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Meta plans retention ‘hooks’ for Threads after app loses more than half of users, says Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg said he considered drop-off ‘normal’ and expected retention to grow as the company adds more features, including desktop version and search functionality.

Meta’s Threads dethrones ChatGPT as fastest-growing platform with over 100 mn sign-ups in 5 days

Currently, there are no ads on the Threads app and Zuckerberg said the company would only think about monetization once there was a clear path to 1 billion users.

Meta’s ‘friendly’ Threads clashes with the hostile online world 

Christine Pai, the company's representative, said in an email statement that Threads will not be fact-checked. This eliminates Meta's other apps' misinformation monitoring feature.

48 hours of signing up on Threads—neat & accessible but not a copy-paste version of Twitter

From entertainment to news, Threads is growing larger by the minute. Bill Gates, S Jaishankar, Nikhil Kamath, NDTV, and The Indian Express have already caught up on the trend.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.