X Marks The Spot: The Tech Jawn 92

07/25/23 • 63 min

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

Nearly 200 school systems are suing the parent companies of Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok in a class-action lawsuit over alleged harms to students via their social media platforms.

Several streaming services including Netflix, YouTube Premium, Spotify, and Youtube Music recently told consumers that “Yesterday’s price is not today’s price.

Black Tech Week in Cincinnati took place last week and one of the more interesting presentations was a rap battle between real rappers and A.I.

And Twitter decided to change its logo from the little blue bird to the letter X.

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Nearly 200 school systems are suing the parent companies of Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok in a class-action lawsuit over alleged harms to students via their social media platforms.

Several streaming services including Netflix, YouTube Premium, Spotify, and Youtube Music recently told consumers that “Yesterday’s price is not today’s price.

Black Tech Week in Cincinnati took place last week and one of the more interesting presentations was a rap battle between real rappers and A.I.

And Twitter decided to change its logo from the little blue bird to the letter X.

Link to Show Notes

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Google’s new privacy policy indicates the search giant wants to scrape all your data for use with its A.I. Not just all Google data. Like, literally, all your data on the internet.

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And is using facial recognition for entrance into a gas station food mart done all in the name of security, or, surveillance?

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TikTok is getting into the music streaming service game it isn’t necessarily coming for Apple Music, Spotify, or YouTube Music.

Will the Hollywood actors’ and writers’ strikes supercharge the Creator Economy?

And Black Tech Street and Microsoft are aiming to add 1000+ Cyber Professionals to the Greenwood, a.k.a. Black Wall Street, area of North Tulsa by 2030.

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