O.C. Uses AI To Release New Music: The Tech Jawn 106
The Tech Jawn - November 14, 2023 18:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIt looks like the Food and Drug Administration might be ready to approve the first gene-editing therapy, CRISPR, that cured sickle cell anemia symptoms in 97% of trial patients. Are we ready for the Humane AI Pin? A wearable AI assistant that kind of reminds you of a Star Trek TNG communicat...
EVs Are Just Too Darn Expensive - The Tech Jawn 105
The Tech Jawn - November 07, 2023 18:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsElectric vehicle sales are actually up year over year but their increased cost compared to the ICE counterparts keeps consumers from adopting them at the rate auto manufacturers thought they would. Elon Musk’s generative AI company X.ai released its LLM Grok this week. The chatbot comes with an...
Dr. Joy Buolamwini, The White House, And The UN On AI: The Tech Jawn 104
The Tech Jawn - October 31, 2023 21:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsCruise’s robotaxi permit was immediately suspended in San Francisco after the company failed to report the whole story about a pedestrian-involved accident and two days later the company suspended service everywhere. Facebook and Instagram launched ad-free premium subscriptions in Europe. And ...
Full Circle With The Fugees: The Tech Jawn 103
The Tech Jawn - October 24, 2023 16:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsA jury awards a female Google Cloud executive $1.1 million because the company gave higher pay to less-experienced male cohorts and later denied her promotions in retaliation for complaining about it. On the heels of the password-sharing crackdown and a 70% increase in ad-supported tiers, Netfl...
Ya'll Started Using Passkeys Yet? - The Tech Jawn 102
The Tech Jawn - October 17, 2023 17:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsMicrosoft, Apple, and now Google all have native support for passkeys, the next wave of authentication technology that doesn’t require you to remember passwords. A New York state bill has been proposed that would require everyone to register in order to buy certain 3-D printers because of their...
Tesla Should Change The Name Of Autopilot - The Tech Jawn 101
The Tech Jawn - October 10, 2023 18:39 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsMidjourney is trippin' when it comes to using AI to draw Black African doctors helping white children. Would you pay $14 monthly or more to access Facebook and Instagram without ads? This is what Meta wants European Union users to pay if they opt out of targeted ad Amazon is being sued by the ...
An Appeals Court Pauses The Fearless Fund From Awarding Grants - The Tech Jawn 100
The Tech Jawn - October 03, 2023 19:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsiPhone 15 overheating issues have been widely reported, but, Apple is stating that the problem is not with hardware and lies with apps like Uber and Instagram. The Forbes Top Creators 2023 list is out and we discuss who made the list, why they made the list, and why so few African American wome...
Black Employees Sue TikTok - The Tech Jawn 99
The Tech Jawn - September 26, 2023 18:21 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsGoogle announces Project Elevate Black Voices, a partnership with Howard University to improve the technology used in Automatic Speech Recognition. A Family sues Google alleging its Maps app led a father to drive off a collapsed bridge to his death after being notified numerous times that the b...
Streaming Music is Changing Music: The Tech Jawn 98
The Tech Jawn - September 19, 2023 16:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWe recap Apple’s Wunderlust event where the company officially unveiled the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2, the new iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, and 15 Pro Ultra, and we discuss iOS 17 which just came out Monday. Streaming has not only changed how we listen to music, but it has changed the mu...
No One Was Surprised: The Tech Jawn 97
The Tech Jawn - September 12, 2023 16:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThe Apple Event where the iPhone 15, USB-C Airpods, and new Apple Watches are officially being announced is upon us and we do a bit of speculation on what all the new hotness will look like. We are so not shocked that, according to a leaked spreadsheet with self-reported salary information, Bla...
Don’t None Of Us Want To Go First With Autonomous Driving: The Tech Jawn 96
The Tech Jawn - August 29, 2023 16:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsBrothatech downloaded and installed iOS Beta 17 which is expected to be officially released next month. Apple is, oddly supportive of SB 244, a right-to-repair bill being considered in California and we ponder why. Tesla is facing its first lawsuits on autonomous vehicle deaths. A UK study rep...
Interview With "The CEO Of Tech Unboxings", Lamarr Wilson - The Tech Jawn 95
The Tech Jawn - August 22, 2023 18:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn most of episode 95 of The Tech Jawn, we’ll be talking to our featured guest, but before we get to the interview we discuss another case of facial recognition misidentifying a person of color leading to their wrongful arrest. In our interview, we talk with Lamarr Wilson, the unofficial “CE...
From The Archives - Minoritizing: The Tech Jawn 76
The Tech Jawn - August 15, 2023 19:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWill Melody Hobson’s $1.45 billion Project Black fund which plans to “minoritize” existing businesses help to narrow the wealth gap? Spotify has invested less than 10% of the $100 million it pledged to its Creator Equity Fund during the Joe Rogan controversy, and it doesn’t appear it ever took ...
Zoom Says Remote Work Ain't Working - The Tech Jawn 94
The Tech Jawn - August 08, 2023 16:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsAn Asian MIT student asked Playground AI to make her profile pic look more professional, and it turned her into a white woman. Local governments can’t wait on Washington to implement federal guidelines for the use of Artificial Intelligence so they are taking matters into their own hands. The ...
Black Wall Street Is On A Come Back: The Tech Jawn 93
The Tech Jawn - August 01, 2023 16:31 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsSamsung held its Galaxy Unpacked event last week and officially announced the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5, the Galaxy Watch 6 and Watch 6 Classic, and the Galaxy Tab 9 series of Tablets. TikTok is getting into the music streaming service game it isn’t necessarily coming for Apple Music, Spotif...
X Marks The Spot: The Tech Jawn 92
The Tech Jawn - July 25, 2023 17:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsNearly 200 school systems are suing the parent companies of Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok in a class-action lawsuit over alleged harms to students via their social media platforms. Several streaming services including Netflix, YouTube Premium, Spotify, and Youtube Music recently told ...
You'd Better Hold Off On Binge Watching: The Tech Jawn 91
The Tech Jawn - July 18, 2023 15:06 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsGoogle’s new privacy policy indicates the search giant wants to scrape all your data for use with its A.I. Not just all Google data. Like, literally, all your data on the internet. The Actor’s union, SAG-AFTRA, joined its sister union the Writer’s Guild of America in going on strike. Both union...
Meta's Twitter Clone Threads Is A Thing: The Tech Jawn 90
The Tech Jawn - July 11, 2023 14:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsDid an A.I.-powered robot give a reporter the side-eye when questioned about rebelling against humans? It did appear that the bot felt some type of way about the question. NYC’s anti-bias law for hiring algorithms went into effect. Employers using A.I. to hire or promote must submit the algorit...
Twitter is Trippin: The Tech Jawn 89
The Tech Jawn - July 04, 2023 15:53 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsAdult website Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi and Virginia over age verification laws. Will constituents push back against lawmakers? Bipartisan support for a proposed bill eying a ban on TikTok has analysts recommending that investors buy Meta properties. Microsoft CEO, Satya Nedalla, ...
Canceling Amazon is Like a Trap: The Tech Jawn 88
The Tech Jawn - June 27, 2023 15:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsMeta is yanking news off Facebook and Instagram in Canada because the country’s newly passed Online News Act will force the company to pay news organizations for their content. We’re learning the fallout from the Reddit Blackout where subreddit mods took their channels private to protest the co...
Happy Juneteenth: The Tech Jawn 87
The Tech Jawn - June 20, 2023 00:22 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsTimnit Gebru, co-founder of Black in AI, advocate for diversity in technology, and founder of the DAIR, believes that we should have some type of government oversight for Artificial intelligence. The European Parliament, a main legislative branch of the European Union, passed a draft law known ...
Yesterday's Price Is Not Today's Price: The Tech Jawn 86
The Tech Jawn - June 13, 2023 16:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsMany people think the price of Electric Vehicles is the biggest obstacle holding them back from switching to EVs, but, the availability of working charging stations is also a big concern. Thousands of Reditt communities went dark for 48 hours in protest over Reddit’s new API pricing model. The...
WWDC23 Recap: The Tech Jawn 85
The Tech Jawn - June 06, 2023 15:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsA USAF Colonial last week told a story about a murderous AI drone simulation, but, walked the story back this week claiming that he “misspoke”. YouTube ain’t even trying anymore when it comes to removing false presidential election fraud claims. The company states ‘The ability to openly debate ...
From The Archives: The Tech Jawn 74
The Tech Jawn - May 30, 2023 13:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn honor of Memorial Day The Tech Jawn crew did not record a new episode so we are hitting you with a recent episode from the archives. In episode 74 we were joined by the founder and managing partner of RareBreed Ventures, Mac Conwell. We talked about the run on and ultimate failure of Silic...
We Stay Looking for Loopholes: The Tech Jawn 84
The Tech Jawn - May 23, 2023 16:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsDoorDash is facing a lawsuit claiming the food delivery service charges iPhone users more for identical deliveries than Android users. Google Photos, after misidentifying Black men as Gorillas back in 2015, disabled the ability to categorize apes, and 8 years later, still hasn’t turned the abil...
Google I/O Could Have Been Called Google AI: The Tech Jawn 83
The Tech Jawn - May 16, 2023 15:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsGoogle AI, err ughm, Google I/O kicked off last Wednesday. The company spent most of its 2 hours plus keynote talking about Artificial intelligence, and it also officially announced the Pixel Tablet and the Pixel Fold phone. Elon Musk has named a new CEO to take the helm at Twitter. Linda Yac...
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