Tech Giants & Government Kickbacks: What's Really Going On?

The Tech Jawn

Robb Dunewood

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4.8 • 32 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

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 ending its dial-up service after 34 years, OpenAI releasing GPT-5, Reddit blocking the Wayback Machine, and Google’s vanishing DEI support.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

AOL to discontinue dial-up service -- Read More

OpenAI Released GPT-5 -- Read More

Reddit is blocking Wayback Machine -- Read More

Google's vanishing DEI support -- Read More

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