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

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.

Apple wants employees back in the office for a hybrid work week, but, some employees want to remain remote.  Something has got to give, but, we don’t think it's going to be Apple.A husband of a slain wife is sentenced to 65 years in prison after her Fitbit data told a different story about how and when she was murdered.We thought facial recognition policy was bad in the United States but, New Delhi police say hold my beer.  It uses data with an only 80% match threshold as evidence for potential prosecution.And Big Data and AI-powered chatbots are enhancing the college experience helping with everything from admissions to recognizing signs of depression.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It only took one weekend of interacting with people for Meta’s new Blenderbot 3.0 AI chatbot to turn racist.WeWork co-founder and ousted former CEO, Adam Neumann, secures $350 in venture capital for his new startup Flow. Isn’t that kinda like failing forward?HBO and Discovery+ are officially merging in 2023, Disney Plus sets a launch date for its new ads-supported tier, and, YouTube advances plans for a video marketplace.And the story of the 17-year-old girl and her mother being charged with various crimes after a medication-induced abortion based on evidence from the teenager’s private Facebook messages illustrates just how important it is to absolutely secure your digital footprint.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple doesn’t want any supply chain disruption in China over Made in Taiwan labels so it's asking its Taiwanese-based suppliers to add Made in China labeling to their products.TikTok’s contracted moderators are allegedly requiring employees to watch actual child abuse videos as part of its training program.Technology exists to determine if a child has been left behind in a locked car to help prevent hot car deaths, but, the battle for years has been to get auto manufacturers to implement it.And the video social media platform Triller wooed Black creators with the promise of monthly payments and equity in the company, but, slow payments and no payments, according to program participants have been a problem since the program's inception.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

30,000 tech workers have lost their jobs through July, but, we still believe Information Technology is, one of, if not the hottest job industries.Apple Pay could possibly come to Chrome, Edge, and Firefox in iOS 16. We aren’t sure if this is because Apple has seen the light, or, to prepare for looming EU legislation.Meta and Tik Tok aren’t doing that great with content moderation in the diaspora. The number of tribal languages spoken regionally is problematic for AI detection but they still need to do better.And people are getting tired of Instagram focusing so much on video. The image-sharing social media platform is trying to turn into Meta’s version of Tik Tok, but, some super high-profile creators aren’t down with the poorly implemented shift.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Senators Corey Booker and Ben Ray Luján propose the UnCap America Act that would ban data caps on consumer high-speed broadband in the U.S.A chess-playing robot in Russia breaks its seven your old opponent's finger. Reports are that the robot is completely safe, so, long as you don’t move too fast.Netflix reports on its 2nd quarter earnings. Subscribers are down for the second quarter in a row, but, not by as much as initially thought.And, should Google buy Snapchat? Things haven’t been great for Snap pretty much since the company went public and Google might need a social media play to combat its core business losses to TikTok and Instagram.Link to Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon releases Ring Doorbell video to the police without consent from or even notification to Ring owners.Twitter had a 40+ minute outage, its newsletter service Revue was down for over a day, and some employees are saying there’s no strong leadership at the helm in the wake of Elon Musk reneging on his takeover bid.Uber settles a lawsuit with the DOJ for overcharging passengers with disabilities.And Over 600 business leaders teamed up with Code.org to ask state governments and boards of education to add computer science to core curriculumsLink to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rogers Telecommunications in Canada suffered a 19-hour outage last week affecting all kinds of services including cell and landline access, banking services, internet access, 911/emergency services, and more.A new law in New York will require concealed-carry gun license applicants to hand over their social media accounts for review of their “conduct and character”.More black investors than your might think own cryptocurrency as an asset class.And, Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has been terminated but the lawsuits and insults are just getting started.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 in efforts to really hired.A robocall loophole that allowed smaller telecom companies to get by STIR/SHAKEN regulations has been closed.And, the FCC, again, calls for Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their respective app stores. This sparks a great conversation around things creators can do to monetize their content without being completely beholden to social media companies.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 $13.4 billion defense contract with the U.S. Airforce and the U.S. Spaceforce.And in a post-Roe America, you got to be careful with and protect your search history, location data, text messages, purchase history, and more because your online profile can be used against you when making healthcare decisions.Link to Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.