The Price of Addiction
The Tech Jawn: Black Tech Enthusiasts Covering The Week's Tech News And How Tech Affects Black Culture
Robb Dunewood
4.8 • 48 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…
Social media companies paying a Kentucky School District $27 million over addictive products, Tokenmaxxing turns out not to be the flex companies thought it would be, and VC funding for Black-founded companies is both up and woefully down at the same time.
Hosts:
Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood
Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph
Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech
Links:
Social Media Companies Pay A Kentucky School District $27 million — Engadget
Tokenmaxxing turns out not to be the flex companies thought it would be — Yahoo Finance
VC funding for Black founders is up, but it ain't what you think it is… — TechCrunch
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| 0:00.0 | In this episode of the tech John, we discussed social media companies paying a Kentucky school district, $27 million over addictive products. |
| 0:07.3 | Token maxing turns out not to be the flex companies thought it would be, and VC funding for black funded companies are both up and wolfly down at the same time. |
| 0:15.2 | We've got all this in more for you in episode 229 of the tech John from Columbus Ohio. |
| 0:19.2 | I'm your foe. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm not your host. |
| 0:20.7 | I'm your host. Your host. |
| 0:21.5 | I'm not your host. |
| 0:22.4 | I'm your host. |
| 0:23.7 | Robin Loo. |
| 0:26.2 | You're our folks and our hosts. |
| 0:29.6 | And I'm coming out of Philly as your girl, Tech Life, Step. |
| 0:35.9 | And out of Atlanta, this is Karen Skaines, aka Brother Tech, aka do not go see backrooms. |
| 0:37.4 | Terrible. Terrooms. Terrible. |
| 0:38.2 | Terrible. |
| 0:42.5 | Or somebody who does not understand |
| 0:45.1 | or did not watch the short web series. |
| 0:47.5 | Backrooms is based on a YouTube mini-series |
| 0:51.1 | about the |
| 0:53.1 | they find extra rooms in the back of a in the movie a furniture store |
| 1:01.2 | and then what all happens after that if you under if you watch the YouTube web series and you're |
| 1:09.5 | familiar with the lore of the show, it makes sense. |
| 1:14.6 | But if you just saw that movie like we did and was like, oh, that looks interesting. |
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