Technology

The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of AI tool ChatGPT for the fastest-growing consumer app. While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100 million user mark and video-sharing app TikTok took nine months, Instagram …

A new material, created at the little-explored intersection of organic and inorganic chemistry, could not only enable more powerful solar panels, but it could also usher in the next generation of cancer treatments. Described in a Nature Chemistry journal paper published June 12, the composite is made of ultra-tiny silicon nanoparticles, and an organic element closely related to those used in OLED televisions. …

GENEVA: A panel of AI-enabled humanoid robots took the microphone on Friday at a United Nations conference with the message: they could eventually run the world better than humans. But the social robots said they felt humans should proceed with caution when embra­cing the rapidly-developing potential of artificial intelligence, and admitted that they cannot — yet — get a proper …

Threads has been here for a full day and Twitter is quaking in its boots — at least, everyone seems to think it is. There’s still a learning curve, but everyone’s slowly figuring it out. The great Threads versus Twitter war has begun and people’s jokes are transcending platforms. Most of the jokes are, naturally, about Elon Musk.   Video …

NEW YORK: Meta’s Threads racked up more than 30 million sign-ups within 18 hours of its launch, emerging as the first real threat to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, as it took advantage of its access to billions of Instagram users and a similar look to that of its rival. Dubbed the “Twitter-Killer”, Threads was the top free app on Apple’s App …

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook and Instagram owner Meta will launch a paid subscription service starting at $11.99 a month allowing users to verify their accounts, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Sunday, following a similar move by Elon Musk at Twitter. Meta Verified, which will roll out first in Australia and New Zealand this week, will let users verify an “account with …

More than 10 million people have signed up to Threads, Meta’s rival to Twitter, within the first few hours of its launch, the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday. The app went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries at 2300GMT on Wednesday, and will run with no ads for now, but its release in Europe …

PARIS: The founder of Facebook is preparing to launch an app to rival Twitter, as Elon Musk spent the weekend further alienating users of the micro-blogging site with more drastic changes. Zuckerberg’s Meta, which owns Facebook, has listed a new app in stores as “Threads, an Instagram app”, available for pre-order in the United States, with a message saying it …

Twitter users will soon need to be verified in order to use TweetDeck, the social media company said in a tweet on Monday. “We have just launched a new, improved version of TweetDeck,” the tweet said.   The change will take effect in 30 days, the company said. Twitter made the announcement in a tweet detailing an improved version of …

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) on Sunday said it delivered a record number of vehicles in the second quarter, topping market estimates as price cuts and US federal credits helped make its electric vehicles more affordable. The Elon Musk-led company handed 466,140 vehicles in the April to June period, up 10% from the preceding quarter, and 83% higher from a year earlier. Analysts …