Threads reaches 150 million daily users and is ramping up ads

Threads has grown to 150 million daily active users. Mark Zuckerberg shared the latest milestone for the company's text-based app during Meta's third-quarter earnings call. The company previ [...]

Instagram's former CEO testifies Zuckerberg thought the app was a ‘threat’ to Facebook

Facebook acquired Instagram in 2012 for $1 billion, but tensions between Mark Zuckerberg and the app’s founders persisted for years afterward. On Tuesday, Instagram’s former CEO and cofounder Kevi [...]

Honor implies the Trump Mobile T1 is a 'Chinese-made gold phone' in playful social media jibe

Chinese smartphone brand Honor has poked fun at the Trump Mobile T1 Phone in a new social media post. [...]

The Morning After: Apple's new louder, high-precision AirTag

Between the new Macs, iPhones and rumored AI gadgets, Apple surprised us with an upgraded, second-generation AirTag. It has Apple’s latest Ultra Wideband chip — the same one used in the iPhone 17 [...]

The UK Places a Sweeping Ban on Social Media for Kids Under 16

The UK government is introducing a ban on social media for children and a minimum age for some chatbots in an attempt to shield young people from dangerous corners of the web. [...]

Under-16s social media ban lands in Australia

Australian teens are now locked out of the most popular social media apps. Here's how the platforms are complying with the new rules [...]

X is 'pausing' encrypted DMs

X users can no longer send encrypted messages on the platform. The company said in an update that it's "pausing" the feature "while we work on making some improvements." Users [...]

X shuts down the European Commission’s ad account the day after major fine

Just a day after receiving a roughly $140 million fine, X has terminated the ad account of the European Commission. Nikita Bier, X's head of product, accused the European Commission of using an e [...]

Why Weibo’s tiny VibeThinker-3B has the AI world arguing over benchmarks again

On Sunday, a team of nine researchers at Sina Weibo — the Chinese social media giant better known for its microblogging platform than for cutting-edge artificial intelligence — quietly posted a 14 [...]