Left-leaning social media users are taking to Meta’s “Twitter killer” social media app Threads and posting conspiracy theories alleging that President-elect Donald Trump was declared the winner of a contest that was rife with fraud. One conspiracy theory that has been gaining currency on the left alleges that prominent Trump backer Elon Musk has utilized … Read more
Boeing seemingly can’t catch a break between the endless problems with the 737 Max and the Starliner’s failed crewed test flight. Intelsat announced on Monday that one of its satellites, built by Boeing, broke up in geostationary orbit. Multiple organizations are tracking the debris to avoid collisions and a potential… Read more… Read original article … Read more
TikTok, the short video platform originally popular for its 15-second lip-synching content, is now testing 60-minute video uploads with certain creators, in a challenge to veteran online video giant YouTube. The feature, first shared publicly by UK-based social media consultant Matt Navarra, allows users to upload from both the mobile app and desktop, according to … Read more
In July of last year, Meta launched a Twitter competitor called Threads. The platform’s similarity with Twitter sparked constant comparisons between the two social media platforms. While many assumed Meta’s offering would lag far behind the rebranded X (formerly Twitter), new data indicate this may not be true. However, it is worth noting that third-party … Read more
All traces of WhatsApp – the world’s most popular messaging app, with more than 2 billion monthly active users in 2023 – and Threads, which has soared in popularity on the mainland since its launch last July, are now gone from the domestic App Store, according to a search by the Post on Friday. Chinese … Read more
Like Twitter and Instagram, Instagram Threads allows users to become verified to confirm their identities and access some exclusive features. Similar to Twitter’s verification process, you’ll need to pay a monthly fee to be verified on Threads, so keep that price in mind as you get your verified Threads account set up. So, without further … Read more
Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends In the fall of 2023 I decided to do a little experiment in the height of the “blue check” hysteria. Twitter had shifted from verifying accounts based (more or less) on merit or importance and instead would let users pay for a blue checkmark. That obviously went (and still goes) … Read more
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) has said that it will not proactively suggest political content to users by default on Instagram and Threads. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced the change in a Threads post on Friday and said that users will still see political content from accounts they follow, but the apps will no longer … Read more
Meta Threads — Meta’s rival to X, formerly Twitter — has just launched in the European Union (EU), a market with nearly half a billion people. The app launched in the U.S. to much fanfare in July, with Meta hoping to attract X users disillusioned with the turbulence on the platform since Elon Musk acquired … Read more
