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

Brothatech 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 reports that autonomous driving systems are less accurate for children and darker-skinned pedestrians, and, San Franciscans feel some kind of way about autonomous driverless taxis.And, Urban One and Sounder released a report on how AI and ML are making it easier for advertisers to scale on content for Black-targeted audiences.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 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 “CEO of Tech Unboxings” and Lifestyle Entertainer and Influencer with over 3 million followers.Lamarr tells us about his journey to becoming a prolific content creator, how he decided to forgo long-form content for short-form vertical video, and leaves us with tips on how to become a content creator and ultimately get sponsored by brands.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will 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 the pledge seriously from the jump.Things just keep getting worse for Twitter as the social media giant issued a copyright takedown notice to GitHub after finding out parts of its source code had been posted online for months.And Congress seems to be unified and serious about banning TikTok in the United States. Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An 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 conservative activist behind the Supreme Court affirmative action case sues an Atlanta-based, female-run, Black venture capital fund that invests in Black women lead businesses.And Zoom, one of the companies that made remote work possible during the pandemic, wants employees back in the office.We've got all this, a Spotlight, and more in episode 94 of The Tech Jawn.Link to Show Notes  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samsung 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, Spotify, or YouTube Music.Will the Hollywood actors’ and writers’ strikes supercharge the Creator Economy?And Black Tech Street and Microsoft are aiming to add 1000+ Cyber Professionals to the Greenwood, a.k.a. Black Wall Street, area of North Tulsa by 2030.Link to Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nearly 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 consumers that “Yesterday’s price is not today’s price.Black Tech Week in Cincinnati took place last week and one of the more interesting presentations was a rap battle between real rappers and A.I.And Twitter decided to change its logo from the little blue bird to the letter X.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google’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 unions list demands for A.I. protections as significant reasons for shutting down movie and television production.Is NPC live streaming the next thing or just a fad? Whatever the case TikTok sensation PinkyDoll is capitalizing on talking like a robot will popping popcorn one kernel at a time.And is using facial recognition for entrance into a gas station food mart done all in the name of security, or, surveillance?Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did 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 algorithms for independent review and make the results public. The DEI goodwill we saw after the George Floyd murder may be coming to an end.And Meta’s Twitter clone Threads is a thing. With over 100 million downloads in 5 days, it becomes the most quickly downloaded app in history.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adult 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, would love to end exclusive titles on gaming consoles, but, admits that the market leader, Sony, has set the marketplace for the industry.Twitter imposed rate limits over the weekend supposedly to "address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, but, many believe this move will drive away more users and more advertisers.Link to Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta 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 company’s new API pricing model is far from over.If you’ve accidentally signed up for or tried to cancel an Amazon Prime account you’d understand exactly why the FTC is suing Amazon for deceptive practices.And there appears to be an inverse relationship between increased technology and decreased quality in automobiles.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timnit 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 as the A.I. Act, which would put new restrictions on what are seen as the technology’s riskiest uses.AIs trained on other AI output will start producing junk within a few generations according to researchers so maybe the solution to the AI apocalypse is waiting it out.IKEA Uses AI to Transform Call Center Employees Into Interior Design Advisors.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many 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 question-and-answer giant will begin charging 2.4 cents per 1000 API calls in July.WhatsApp's new Channels feature may allow the world's largest messaging platform to dip its toe into social media waters but the one-way broadcast feature isn’t ready to replace Twitter just yet.And, is social media to blame for the Kia Boys' wave of easily stolen automobiles?Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A 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 disproven assumptions, is core to a functioning democratic society.15% of new US-based iPhone users switch over to iOS from Android and their primary reasons for switching have nothing to do with iMessage.And we discuss all the announcements coming out of WWDC23 including the new 15-inch MacBook Air, the M2 Ultra powered Mac Pro, and the new Vision Pro mixed reality headset.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 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 Silicon Valley bank, what actually happened, and how bad it could have been if the government didn’t step in.We also talked about the ICAN Act, why Mac was called to testify in front of Congress about it, and how modifying the stipulations for what it takes to be a venture capitalist could be good for founders of color.And lastly, we talked about Mac’s journey to becoming a VC and why he focuses on business outside of Massachusetts, New York, and California.This was a fun one, so, strap in.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DoorDash 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 ability back on.Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act which frees companies from liability due to user-generated content on their platforms, kinda sorta got tested in the Supreme Court last week.And, just when you thought your data was safe from the state unless it gets a warrant compelling companies to hand it over, the authorities can just buy it from data brokers.Link to Show Notes  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google 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 Yaccarino, a.k.a. The Velvet Hammer, is expected to officially move into the role in within the next 6 weeks.A Snapchat influencer launches an AI-powered 'virtual girlfriend' to help 'cure loneliness'.And the Godfather of AI offers a dire warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is ChatGPT better at picking stocks than hedge fund managers?  According to an 8-week study in the UK, the answer is yes, and it's not even close.The Writer’s Guild of America is currently on strike, and, one of their major issues is that writers do not want to be displaced by AI.#BlackTechTwitter may have found a new home on the invite-only, federated social media startup BlueSky.And, are passkeys the solution for people’s bad habits when it comes to using passwords?  Is authenticating via your device a safer option?Link to Show Notes  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Juice Jacking may not be as big of an issue as the FBI and literally every other media outlet made it out to be last month seeing how there are no reports of it ever happening on record.Monthly subscriptions for features on new cars may be the wave of the future, but, not many in the present are looking forward to this trend.Apple won an appeals court ruling against Epic, but, the maker of Fortnite and other popular games kind of won as well.And, although Netflix is officially ending free password sharing, there are still ways to get around signing up for your own account, if you’re really determined to.Link to Show Note Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There is no way to sugarcoat it.  Google employees think Bard is trash and you simply can’t trust it even if its tongue came notarized.Meta will soon start doling out payments from the $725 million Cambridge Analytica settlement where it sold data on 87 million Facebook users.The SCOTUS will decide if public officials blocking users on social media is an affront to free speech rights.And WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and other companies are worried that the UK’s Online Safety Bill could undermine end-to-end encryption.Link to Show Notes  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Netflix’s Love is Blind Reunion live stream didn’t go down as planned. It turns out the cast, not, the technology is the reason for the postponement.Consumers just aren’t buying computers like they used to. Global shipments of PCs were down 29% YoY. Apple’s Mac sales were down 40.5%.Will overseas outsourcing be the next wave of remote work? Companies now know that they can be productive with a remote workforce. Will they look outside of our borders to reduce the costs?And have the social media chickens come home to roost? We discuss several social media headlines topping the news.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rumor has it that Sony is working on a new handheld PlayStation built for remote play. The “Q Lite” is designed to stream games over the internet from a PlayStation 5.Walmart plans to build a nationwide EV charging network at thousands of stores. It’s a smart move that would make charging up convenient while customers shop.Tesla is facing a class-action lawsuit because employees are sharing sensitive images and videos taken by the car’s cameras around the company on an internal messaging system.And Apple Find My has been erroneously directing people to the same man’s house since 2018.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode of The Tech Jawn, we cover a couple of tech stories like Twitter’s logo changing to the logo of Dogecoin and the open letter to pause new AI development for 6 months, but the meat of this episode is our interview with author, attorney, and COO of DEI Directive, Flo Nicolas.We talk about everything from how Flo transitioned from practicing law into tech at a big telecom company, starting her own local television show Get Tech Smart, and how she’s now tackling big data in diversity, equity, and inclusion as the COO and co-founder of DEI Directive.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will 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 the pledge seriously from the jump.Things just keep getting worse for Twitter as the social media giant issued a copyright takedown notice to GitHub after finding out parts of its source code had been posted online for months.And Congress seems to be unified and serious about banning TikTok in the United States. Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The U.S. is threatening to ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don’t sell their stake, but, the social media giant argues that a forced sale won’t address security issues.Google cancels Google Glass, again. Is this just Google being Google or a sign that augmented and virtual reality is nowhere near becoming mainstream?A potentially landmark copyright lawsuit could affect how libraries are able to scan their own book collections.And ChatGPT is fooling humans into solving captchas by claiming to be a person with visual impairment.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Tech Jawn we are joined by special guest Mac Conwell, founder and managing partner of RareBreed Ventures. He hangs out with us to talk about the run on and ultimate failure of Silicon Valley bank, what actually happened, and how bad it could have been if the government didn’t step in.We talk about the ICAN Act, why Mac was called to testify in front of Congress about it, and how modifying the stipulations for what it takes to be a venture capitalist could be good for founders of color.And lastly, we talk about Mac’s journey to becoming a VC and why he focuses on business outside of Massachusetts, New York, and California.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The August 2022 LastPass breach just keeps getting worse and worse. It turns out that a developer with “literal” keys to the kingdom was hacked on his home computer which, ultimately, lead to a series of unfortunate events.The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to give the President the power to ban TikTok, but, civil liberties and digital rights groups argue that such a ban would violate users’ First Amendment rights.TikTok is implementing 60 minutes of screen time on all teen’s accounts by default, but, we aren’t so sure that this measure will do much to curb time spent on the platform.And bias and racial inequality show up in ed tech just like it does in technology in general.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy wants workers back into the office at least three times per week, but, 16,000 employees, really ain’t trying to hear that.Google is changing directions when it comes to podcasting. The company has stopped adding playable links directly to search results and will soon add podcasts to YouTube Music.Screen time, like video games, may not have the adverse effects on children’s development once thought.  What is going on at home in addition to screen time is an important indicator.And, The State of Black Professionals in Tech report is out.  It turns out that companies that are more diverse make more money.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Twitter drops the less secure sms based two-factor authentication for free users, but, lets you keep it if you are a Twitter Blue subscriber. Meta, taking a page from Twitter’s playbook is launching, Meta Verified, a Blue verification subscription for Facebook and Instagram accounts starting at $11.99 to $14.99 per month.Walmart is closing three tech hubs, asking employees to relocate, and requiring them to come into the office at least twice a week.And, are lethal robots and AI the pathway to reforming how policing is done in America? For Heaven’s sake, please no.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year, an anti-Tesla full self-driving ad aired in several markets during the Superbowl. The Dawn Project spent $598,000 on the 30-second spot, but, we aren’t certain what the motivation was.In Google’s official introduction of Bard, its’ ChatGPT-like large language model AI, the search giant published false information in an ad causing Google’s stock to drop nearly 10%. It turns out that reinstating previously banned Twitter accounts that violated Twitter’s guidelines could be quite lucrative.And AI-generated porn is bad for women, and, also, water is wet.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nex Cubed is launching a $40 million fund that will invest in startups where at least one founder is an HBCU student, alumni, or faculty.It’s a slow news cycle for Apple and we keep getting hit with rumors of new devices. This time a new ultra-high-end iPhone that could make its debut next year.Samsung held its Galaxy Unpacked 2023 event last Wednesday It unveiled iterations to the Galaxy S 23 line of phones as well as three new Galaxy Book laptops.And big tech layoffs are reversing trends in diversity. Women and underrepresented communities are being affected by layoffs at a higher rate than their peers.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are rumors that a foldable iPad could be coming as soon as 2024, but would the price of such a device be cost-prohibitive?The venture capital scene got substantially worse for Black Founders in 2022. Their companies only received about 1% of the $215.9 billion raised last year, down from 1.3% in 2021.TikTok employees pick favorites with a “heat” button putting their thumbs on the scale for the content they want to go viral.  Just another reason that creators need to control the distribution of their content and have a relationship with their biggest fans outside of social media platforms.We got all this and more for you in episode #68 of the Tech Jawn.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Twitter shuts off access to several third-party Twitter clients with zero notice. Twitter had the right to do it, but, was Twitter right to do it?Apple announces new M2 processors, refreshed MacBook Pros, and less expensive Mac Minis in a recorded video. Have live press events for lesser announcements gone the way of the DoDo?Big Tech Layoffs continue into 2023, but, when you look at the overall Tech Industry, things may not be as bad as they seem.And will Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act which prevents platforms from being liable for content users post be repealed?Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are black and brown renters being denied access to housing based on biased algorithms? A renter’s screening company says it's not its issue because it doesn’t make renting decisions.Wyoming wants to phase out electric vehicles by 2035. We don’t think lawmakers proposed this resolution with a straight face as they attempt to make a point to states like California and New York.Is all fair in love and AI? A Silicon Valley man uses AI to write and illustrate a children’s book, and let’s just say the reaction, by many, was visceral.  We’ve got all this, and more in this Martin Luther King Day episode of The Tech Jawn.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MSG Entertainment is being petty with its facial recognition capabilities. The company is actively banning employees from law firms that are litigating cases against it from patronizing its venues.Inaccuracy in Facial Recognition of Black and Brown faces is still problematic for the technology, but, police departments arresting and jailing suspects who have clearly been misidentified is cruel and unusual.The August LastPass security breach is way worse than we initially thought. We’re not saying you should leave LastPass, but, we certainly are no longer recommending it.And ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm since its Nov. 30th release. We discuss the technology is, why schools are banning it, and how search is probably soon to undergo a massive shift.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple decides not to scan your iCloud photos against the Child Sexual Abuse Material database, or, CSAM, and has other plans to expand its Communication Safety features.The Federal Trade Commission filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft alleging that its bid to acquire Activision Blizzard violates U.S. law.Meta’s content moderation policy for Facebook and Instagram had a double standard for high-profile users compared to regular folks.And the likes of Meta and Microsoft contemplate trying to gain Twitter market share with Twitter-like and WeChat-like super apps respectively.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’ve got something special in this week’s episode of The Tech Jawn. We interview Cherish Samuels, a unicorn of unicorns, as she is a Black, female, mechanical engineer.We talk about everything from her journey getting into engineering at a young age, for years being the only face on the job that looks like hers, and how she has transitioned into tech now working on Amazon Fresh, the automated checkout grocery store.We also talk about Cherish’s son’s unique name, her not changing her last name when she got married, and, people still thinking it's cool to touch black people's hair even after you tell them not to.Link to Show NotesThis Week's Special Guest: Cherish Samuels - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherishsamuels/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Twitter grappled with nuisance spam from the Chinese State intended to obscure news of covid restriction protests happening in cities across the country.Even though Amazon Alexa devices are pretty popular the digital assistants are on pace to lose $10 billion this year because users just don’t buy products with them.The Department of Justice opens an investigation into a real estate tech company accused of collusion with landlords over rent prices.And the UK launches a market probe into Apple and Google’s mobile dominance with their respective browsers but this seems different than the old Internet Explorer saga.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is Taylor Swift really that big, or, is TicketMaster's and Live Nation’s monopoly on ticket sales and venues the cause for Swifties not being able to purchase tickets?Microsoft is eager to acquire gaming company, Activision Blizzard, for $68.7 billion, but, a new EU investigation has Microsoft Gaming’s CEO promising Call of Duty will remain on PlayStation.Bob Iger is returning, temporarily, as CEO of Disney replacing Bob Chapeck with a mandate to return to growth and handpick another CEO to take the helm within two years.And with the holiday season in full swing, we pick a few gift ideas that gadget geeks like us would probably enjoy.Link to Show NotesHoliday Gadget Gift Ideas mentioned in the show(We are Amazon affiliates and may make a commission on products purchased through our affiliate links)Anker Nano 3 30-Watt, USB-C, Fast Charger -- https://amzn.to/3OnrZYmSanDisk 2TB Extreme Portable SSD -- https://amzn.to/3VfPGE4VGAzer Magnetic Levitating Light Bulb Desk Lamp -- https://amzn.to/3hXoTOyApple AirTags 4-Pack -- https://amzn.to/3ADYgEGRazor Kishi V2 Mobile Gaming Controller -- Android https://amzn.to/3EQbaSw, iOS https://amzn.to/3XjlKZFApple Watch SE -- https://tinyurl.com/2gaype4x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 FTX crypto exchange bankruptcy could setback cryptocurrency in general for years and usher in traditional finance-type regulation.And, even though the Tech Winter is getting colder with all of these big tech layoffs, the technology industry as a whole is still one of the best and strongest industries to get into.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Election misinformation safeguards in social media work fairly well unless the election lies come in foreign languages.Many of last week’s Twitter rumors have come to pass. Twitter did lay off nearly half of its employees hours before asking some of them to come back. Twitter Blue actually cost $8, not $20, but it’s been postponed until after the election. And Elon Musk is concerned that advertisers leaving the platform is an assault on free speech.And Meta made some big bets on the Metaverse and we ponder if the bets were the right ones, or if they are just several years too soon.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Be careful when having receipts emailed to you.  It looks like Square along with many other credit card processing companies is selling your contact information.The acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk happened last week and the new owner isn’t wasting time making changes.  Verified accounts are rumored to cost 20 bucks a month, big companies are preemptively pulling advertising from the platform, 25% of Twitter’s workforce may be terminated, and, in brighter news, Vine is coming back.And, are subscriptions the future of the internet?Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google’s vision for RCS hasn’t materialized, but, is it too soon to call it a failure?  Probably not.Netflix reported its third-quarter earnings, is launching an ad-supported tier in November, and, is putting the kibosh on password sharing in early 2023.The Republican National Committee is suing Google for sending campaign emails to spam even though Gmail filters reflect user reactions. And we discuss the new iPad 10th generation, M2 iPad Pro, and macOS Ventura’s Continuity Camera. Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Friday.And big tech companies are appearing to get ready for an economic downturn with a bevy of hiring freezes and layoffs.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Apple Watch’s fall and crash detection experience false positives everywhere from the emergency room to roller coasters.Meta has notified nearly 1 million Facebook users that their login information may have been compromised by apps downloaded from the App Store and Google Play.Alphabet announced new devices during its Pixel event last week including the Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and the Pixel Watch.And Kanye West had his Twitter and Instagram accounts restricted after posting a series of antisemitic posts and tweets on social media.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 U.S. sellers.And will companies like Amazon urging employees to work remotely ultimately lead to overseas outsourcing?Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 groups of up to 32 to join both voice and video calls.Amazon decided that one Amazon Prime Day Event per year is not enough so it has officially announced the Prime Early Access Sale on October 10th and 11th.And IBM announces 14 new Cybersecurity Leadership Centers at HBCUs bringing the total to 20. The cybersecurity industry is in dire need of qualified professionals and IBM is taking that stance, If we can’t find ‘em, train ‘em.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The iPhone 14 launch isn’t going that smoothly for Apple. iMessage and Facetime aren’t working for many after activation, some 14 Pro and Pro Max freeze after data transfers, and there are a lot of videos of the 48-megapixel camera acting weird with third-party apps.Uber confirmed that it took several key systems down in response to a cybersecurity breach allegedly perpetrated by an 18-year-old hacker.And Customs & Border Protection can access your cell phones and other electronic devices without a warrant and even copy data and hold it for years. Here are a few ways you can protect yourself when traveling internationally.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week’s episode of The Tech Jawn is mostly about the Apple Event and all the new gadgets that are coming out. We talk about the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro, the new Apple Watch Series 8 and Ultra, and we mention the new AirPods Pro 2.But before we get to all the Apple news we talk about Patreon laying off its entire security team, apparently outsourcing everything, and how it probably should have better prepared for the announcements of both.We've got all this and more for you in episode 51 of The Tech JawnLink to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Tech Jawn took Labor Day off and didn’t record a new episode this week.  We didn’t, however, want to leave the feed empty, so, we put together a quick highlight reel from some of our favorite moments on the show.  We’ll be back next week, September 13, with a brand new episode, so, until then… Enjoy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Twitter’s former Security Chief blows the whistle alleging Twitter misled the public on problems with its security and with bot accounts.Cosmetics company Sephora will pay $1.2 million in the first major settlement with the state of California’s Consumer Privacy Act for selling users' data without permission.A federal judge sided with a Cleveland State University student stating that scanning his room before an online test violated his 4th Amendment rights.And yes, the computer-generated, virtual avatar, FN Meka, created by two non-black executives which leans into racist stereotypes and tropes, is a form of digital blackface.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.