TNW 384: Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram Envy - Tesla Robotaxis, Apple Intelligence, Razr

Tech News Weekly (Audio)

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Abrar-Al Heeti and Emily Forlini are here this week for Tech News Weekly! Is Mark Zuckerberg envious of Instagram's popularity, even after purchasing the company? The first Tesla robotaxis are hitting the road. Apple drops the 'available now' tagline from its Apple Intelligence page. And Motorola RAZR announces a new lineup of its foldable devices, including a $1,300 option!

Abrar discusses information that became public during Meta's antitrust trial, highlighting how Meta has sought to reduce Instagram's popularity.
Emily wrote a story on Tesla's first robotaxis hitting roadways in Austin and San Francisco.
Apple has quietly removed its 'available now' advertising tagline from its Apple Intelligence page following an inquiry from the National Advertising Division.
And Mike Sorrentino of CNET joins Abrar to talk about Motorola's recently announced updated RAZR foldable phones, including a premium version called the RAZR Ultra.

Hosts: Abrar Al-Heeti and Emily Forlini

Guest: Mike Sorrentino

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0:00.0	Coming up on this episode of Tech News Weekly, I am your guest host, Abra Al-Hiti, filling in for
0:05.3	Micah Sargent, and I am joined by the lovely Emily Forlini to discuss Mark Zuckerberg's true
0:10.2	feelings about Instagram's success, Tesla's robotaxies hitting the roads, and Apple removing
0:15.6	the available now language from its Apple Intelligence site. I'm also joined by CNET's Mike Sorrentino to discuss the new
0:22.8	Motorola Razor phones. There's three of them this time. Stay tuned. Podcasts you love. From people
0:31.1	you trust. This is Twitter. This is Tech News Weekly, episode 384 with Emily Forlini and me, Abraar Al-Hiti, recorded on Thursday, April 24th, 2025, Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram envy.
0:48.9	Hello and welcome to Tech News Weekly, the show where every week we talk to and about the people making
0:54.6	and breaking the latest tech news.
0:56.7	I am your guest host, Abra R. Al Hiti, filling in for Micah Sargent.
1:00.1	And today I am joined by my lovely guest co-host, Emily Forlini.
1:04.3	Emily, how are you today?
1:06.2	Hello, I'm great.
1:07.3	How are you doing?
1:08.1	I'm doing well.
1:08.8	I've been joking that this is a very fun guest co-host takeover because you and I work for the same parent company. And it really does feel like we're just taking over the show today, which is I'm thrilled about. I'm thrilled. We finally got in there. We warmed our way in and we're just setting up camp. Our plan is all, you know, going as we anticipated.
1:30.1	Exactly.
1:31.1	But yes, always a pleasure to get to talk to you,
1:33.4	which weirdly only seems to happen when we're on this show.
1:35.6	So this is awesome.
1:37.5	This is the part of the show where we share our stories of the week,
1:41.0	something that we found interesting or that really made us think or which we we wrote. And this week, I'm going to kick things off with my story of the week,
1:49.3	which is about Mark Zuckerberg's true feelings about Instagram's success. So, you know,
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