It brings new meaning to the term “sphere of influence.” MSG’s soon-to-open immersive concert venue in Las Vegas kicked off Independence Day with a major bang, “transforming the Las Vegas skyline” with a captivating video display on its rounded, 580,000-square-foot LED exterior. It is the largest LED screen on Earth. Sphere, as it’s known, officially said “Hello World” during a …
Read More »Meta’s Threads is a serious threat to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, analysts say
Meta’s Threads racked up more than 30 million sign-ups within about 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 as the “Twitter-Killer,” Threads was the top free app on Apple’s App Store in the UK …
Read More »To delete Meta’s Threads app, you have to delete Instagram
Meta launched a new app as an alternative to Twitter — and some people are al-thread-y over it. Threads — Twitter’s latest rival — launched late Wednesday night and over 10 million people signed up within the first seven hours of launching, Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on the app. But people who are trying to delete their account …
Read More »What is Threads on Instagram? All about Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter alternative
Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram unveiled its new text-based social media app “Threads” to widespread fanfare on Wednesday evening, escalating a high-stakes clash with billionaire rival Elon Musk and struggling Twitter. More than 10 million users signed up for Threads within hours of its earlier-than-expected launch. The Twitter-like Threads represents the most significant direct competition to the Musk-owned platform, with some lauding …
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg takes jab at Elon Musk with first tweet in years
Mark Zuckerberg tweeted for the first time in 11 years the same day Meta launched its Twitter rival, Threads — and it playfully threw shade at Elon Musk. On Wednesday night, Zuckerberg tweeted out a photo of an infamous meme where Spider-Man is pointing at another Spider-Man. It was the 39-year-old Meta boss’s first tweet since January 2012, when he …
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta launches ‘Twitter Killer’ Threads app
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg delivered a blow to Elon Musk on Wednesday night, as the tech billionaires’ rivalry went live with the launch of Instagram’s much-anticipated Threads platform, a clone of Twitter. Analysts said investors were salivating over the possibility that Threads’ ties to Instagram might give it a built-in user base and advertising apparatus, which could siphon ad dollars from Twitter as its new CEO tries to …
Read More »Sergey Brin’s ex Nicole Shanahan talks alleged Elon Musk affair
The former wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin has spoken publicly for the first time following reports that she had a sexual affair with Elon Musk — claiming in a new interview that it never happened and that she and the billionaire Tesla boss are just friends. Nicole Shanahan faced an onslaught of media scrutiny last year after a bombshell …
Read More »Canada to stop Facebook, Instagram advertising
The Canadian government will stop spending some $7.5 million per year on Facebook and Instagram ads amid a dispute over a new law on paying online news publishers that the Meta-owned platforms have opposed, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said Wednesday. The government still sees a path forward in resolving the quarrel that has led to Meta and Alphabet’s Google to say they would end news …
Read More »ChatGPT website traffic drops for first time in June
ChatGPT, the wildly popular AI chatbot launched in November, saw monthly traffic to its website and unique visitors decline for the first time ever in June, according to analytics firm Similarweb. Worldwide desktop and mobile traffic to the ChatGPT website decreased by 9.7% in June from May, while unique visitors to ChatGPT’s website dropped 5.7%. The amount of time visitors spent on the website …
Read More »Bryan Johnson eats dinner at 11 a.m. to achieve 18-year-old body
A 45-year-old tech tycoon who spends upwards of $2 million per year to bio-hack his body into aging backwards said he eats dinner at 11 a.m. to achieve an 18-year-old physique. Bryan Johnson — who also has said he uses a machine to count his nighttime erections and has taken steps to make his rectum perform like a teenager’s — …
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