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6		Robb	(Intro) -- Today is Monday, December 18th, 2023 and this is The Tech Jawn episode 111, the last live show of the year. From Columbus, Ohio, I'm your host, Robb Dunewood
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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	2:25		Fearless Fund Appeals Court Ruling In Lawsuit, Continues Fight For Black Women Entrepreneurs	https://peopleofcolorintech.com/articles/fearless-fund-appeals-court-ruling-in-lawsuit-continues-fight-for-black-women-entrepreneurs/
20			We've talked about Fearless Fund on multiple occasions... - When it was announced - When it was sued by by the American Alliance for Equal Rights - And now that it is filing an appeal “Forcing the Foundation to adopt race-neutral criteria would disable the Foundation from conveying its message on the precise topic it seeks to address: economic disadvantages faced by ‘Black women.’
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24		Steph	Former head of Facebook DEI efforts, Barbara Furlow-Smiles, admits she embezzled $4 million from the company	https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-meta-dei-executive-barbara-furlow-smiles-pleads-guilty-embezzling-2023-12
25			-She "knowingly devised and intended to devise a scheme and artifice to defraud Facebook … and to obtain money and property by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, and by omission of material facts
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27		Steph	Elon Musk says DEI Must Die The point was to end discrimination, not replace it with different discrimination.	https://www.blackenterprise.com/elon-musk-dei-die/
28			We should probably point out that as Elon Musk makes these statements, Tesla is being sued by the EEOC for racial harrasment and retaliation.	https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-tesla-racial-harassment-and-retaliation
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30		Robb	Epic won its case against Google over its monopolistic practices particularly with the Google Play Store. Will this mean anything for Apple?	https://www.theverge.com/23994174/epic-google-trial-jury-verdict-monopoly-google-play
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33	33:00:00	Robb	A Cox Media Group subsidiary claims it can do what we all though advertising companies were doing... Listen to us through smart devices and serve us ads based on what it heres.	https://gizmodo.com/cmg-local-solutions-ads-listening-on-devices-1851102426
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37	47:00:00		Nvidia Staffers Warned CEO of Threat AI Would Pose to Minorities	https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-staffers-warned-ceo-threat-110007505.html?guccounter=1
38			- Masheika Allgood and Alexander Tsado, both former presidents of Nvidea's Black employees group ended up leaving the company because they didn't feel CEO, Jensen Huang, would prioritize work on addressing potential bias in AI technology that could put underrepresented groups at risk.
39			- Allgood said the meeeting with Huang was “the single most devastating 45 minutes of my professional life.” - Tsado felt that Huang might have "the luxury" of waiting but, as a member of one of the underserved communities at Nvidia, nothing else was more important than tackling the issues raised immediately. - Only one out of a sample of 88 S&P 100 companies ranked lower than Nvidia based on their percentages of Black and Hispanic employees in 2021. !% of Nvidea employees were Black at the time, a number that hadn't moved since 2015. - Huang said that the diversity of the company would ensure that its AI products were ethical, but, he didn't mean diversity of people, but, diversity of thought.