Meta Platforms’ Twitter rival Threads crossed 100 million sign-ups within five days of launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday, dethroning ChatGPT as the fastest-growing online platform to hit the milestone. Threads has been setting records for user growth since its launch on Wednesday, with celebrities, politicians, and other newsmakers joining the platform. “That’s mostly…
Meta’s Twitter Rival Threads Surges to 100 Million Users Faster Than ChatGPT
Threads’ Piracy Issues and Why Meta’s New App Can’t Launch in Europe
July 11, 2023
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Meta’s answer to Twitter, Threads, launched worldwide this week with the exception of EU member countries. The new Instagram-linked app, which is now available in 100 countries, so far has no plans to launch in the EU, likely due to privacy regulations in the bloc. There are obviously very strong concerns over the processing of data…
Google Ordered to Reveal IP Details of Anonymous Email Sender
July 11, 2023
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Tech giant Google has been ordered to hand over the IP address and details of a person accused of emailing defamatory allegations about a Labor election candidate in Australia. On Nov. 9 last year, during the Victorian state election, an individual sent an email (from the address: davidjonesaus18@gmail.com) about Nurul Khan to ministers and news…
Officials Respond to Reports of TikTok Boat Jumping Challenge Causing Deaths
An Alabama law enforcement agency said on July 10 that it is not aware of any deaths linked to a TikTok challenge that encourages people to flip off the rear of a boat while moving at a high rate of speed, despite a slew of news reports quoting an Alabama official as saying otherwise. In…
Musk: It’s ‘Time for Parents to Fight Back’ Against Gender Ideology
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is once again speaking out against transgender politics, calling upon parents to “fight back” and protect their children from the ideology. “Time for parents to fight back!” the billionaire wrote on Twitter on July 9 in response to a TikTok video posted by an irate father. “I’m literally on fire right…
ChatGPT Monthly Traffic Falls Nearly 10 Percent as ‘Novelty Wears Off’
Monthly traffic at the AI chatbot service ChatGPT has fallen for the first time, declining almost 10 percent in June after multiple months of growth, according to a recent report by internet data firm SimilarWeb. Global desktop and mobile traffic to the ChatGPT website is estimated to have declined by 9.7 percent in June from…
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox Says He’s Gearing Up to Sue Social Media Companies for Knowingly Harming Kids
July 10, 2023
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Republican Utah governor Spencer Cox said on Sunday that he’s preparing to sue social media companies for causing harm to young children in the state. During an interview with the CBS program “Face The Nation,” on July 9, Mr. Cox said that “when you look at the new research that’s coming out, there’s not just…
US Tech Stock Valuations Highest Since 1990s’ Dot-Com Bubble: Bernstein
The valuations of American technology firms have risen to their highest level since the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, driven by investor interest in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, warned wealth management firm Bernstein. The stock prices of tech companies rose by 38 percent in the first half of 2023, which is the best performance…
Humanoid Robots Say They Will Not Replace Jobs or Stage Rebellion
Nine artificial intelligence (AI) humanoid robots gathered at a United Nations summit in Geneva on July 7, where they took questions alongside their creators in what is believed to be the world’s first human-robot press conference. Organizers said the AI for Good Global Summit was meant to showcase the capabilities and limitations of robotics and…
Apple Will Permanently Delete iPhone Photos in July: Here’s How to Keep Yours Safe
Apple will permanently delete a photo album from iPhones in about two weeks and has stopped uploading pictures to it, the company confirmed. My Photo Stream is an iCloud service that originally launched in 2011. What the service does is temporarily uploads photos taken on a device so they can be seen on another device…
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