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Meta's instant messaging app WhatsApp gets 60-second video message feature

The video messaging feature will allow WhatsApp users to record and share short personal videos of up to 60-second directly in the chat

Meta has rare opportunity to seize momentum with Twitter rival 'Threads'

Threads could help bring the center of internet culture back to Meta, once again making it a place where things happen first

Republican-led committee calls off vote to hold Zuckerberg in contempt

A House committee called off a vote Thursday on a recommendation that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg be held in contempt of Congress for failing to fully supply documents related to an investigation into supposed censorship by tech companies of conservatives. Rep. Jim Jordan, a Republican and chair of the Judiciary Committee, tweeted shortly before the committee was to meet that, "Based on Facebook's newfound commitment to fully cooperate with the Committee's investigation, the Committee has decided to hold contempt in abeyance. For now." Jordan added that contempt is still on the table and would be used if Facebook fails to cooperate in FULL. If the committee had moved forward, it would have been up to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to hold a full House vote on the contempt resolution as early as this fall, after the August recess. If the House were to hold Zuckerberg in contempt, the Justice Department would decide whether to prosecute him. Andy Stone, a spokesperson for Meta

Why must Mark and Musk be so macho?

Haven't they heard 'A Tale of Two Brothers' from India?

Threads alert to Elon Musk stays but the downloads are falling steeply

As of 10 July, there were 100 million downloads of Threads according to Meta but data.ai says it hit over 150 million by 12 July across all platforms

Threads shows Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg is just another faddist

There's a good chance both Threads and ChatGPT will become irrelevant over time, thanks to the erratic approach of its CEOs

Meta announces new video tab for Facebook; brings improvement to uploads

Users will now have the option to browse vertically through a "personalised feed" of videos with a separate reels section

US lawmakers wary of Zuckerberg's Threads but about half have signed up

Members of Congress for now appear to be largely putting those concerns aside rather than risk missing out of a popular new communications tool

Can Threads destroy Twitter? Everything you must know about the newcomer

Threads breaches the 100 million signups-mark in just 5 days of its launch

It means that Meta's Threads has become the fastest-growing app in history outpacing ChatGPT and TikTok

Threads to add $8 bn to Meta annual revenue by 2025, says analyst

Instagram's new app, designed as a direct rival to Elon Musk's Twitter, signed up 100 million users in the days since Meta launched the service last Wednesday

Weekend Bites: Mukesh Ambani's ides of July, and the threat of Threads

In which we munch over the week's platter of news and views

Can you delete Threads account without getting rid of Instagram? Check here

Threads uses an Instagram account to access the app, even though they remain two separate applications

A day after Instagram Threads launch, Jack Dorsey calls it 'Twitter clone'

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey also raised concerns about the permissions and data access required by Meta's new app, Threads

Twitter silently does away with the requirement to log in to see tweets

The micro-blogging platform prevented users from checking out a tweet if they were not logged in and prompted them to log in for the same

Instagram Threads: Meta's Twitter rival sees 10 million downloads in 7 hrs

Those quick to join the new Meta platform included celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez

Threads: Meta's "Twitter killer" app puts Elon Musk under pressure

Users, on the whole, may care little about that. What they will care about, though, is a lack of control over what they see in their Threads feed

Threads: 30 million join Meta's Twitter rival, says Mark Zuckerberg

Text-based app seeks to rival Twitter, will be an extension of Instagram

Before cage match, Zuckerberg’s Twitter rival Threads to enter the ring

Mark Zuckerberg posts first tweet in 11 years in Threads jibe at Musk

Meta's Instagram officially unveiled Threads, considered most potent threat yet to struggling social media service Musk owns. Hours later, Zuckerberg tweeted photo of identical Spider-Men facing off