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6 | Robb | (Intro) -- I am Robb Dunewood from Columbus Ohio | |||||||||||||||||||
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10 | Before we get to our tech stories, I want to let everyone know that you can support The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron over at Patreon.com/TheTechJawn. We have multiple tiers over there, any one of which, gets you access to our Live Stream and After-Party where you can watch us recorod the actual podcast and hang out with us afterwards. Once again, head over to Patreon.com/TheTechJawn. The Tech J A W N | ||||||||||||||||||||
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14 | Robb | Here are a few of the big tech stories since our last show | |||||||||||||||||||
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19 | Netflix Falls Down With "Love Is Blind" Live Stream last night pulling the plug after a 75-minute delay. | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/16/netflix-issues-love-is-blind-livestream-reunion/ | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Netflix said on it's Twitter account... "..we are incredibly sorry that the Love is Blind Live Reunion did not turn out as we had planned. We're filming it now and we'll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible." It looks like ASAHP was 3:00 PM EST earlier today. | https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1647774237896368130?s=20 | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | -- How big of a deal is this for Netflix? -- Even the official @BlockBuster Account was throwing shade... "Remember renting vhs’ from us. You could start it on time no problem… This is what we get." | ||||||||||||||||||||
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23 | Folks just aren't buying computers like they used to | https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS50565723 | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | Global shipments numbered 56.9 million, marking a contraction of 29.0% compared to the same quarter in 2022 Shipments of Mac computers fell 40.5% YoY | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | What is causing the slump? - Fears of a global recession - Lots and lots and lots of PCs and Macs were purchased during the beginnin of the pandemic | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/10/global-pc-shipments-dropped-by-a-third-in-q1/ | |||||||||||||||||||
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27 | Will Overseas Outsourcing Be The Next Wave of Remote Work? | https://www.wsj.com/articles/next-wave-of-remote-work-is-about-outsourcing-jobs-overseas-54af39ba?mod=djemalertNEWS | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | "The CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, Johnny Taylor Jr., told the Wall Street Journal that he decided to outsource the employee's job after she requested to work remotely from another state. He claimed that hiring someone in India saved the company around 40% in labor costs." | https://original.newsbreak.com/@p-world-news-network-1608581/2988327443895-the-dark-side-of-remote-work-outsourcing-and-the-risk-to-us-workers | |||||||||||||||||||
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30 | Is AI taking over rap? | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/17/uh-oh-an-ai-generated-song-by-drake-and-the-weeknd-went-viral/ | |||||||||||||||||||
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34 | Have the social media chickens come home to roost?? | https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3wdpv/arkansas-makes-it-illegal-for-minors-to-be-on-social-media-without-parental-consent | |||||||||||||||||||
35 | Robb | If I'm honest, I think the social media ban without parental consent is as much as it is about keeping kids out of liberal social media platforms as it is protecting them. | https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/1/23620052/tiktok-screen-time-feature-update-family-pairing-teens | ||||||||||||||||||
36 | LinkedIn rolls out ways to verify your identity and employment, without a price tag | https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/12/linkedin-rolls-out-ways-to-verify-your-identity-and-employment-without-a-price-tag/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMXcOwH_UahZ_unl3gUkKMa2YOgzdGWpUqatkmqCBgqZn8lvgth38jZownqAnQZuepucoy8Ma05xXnI6sR35aqthUhmYv6WpTdaI8cngf4BTd94_Dn4T0sw3EHP0MUFsPis2nqBgqcMfT8FroZS-q4DMZ2WF1fOPeo_QWGf5zt_p | |||||||||||||||||||
37 | Was the Gen-Z Pentagon leaker motivated by social media clout? | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/17/was-the-gen-z-pentagon-leaker-motivated-by-social-media-clout | |||||||||||||||||||
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