Meta late Wednesday debuted a social media app called Threads that the social media giant describes as "Instagram's text-based conversation app." The new service, which looks set to compete with ...

Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk averted a cage fight last month but the companies they oversee -- Meta and Twitter, respectively -- are set to square off in direct competition. Meta, the parent company ...

Threads users have been requesting for native DM feature since its launch. Meta has finally decided to bring the feature, with testing starting this week in Hong Kong, Thailand, and Argentina. It will ...

Most social media apps allow users to message each other directly, but Threads has lacked this feature until now. In a recent blog post, Meta revealed that Threads users can now send and receive ...

After two years under Instagram head Adam Mosseri, Meta is officially handing off Threads to a new leader. Here’s what the change could mean for the app’s future. As first reported by Axios, Meta is ...

A few days ago, Mark Zuckerberg announced Vibes via an Instagram video, and it’s now fully rolled out to US and UK customers. I thought I'd give it a go and the results were a lot of fun, but perhaps ...

Meta is aiming to even the artificial intelligence playing field with its new standalone app. The technology giant, which owns Facebook and Instagram, announced the launch of the Meta AI app on April ...

Meta is testing a new way to create an account on Threads that will require a Facebook account to authenticate the login and base their profile on. This is not yet available to users as the option ...

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Instagram Threads is close to catching up to top competitor X in terms of mobile app users, according to new data from market intelligence provider Similarweb. In June 2025, Threads’ mobile app for ...

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