Enlarge (credit: AHMET YARALI/Getty) Meta’s long-awaited Twitter alternative is here, and it’s called Threads. The new social media app launches at a time when alternatives, like Bluesky, Mastodon, and Spill, are vying for users who are dissatisfied with Elon Musk’s handling of Twitter’s user experience, with its newly introduced rate limits and an uptick in...
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How to Use A.I. for Family Time
Plan meals, find gifts and create stories using generative A.I.
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Twitter Sues Law Firm Over $90 Million Payment in Elon Musk Deal
The lawsuit targeted Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, a well-known Wall Street law firm, for “unjust enrichment” related to Mr. Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter.
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China Hits Ant Group with $985 Million Fine
After nearly three years of regulatory scrutiny, the fine is seen as a sign that Beijing is wrapping up its crackdown on technology firms.
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MOVEit app mass-exploited last month patches new critical vulnerability
Enlarge (credit: Lino Mirgeler/picture alliance via Getty Images) MOVEit, the file-transfer software exploited in recent weeks in one of the biggest cyberattacks ever, has received yet another security update that fixes a critical vulnerability that could be exploited to give hackers access to vast amounts of sensitive data. On Thursday, MOVEit maker Progress Software published...
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How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality
The superstar quarterback is among the celebrities dealing with the fallout from the crypto crash. Others, like Taylor Swift, escaped.
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F.B.I. Searched the Home of Kraken’s Jesse Powell
Federal agents were investigating Jesse Powell, the founder of the crypto exchange Kraken, over claims that he hacked and cyber-stalked a nonprofit arts group.
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Threads Becomes Most Rapidly Downloaded App as Twitter Threatens Meta
Instagram’s new app was downloaded more than 30 million times in 16 hours. Twitter threatened legal action against its rival.
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Special Episode: Meta’s Twitter Rival Arrives, with Adam Mosseri
Instagram Threads — it’s like Twitter, except it’s not run by Elon Musk.
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Ford’s U.S. Sales Rose 10% in the Second Quarter
The automaker saw a big jump in deliveries of pickup trucks as demand from consumers and businesses remained strong.