Robb Dunewood

The Tech Winter Is Getting Colder: The Tech Jawn 60

Google is set to pay nearly $400 million to settle lawsuits with 40 state’s attornies general over location data it wasn’t supposed to be collecting. Regardless of how you feel about Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, the new Twitter non-verified blue check mark, right now,  is creating confusion and making Twitter even less reliable. The…

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Hiring Freezes And Layoffs In Big Tech

Kanye West, after having his Instagram and Twitter accounts restricted for antisemitic comments, agrees to buy the right-leaning social media platform Parler. TikTok has raised the age requirement for live streaming from 16 to 18 and is introducing adult-only streams. The website for the Biden administration’s student loan relief program goes live in Beta on…

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Will Remote Work Lead To Overseas Outsourcing: The Tech Jawn 54

James Earl Jones is retiring as the voice of Darth Vader but his menacing tones will live on through A.I. supplied by Ukrainian startup, Respeecher.   Apple reportedly won’t boost iPhone 14 Production because it appears that the new hotness is selling as Apple predicted it would. Square makes Tap to Pay on iPhone available to…

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IBM Expands Its Cybersecurity Leadership Centers to 20 HBCUs: The Tech Jawn 53

The Windows 11 22H2 Update is out.  It’s the first major update of Windows 11 and we break down some of the new features and old features that Windows users should check out. The latest version of WhatsApp allows users to join calls by typing a link.  Call Links aims to make it easier for…

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Could Deep Fake Interviews Actually Help Some Folks Get Hired? The Tech Jawn 42

Google will, soon, start deleting visits to potentially sensitive locations like domestic violence shelters from users’ location histories. Search history, however, still remains. Scammers are using deep fakes to interview and get hired to remote jobs for nefarious reasons. We ponder if this tech, for some folks, could be used to get by the gatekeepers…

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No Dog Whistles In This Title: The Tech Jawn 41

Khaby Lame is now the biggest TikTok creator in the world with over 142.8 million followers. Even with all the positive stories of black women getting into I.T., the pay gap between white men and black women Is actually widening.  Eminent Future and it is black founder and president Isaac Barnes were recently awarded a…

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Interview With Florcy Morisset: The Tech Jawn 40

We’ve got a special Juneteenth edition of the Tech Jawn where this week, we are joined by serial entrepreneur, business consultant, and Web3 strategist, Florcy Morisset to talk to us about Web3 and what’s in it for us. But, before we get to the interview we talk about how only a couple of tech shows…

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Jay-Z and Jack Want You To Know Crypto: The Tech Jawn 39

Is Google’s artificially intelligent chatbot generator LaMDA showing signs of sentience?  Most likely not, but, AI, in general, is getting awfully good at fooling humans. Jack Dorsey and Jaz-Z are teaming up to launch a bitcoin-focused financial literacy program.  The Bitcoin Academy will launch in Brooklyn’s Marcy housing projects, have free in-person and online classes,…

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WWDC22 Recap And More: The Tech Jawn 38

Apple held its WWDC22 Keynote and we recap some of the new hardware and software coming out in the coming months. Tesla and about 50% of other companies want their employees back in the office 100% of the time, but, many employees are willing to change jobs and even careers to not have to go…

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The Best Of Episode: The Tech Jawn 37

Normally, The Tech Jawn crew records new episodes on Mondays, but, with the long Memorial Day weekend, we decided to take a little hiatus and will be back to you with a new episode next week.  We didn’t, however, want to just leave you with nothing to listen to so we chopped up a few…

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