Podcast: Season 1

A Bruh Created The Search Engine: The Tech Jawn 18

There is a new game word game taking the internet by storm.  It’s called Wordle, It’s completely free, and, by design, it’s not a time suck. Is the next wave of watching sports a courtside VR experience?  With the Oculus Quest 2, you may be able to “be at the game” without actually being at…

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Green Bubble Bullies: The Tech Jawn 17

Google is concerned that Apple allows iMessage users to bully Android users.  If true Google is probably just as much to blame. Timnit Gebru launches the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute to focus on how bias in Artificial Intelligence harms marginalized groups. Due to the pandemic CES this year still wasn’t the CES of old,…

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The After Show With Professor Tonya M. Evans: The Tech Jawn 16

The cast of The Tech Jawn is just coming back from our holiday hiatus but we wanted to present you with something special before we get back to live shows in the second week of January.  Back in episode 8, we had the honor of interviewing Professor Tonya M. Evans, Forbe’s 50 Over 50 member,…

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Why Ain’t The Algorithms Feeling Us? — The Tech Jawn 0

African Americans are being arrested, charged, and held on faulty ID matches.

Twitter favors faces with lighter skin tones… Even “Black Twitter”

Autonomous vehicles even be out here pedestrian bowling with kinfolk.

Facial recognition, Artificial Intelligence, and algorithms in general really ain’t feeling us, and , in the first episode of The Tech Jawn, we’re going to discuss why.

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Kinfolk Tech Support: The Tech Jawn 15

YouTube TV almost lost a customer before working things out with Disney to bring ABC, ESPN, and other channels back to the platform. Many security analysts are saying that the Log4j exploit that has been dominating tech news for the last week may be the biggest cyber security vulnerability ever.  If it’s not the biggest,…

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The AWS Outage Got Us: The Tech Jawn 14

Amazon had a major outage last week disrupting services for companies all across the US.  Even The Tech Jawn was affected.  Would you were a mask that glows if it detects Covid?   The Tech Jawn crew probably would but we’d feel some kind of way about it. Apple Watch Owners file a class action…

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Please Don’t Build Skynet: The Tech Jawn 13

In this episode of The Tech Jawn we talk about Apple’s anti-sexting tool and if not notifying parents is the right call? Is Black Twitter The New Green Book? We know you can get the tea but is it also keeping us safe out here in these streets. What do you think about a DEI…

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Virtual Real Estate Is A Thing: The Tech Jawn 12

Black Friday Shopping was Mid, Meh, and just a bit down this year but we did get to talk tech to the elders over the holiday. Buying real estate together in groups with friends, family, and even a few strangers may have gotten just a bit easier. The NNPA and Digital Mind State team up…

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You’ve Gots To Do Better Facebook: The Tech Jawn 11

TikTok settled a $92 million class-action lawsuit for collecting your personal data without asking you. Tesla Owners get locked out of their cars due to “accidentally increased verbosity of network traffic”.  This is a reason why you should probably keep a key card close by.3G wireless service is being shut down next year.  This won’t…

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Podcasts Are On The Come Up: The Tech Jawn 10

Black Americans have caught the podcast bug and have become one of the most avid and engaged listening demographic groups. Stackwell Fintech and other financial industry services like Greenwood bank work to close the racial wealth gap. President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda provides an additional $3 billion in funding to HBCUs to boost STEM-related…

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