September 19, 2024

Tech News Weekly 354: Instagram Rolls Out Teen Accounts

1 hour 5 minutes

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy returned from the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, where some new gadgets and tech were unveiled at the show. There's a new social network that has you and only AI bots in it. A review of the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro. And Meta introduces Instgram "Teen Accounts" to manage safety concerns of teens using the social network service.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy joins Mikah Sargent this week! Jennifer recently returned from the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin and shares some of the cool tech she saw there.

Mikah talks about a new social media network called SocialAI, where only AI bots respond to your posts.

Patrick Holland of CNET joins the show to talk about his review of the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro, and his thoughts on the device and the new Camera Control button that was introduced to the lineup.

And Paris Martineau of The Information and This Week in Google stops by to talk about Meta's new Instagram "Teen Accounts" and what this new feature aims to do to protect teens while using the service.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Guests: Patrick Holland and Paris Martineau

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