{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8de7999c-0c95-44bf-9d10-be05d751dd94/689b7616b9b9dae0c7358380?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Tech Giants & Government Kickbacks:  What's Really Going On?","description":"<p>The Trump Whitehouse is taking 15% in kickbacks on the sale of AI chips to China.&nbsp;How is this different than the protection money the mob takes from legitimate businesses?</p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Hosts:</strong></p><p>Robb Dunewood –&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.threads.net/@robbdunewood\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@RobbDunewood</a></p><p>Stephanie Humphrey –&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.threads.net/@techlifesteph\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@TechLifeSteph</a></p><p>Terrance Gaines –&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.threads.net/@brothatech\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@BrothaTech</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><p>AOL to discontinue dial-up service -- <a href=\"https://www.macworld.com/article/2874277/aol-dial-up-says-goodbye-without-apple-it-might-not-have-changed-the-world.html?apple-news\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More</a></p><p>OpenAI Released GPT-5 -- <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/openai/748017/gpt-5-chatgpt-openai-release\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More</a></p><p>Reddit is blocking Wayback Machine -- <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/news/757538/reddit-internet-archive-wayback-machine-block-limit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More</a></p><p>Google's vanishing DEI support -- <a href=\"https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/googles-disappearing-dei-groups\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More</a></p><p><br></p><p>Support The Tech Jawn by becoming a Patron –&nbsp;<a href=\"https://thetechjawn.com/patreon\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://thetechjawn.com/pat</a></p>","author_name":"Robb Dunewood, Stephanie Humphrey, Terrance Gaines"}