The Tech Jawn: Black Tech Enthusiasts Covering The Week's Tech News And How Tech Affects Black Culture
The Tech Jawn is a weekly Tech podcast that covers technology news, with a focus on how tech impacts Black communities and culture. The show discusses major tech trends, gadgets, startups, AI, social media, and other innovations while also addressing issues like digital equity, privacy, and diversity in the tech industry.It is hosted by a group of Black tech enthusiasts: Robb Dunewood, Tech Life Steph (Stephanie Humphrey), and Terrance Gaines (a.k.a. BrothaTech). Their discussions often blend mainstream tech topics with culturally relevant perspectives, making the podcast unique in its approach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
Duo or Don't? An iPhone Duo Owner Weighs In
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…
Why Robb returned not one, but two Google Books, if new NVIDIA RTX Spark Laptops running Windows can compete with MacBook Pro Silicon, and we're joined by entrepreneur and angel investor Curt Pope, who tells us about his experience with the iPhone Duo.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Guest:
Curt Pope - Bugsworth.com
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AI Agents... The Benefits and Detriments
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss...
Spotify's new family plan rules, the iPhone Duo's screen problems, Instagram's new 90-minute horizontal videos, and whether AI agents are a thing.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Spotify's Draconian Family Plan Rules — TechCrunch
iPhone Duo CrackGate — The Verge | 9 To 5 Mac
Instagram Test 90-Minute Horizontal Video — Variety
Are Personal AI Agents A Thing — TechCrunch
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OpenAI Bugged?
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss...
The iPhone Duo selling out in minutes, Character.AI filing for bankruptcy, a former OpenAI employee planting a listening device, and how we feel about working next to robots.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
The iPhone Duo sells out in minutes — Forbes
Character.AI files bankruptcy, but in a plot twist — Wired
A Former OpenAI employee planted a listening device — Reuters
How do...
Claude Out Here Snitchin
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss...
Claude submitting fake anonymous tips to the police department, the global memory shortage tanking phone sales, and having to perform a job interview with an AI avatar.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Claude goes rogue again, submits fake police tip — Reuters
RAMmageddon hits new phone sales hard — Counterpoint Research
Can you imagine having to interview with an AI Avatar... — Futurism
Suppor...
Open AI... The Best You've Got Is Ads?
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss...
OpenAI adding display ads to its image generation wait screen, not all Android apps working with Intel-based Google GoogleBooks, and Amazon giving smart glasses to delivery drivers.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
OpenAI Image Generation... Now With Ads — TechCrunch
Not all Android apps work on GoogleBooks? — The Verge
Microsoft thinks its new Copilot ‘super app’ will be as influential as Office — Yahoo! Finance<...
Stop Trying to Make Copilot Happen
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss...
The Googlebook, Google's new high-end Android/ChromeOS laptop, Microsoft ending Copilot+ PC branding and their new super app, and whether Meta Muse is going to be a thing.
We've got all this and more in episode 245 of The Tech Jawn.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Googlebooks are here — Gizmodo
Microsoft ends Copilot+ PC branding — Windows Central
Microsoft thinks its new Co...
Phone Support for Seniors with Rose Kenney
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…
The Pivot Sports with Ryan Clark, GM reversing course on CarPlay and Android Auto, and we discuss smartphone literacy for adults 55+ with Rose Kenney.
We’ve got all this and more for you in episode 244 of The Tech Jawn.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Guest: Rose Kenney – @rozell-kenney
Links:
The iPhone Duo — Yahoo! Sports
GM Changes Mind on CarPlay — Yaho...
Is The Duo For You?
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss...
Apple's new folding iPhone, everything new you can do with Siri AI, and whether we should be more concerned about AI killing us or the AI bubble bursting.
We've got all this and more for you in episode 243 of The Tech Jawn.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
The iPhone Duo — Apple
Apple's New Siri AI Dropped — Wired
Will The AI Bub...
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 against data centers, and whether Netflix is trying to become your cable company. We've got all of this and more for you in episode 242 of The Tech Jawn.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Meta Settled With The States — CNBC
AI Generated CSAM Considered Free Speech — The Washington Post
Trump to...
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 without permission, and more.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Walmart Finally Accepts Tap To Pay —Walmart
Will LinkedIn's "AI Slop" Button Improve Things — The Verge
Twitch Sued For Automatically Opting Creators Into AI Training On Their Content — Engadget
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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/Founder of MASK NextGen stops by to hang out with us.
We've got all this and more for you in episode 240 of The Tech Jawn…
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Even with increased prices, students are still getting laptops — The Verge
Anthropic is watermarking content — Te...
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 using license plate readers to find cars.
We've got all this and more in episode 239 of The Tech Jawn.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Can AI chatbots save online dating? — WSJ
Meta fined $567m in the largest child-safety ruling against the social media gian...
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 YouTube permanently banning ASMR accounts.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
The Forbes Highest-Paid Podcasters List — Forbes
Peacock is coming to YouTube Premium — Mashable
Minnesota's Ban on Nudification Apps — Gizmodo
YouTube permanently bans a bunch of ASMR accounts — 404 Media
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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
thinking better of deploying humanoid robots in the classroom.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
The FCC Says ISPs Don't Have To Show Their Fees — ARS
Can You Expect Any Privacy While In Public? — Mashable
A New York School Distr...
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 really used for AI training, and x.AI suing a user for doing what Grok fairly easily allows users to do.
We've got all this and more for you in episode 236 of The Tech Jawn.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Should T...
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 from public Instagram accounts, and Apple suing OpenAI for alleged massive trade secret theft.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Claude helps researcher hack his way to free concert tickets — Wired
Meta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash — Variety
Apple Sues O...
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 about to burst?
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Apple Hardware going up 15% to 25% — Market Watch
AI Ticket Scalpers Are A Problem — The Verge
Is The AI Bubble About To Burst? — CNBC, Reddit, Forbes
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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 all in smart glasses, but people... not so much, and Gen Z getting jammed up on social media when it comes to finding a job.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Apple Hardware going up 15% to 25% — Reuters
AI Ticket Scalpers Are A Problem — CNBC
Big T...
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 up with them, and RAMmagedon causing the price of the iPhone to increase.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Anthropic may need to see your papers going forward — TechCrunch
Rivian's Self-Driving Lies Are Catching Up to Them — TechCrunch
Apple to Raise Prices Due to Memory Chip Crunch — WSJ
...
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 the price is your privacy.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
UK AI hiring surges as firms seek people to babysit the bots — The Register
Anthropic suspends all access to Mythos model after US government bans foreign nationals' use — CNN.com
Your fa...
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 thing even though they say they aren't.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
WWDC Keynote — Engadget
Publishers in UK can opt out of Google AI search results — BBC.com
Meta moving full steam ahead with facial recognition, even if they say they are...
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 be the flex companies thought it would be, and VC funding for Black-founded companies is both up and woefully down at the same time.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Social Media Companies Pay A Kentucky School District $27 million — Engadget
Tokenmaxxing turns out not to be the flex companies...
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 businesses, and how AI-powered plastic surgery demands are becoming a real problem.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Ads Are Coming To Apple Maps — 9 To 5 Mac
PayPal Settles Claims Tied To DEI Program for Minority Businesses — People of Color In Tech
People Are Getting Pl...
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 Blue bubbles still matter, now that encrypted RCS is here?
We’ve got all this, Steph tells us about Philly Tech Week, and more in episode 227 of The Tech Jawn.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Yesterday's Price is Not Today's Price on the Swit...
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 tech companies, and the Shark Tank-backed Scholly founder who is suing Sallie Mae after it acquired the scholarship search startup.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Did Apple Just Eliminate The Entry-Level Mac Mini? — Endgadget
Elon Musk vs. OpenAI — CNBC
The Pentagon Strikes With Most...
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, and with all of the AI-related tech layoffs, is IT still a good career path to pursue?
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Is Jony Ive's AI Device Another Smartphone? — Gizmodo
Canva Admits Its AI Tool Removed ‘Palestine’ From Designs — Gizmodo
More AI-Related Layoffs Fr...
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 feeling some kind of way about AI.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Guest Host: Nica Montford
Links:
Tim Cook Steps Down As CEO of Apple — Techcrunch
DHS and DOJ Violated Free Speech Rights of ICE Tracker Creators — Engadget
80% of Adults Feel Some...
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 summit with religious leaders about AI morality, and 70 civil rights organizations wanting Meta to scrap its facial recognition plans.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
The Wayback Machine's Crawling Problem — 9to5Mac
Will The Cost Of AI Slow It Down?— WSJ
Anthropics Summit With Religious Leaders...
Space Race
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…
How Robotaxi companies are tight-lipped when it comes to human intervention, Chromebooks might be just as bad in schools as phones, Claude Code being leaked to the web, and humans returning to the moon for the first time in over 50 years.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Robotaxi companies won’t say how often remote operators intervene — The Verge
Chromebooks might be just as bad in schools as ph...
Unintended AI Consequences
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss...
OpenAI shutting down Sora, students renting smart glasses to cheat on tests, the foreign router ban here in the U.S., and RAMageddon… how it's going to get much worse before it gets any better.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
OpenAI Shuts Down Sora — TechCrunch
Students Renting Smart Glasses To Cheat — Gizmodo
The FCC Bans Foreign-Made Routers — Mashable
RAMegeddon Will Get Worse Befor...
MacBook NEOphyte
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…
Someone on the TTJ crew got a MacBook Neo, what we can expect from WWDC, the FBI buying location data to track citizens, and Amazon working on a Fire Phone, again.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Robb got a MacBook Neo — Apple
What can we expect from WWDC — Techcrunch
Amazon is working on a new smartphone — Reuters
The FBI is buying location data...
Our AI-Fueled Demise
In episode 219 of The Tech Jawn, we discuss A Florida man using ChatGPT to sell his home, 75% of resumes never making it to a human reviewer, Meta potentially laying off 20% of its workforce, and we discuss what AI is doing to the workforce.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Is AI coming for realtors’ jobs too? — Mashable
Meta rumored to layoff 20% of its workforce — Techcrunch
Andrew Yang Discussing What AI Will Do To The Workforce — CNBC<...
Do We Really Want Facial Recognition In Smart Glasses?
Amazon's Ring Super Bowl ad upset a few folks, France and possibly other countries are seeking digital autonomy from the US., and Meta is reportedly working on Facial recognition for its smart glasses.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Amazon's Ring Super Bowl Ad upset literally everyone — The Verge
France seeks "digital autonomy from the US — Fast Company
Meta is working on facial recognition for its smart glasses — Engadget
Black History Spotlight:
Dr. Georg...
AI: Neither Artificial Nor Intelligent
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…
Meta smart glasses potentially sending sensitive footage to human reviewers in Kenya, Oracle possibly laying off thousands because its AI money is funny, and how ChatGPT made DEI an easy target for DOGE.
We've got all of this and more for you in episode 218 of The Tech Jawn.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Meta’s AI glasses reportedly send sensitive footage to human reviewers in...
The Oligarchs Are Oligarching
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…
Block laying off 40% of it's workforce, Open AI making a deal with the DoD where Anthropic could not, and Netflix backing out of its takeover bid for Warner Brothers Discovery.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Block Lays Off Over 40% Of Employees — CNBC
OpenAI Makes The DoD Deal Anthropic Wouldn't — Mashable
Netflix Ends Bid To Take Over WBD — Techcrunch
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If You See Something, Say Something...
Was it a good idea for members of Mark Zuckerberg's entourage to wear Meta Rayban's into a court trial about social media addiction, is bootleg TV making a comeback, and could Open AI have prevented a mass shooting if it had just said something when it saw something?
We've got all this and more, and we shine The Tech Jawn Spotlight on civil rights icon, Jesse Jackson.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Mark Zuckerberg and his Ray-B...
Big Tech Spending Big Money On AI
The four biggest tech companies in the world are spending $650 billion on AI infrastructure, Uber is being found liable in a sexual assault case against one of its drivers, and out of 160 companies in New York that did layoffs last year, not a single one of them said it was due to AI.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Big Tech Is Spending Big On AI Infrastructure — Morning Brew
Uber Found Liable In A Sexual Assault Case — CNN<...
Do We Really Want A Social Network For AI Agents?
Microsoft may dial back its Copilot everywhere in Windows 11 initiative, AI Agents are getting their own social media network, and Khaby Lame, the top TikToker in the world, sells his brand, likeness, and mannerisms for $900 to $975 million.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Microsoft may dial back Copilot across Windows 11apps -- PCMag
Khaby Lame sells brand, likeness, and mannerisms for $900 to $975 million -- Business Insider
AI Agents Get Their Own Social Network -- BBC
Things Fall Apart... At TikTok
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, Stephanie tells us about her new radio show, Life and Tech with TechLifeSteph, Silicon Valley CEOs respond to the Minnesota shootings, and we discuss ByteDance finalizing a deal to spin out TikTok USDS and the 200 million U.S.-based TikTok accounts.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Support The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon
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Chat GPT... Now With Ads
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss TechLife Steph's new studio and camera setup, Threads extending its global lead over X on mobile, and OpenAI is finally bringing ads to ChatGPT Free and Go accounts.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Support The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron – https://thetechjawn.com/patreon
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