Meta just launched Threads in a bid to rival Twitter. The new platform, essentially a text-based version of Instagram, automatically follows the same people as your Instagram, so users are building ...

On this day in 1998, the SCOTUS rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York. Because the New ...

We’ve known for a while that Threads is joining the fediverse, and parent company Meta has now provided a preview of how things will work. The concept of the fediverse is to network together ...

This week, Meta rolled out a new microblogging service called Threads, joining the increasingly crowded field of platforms trying to replace Twitter. On Wednesday, Threads' launch day, Mark Zuckerberg ...

Threads Wants to Join the Fediverse, But Some Mastodon Users Say No Way Some Mastodon admins pledge to block connecting their servers to Meta's Twitter-like clone Threads, which is preparing to adopt ...

In a move toward the “fediverse,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday that the company is running a test that makes posts from its X competitor app, Threads, accessible on Mastodon, a ...

Image credit: Stock.adobe.com/pitipat. Threads App, Meta’s new social media platform designed to compete head-to-head with Twitter launched on July 5, 2023. It’s ...

We may not get a Mark Zuckerberg/Elon Musk cage match, but a battle between the social media titans is going on nonetheless. Zuckerberg's Meta has released a new competitor to Musk's beleaguered ...

Threads feels a lot like joining Twitter in its early days. There are no rules or guidance, while enthusiastic users try to make sense of the platform. A lot of its energy comes from people enjoying ...

On this day in 1876, the stage premiere of Peer Gynt, a five-act play in verse written by Henrik Ibsen with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, takes place in Christiania (Oslo), Norway. Peer Gynt ...