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

The Data Center Bubble Nobody Wants Next Door

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss... Meta's $17 billion settlement with the states, AI-generated CSAM being considered free speech, communities fighting again

Cash Rules Everything Around Tap to Pay

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss... Walmart finally accepting Tap to Pay, LinkedIn's "AI Slop" Button, Twitch being sued for training on users' content witho

Anthropic's Invisible Ink

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss… If RAMageddon is affecting college students getting laptops, Anthropic starting to watermark content, and Avni Trivedi, CEO

Can AI Chatbots Save Online Dating?

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss… Chatbots taking over online dating, Meta receiving $942 million in fines for child safety violations, and the repo man usin

The No AI Episode

In episode #238 of The Tech Jawn, we discuss... The Forbes Highest-Paid Podcasters List, Peacock coming to YouTube Premium, Minnesota's ban on nudification apps, and You

Ain't No Privacy When You Creepin'

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss… The FCC voting for less transparency in ISP billing, if you can expect privacy in public, and a New York school district t

Prompt & Circumstance

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss… If the White House alone should get to determine who can and cannot use certain AI models, if viral social media trends are

The Cancel Culture We Actually Want

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss… Claude helping a researcher hack his way to free concert tickets, Meta scrapping plans to allow users to generate AI images

The Math Ain't Mathing

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss... Xbox resetting and cutting 3200 jobs, Silicon Valley sending its kids to life skills and AI schools, and is the AI bubble

Bot Got Your Ticket

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss... Apple Hardware going up 15% to 25%, Ticket bots buying all the tickets more quickly than humans can react, Big Tech being

Show Me Your Papers, Claude

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss… Anthropic introducing ID and age verification policies to enforce terms of service, Rivian's self-driving claims catching u

World Cup AI Shenanigans

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss… How knowing how to use AI makes getting hired easier, the U.S. banning Anthropic again, and your face is the ticket, but th

Siri... Who's That?

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss… Apple's WWDC Keynote, Publishers in the UK being able to opt out of Google AI results, and Meta making facial recognition a

The Price of Addiction

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss… Social media companies paying a Kentucky School District $27 million over addictive products, Tokenmaxxing turns out not to

AI Graduations

In episode 228 of The Tech Jawn, we discuss... Apple Maps launching ads you can't opt out of, PayPal settling with the DOJ for supporting DEI programs for minority busin

Blame AI For That

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 Bl

Sold Out, Or, Sold Down The River?

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 t

AI-Powered Smartphone?

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

Not Really Feeling AI Like That

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 feeli

Will The Cost Of AI Slow It Down?

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 summi