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.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 201
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Carry On Google... Carry On
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss Google not being required to sell Chrome or Android as a penance for its anti-trust behavior and what this decision could mean for Apple and other compani…
Representation Without Compensation: The Tech Jawn 01
Due to popular demand and at the behest of the multitudes we’re coming to a podcast app near you with weekly episodes of the Tech Jawn.
We also dig into the recent Black Creator TikTok strike, how bl…
Apple Intelligence Powered By Google?
Is Apple Intelligence so far behind in the AI game that Apple may have to partner with Google to have Gemini power the next version of Siri, or is the iPhone maker looking for something to perhaps re…
Substack... Just Say No To Racism
Why does Substack have such a hard time saying no to racism?
We also discuss the Trump Administration taking at 10% stake in Intel, Roblox not being safe for kids, social media's new anti-woke agenda,…
Tech Giants & Government Kickbacks: What's Really Going On?
The Trump Whitehouse is taking 15% in kickbacks on the sale of AI chips to China. How is this different than the protection money the mob takes from legitimate businesses?
We discuss this and AOL endi…
AI To Control… Everything?
Nearly 50,000 developers were surveyed, and it turns out that they don't trust Artificial Intelligence nearly as much as they used to.
We also discuss AI's power needs causing everyone's light bill to…
Tea, The Dating Safety App That Didn’t Keep User's Data Safe
Tea, the dating safety app designed to help women vet potential partners, was hacked, exposing the very people it was designed to protect, personal pictures, and verification information like images …
Howard University And Google Partner To Make AI Understand AAVE
Black folks shouldn't have to "code switch" to get large language models to understand them, and this is why Howard University and Google have teamed on Project Elevate Black Voices.
In this episode, …
Who Trains Your AI Matters
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss...
Jack Dorsey's new internetless messaging platform, Grok being all kinds of racist and seeming designed to check what Elon thinks before it replies, Meta…
Hertz Really Wants You To Sign Up For Rental Insurance...
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…
Apple's reversal on possibly integrating Anthropic or OpenAI with Siri, Hertz using AI to scan for rental car damage, a US version of TikTok coming out Se…
TechLifeSteph Is Not Verifying Her Face On Tinder
In this episode of The Tech Jawn we discuss…
ICE's new facial recognition mobile app, Tinder requiring new California users to use facial recognition to verify their accounts, Section 230 not sheildin…
Are People Stealing AI's Jargon?
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss WhatsApp adding ads to the platform, Black influencers shining on the Forbes Top Creators list, smartphone users paying for AI access on their devices, an…
Is Trump Mobile Just Another Grift?
In this episode of The Tech Jawn we discuss Google downsizing its search team, the Trump family starting a phone carrier, and what graduating seniors should do after high school. We've got all this a…
Apple Barely Mentioned AI At WWDC
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…
The key takeaways from WWDC, the permitless gas turbines powering Xai datacenters, and the lack of adequate high-speed internet access on most HBCU campus…
AI Is Coming For White Collar Jobs
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…
What we expect out of WWDC, why you shouldn't let AI write your legal briefs, if Android XR will be a thing, and will AI soon decimate most entry level wh…
Decisions Were Made
In this episode of The Tech Jawn we discuss…
Trump's Big Beautiful Bill allowing AI to run amok, the bookmarking/read-it-later service Pocket shutting down, OpenAI buying Jony Ive's hardware startup, …
The Tech Jawn 178 With Lamarr Wilson
In this episode of The Tech Jawn we discuss...
Warner Bros. changing Max back to HBOMax, how automation threatens the future of Black workers, Duolingo's CEO being tone deaf on the use of AI, and why …
World ID Is Not For Me
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…
Apple, potentially increasing the price of iPhones, Congress pulling funding for free WiFi hotspots at schools and libraries, how to prove that you are a …
Show Your Elders How To Make Mobile Payments
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…
If Mobile Payments Are Yet A Thing, Microsoft phasing out Auhthenticator's password manager, Apple no longer being able to collect 3rd party app store fee…
Substack Is A Thing With Michelle Jackson
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss:
-- Social media as we know it being over
-- Why we may not be able to find great deals on Amazon Prime Day
-- The Milwaukee police straight trippin' with fa…