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The Tech Jawn

Robb Dunewood

Black Tech, Technology, Tech News, Black Tech Podcasts, Society & Culture, News, Tech Podcasts

4.8 • 32 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Tech Jawn we discuss…

The FCC vs. Meta trial kicking off, Gail King and nem going to space, two Yale juniors getting $3.1 mil in pre-seed funding for their AI social media platform, and Shopify saying you must prove AI can't do the work before you hire new folk.

We've got all this, we're joined by special guest host Nica Montford, and more for you in episode 173 of The Tech Jawn.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Guest Host:

Nica Montford - @techsavvydiva

Stories Mentioned:

— The FCC vs. Meta trial — The Verge

— Gail King and ‘nem went to space — Bloomberg

— Two Black Yale juniors raised $3.1 million in 14 days — POCIT

— Shopify Can Only Hire If AI Can't Do The Work — The Verge

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0:00.0	Hello, we're the host of Staying Relevant and this episode is brought to you by Black Mirror only on Netflix.
0:05.1	I cannot wait for the new season. I have no idea what to expect. I love it so much.
0:10.0	Well there are six brand new stories, common people, Betoire, Plaything, USS Canister into Infinity, Eulogy and Hotel Reverie.
0:19.0	I've been looking at all them, I think we're most excited about common people,
0:22.1	what me, mate?
0:22.7	We sure are, and guys, get ready
0:24.4	because the cast for the new season is wild,
0:26.8	starring the likes of Kristen Milotti,
0:28.9	Paul Giamatti,
0:30.2	Emma Corrin, Rashida Jones, Chris O'Dowd,
0:32.7	and Peter Capaldi.
0:34.2	This is going to be amazing. It's the only thing I'm going to be watching for quite a while.
0:42.9	Six new episodes of Black Mirror, now playing only on Netflix.
0:50.5	In this episode of the Tech John, we discussed the FCC versus meta trial kicking off today.
0:51.1	Gail King and them going to space to Yale Jr. is getting $3.1 million
0:55.1	in pre-seed funding for their AI startup. And Spotify is saying that you must prove AI can't do
1:00.8	the job before you hire anybody. Got all this and more for you. And a special guest today in this
1:06.1	episode of the Tech John from Columbus, Ohio. I'm your host, Rob Dunwood. From the edge of Atlanta, I'm
1:11.8	Nica McA. And out of Atlanta, this is Terrence Gaines, aka Brother Tech, aka whoever came
1:17.5	up the idea of yard work, you need to be fired. A lot of yard work over the weekend, and my
1:24.4	bones are still tired. So I don't know if I'm getting old. I don't know if my yard is getting harder to work on.
1:29.8	But this yard work stuff is for the birds.
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