House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) has expanded his wide-ranging investigation of big tech and social media companies to include Threads, Meta’s new Twitter competitor. Representative Jordan subpoenaed Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft in February to learn about “how and to what extent the Executive Branch coerced and colluded with companies and other intermediaries to […]
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Twitter last week began paying creators a share of the ad revenue served in the replies of their posts in an effort to retain the platform’s most important tweeters, in the face of increased competition from Instagram Threads and others. But despite the program’s significant payouts, some creators weren’t happy — and took their complaints […]
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Now in summer in this part of the world, are we running low of things to talk about? Not in the slightest.
We’re in the pruning phase of tech layoffs by Theresa Loconsolo originally published on TechCrunch
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As Twitter fends off new competition from Instagram Threads, the company today announced a change designed to cut down on spam in users’ inboxes. Starting “as soon as” July 14, Twitter will introduce a new messages setting aimed at reducing spam in DMs by moving messages from Verified users you don’t follow back to your […]
Twitter admits to having a Verified spammer problem with announcement of new DM settings by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
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Twitter is now paying creators for a share of the ad revenue earned from ads served in the replies to their posts. Users who subscribe to Twitter Blue and have earned more than 5 million tweet impressions each month for the last 3 months are eligible to join. According to owner Elon Musk, the first […]
Twitter starts sharing ad revenue with verified creators by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
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Meta’s Twitter competitor Threads, has been off to a great start as it gained 100 million sign-ups within five days of the launch. But with its absence in the EU, some AI-powered content generator apps are trying to gain the advantage of the situation. Today, Apple removed one of the biggest gainers — an app […]
Apple removes AI-powered content generator impersonating Meta’s Threads app after it appeared in top charts by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
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Recently hired Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino is pushing back at reports that Twitter traffic is tanking as a result of the July 5th launch of a new competitor, Instagram Threads. But the company does seem to be concerned about the potential threat posed by Meta’s rival, now topping 100 million users. On Monday, users reported […]
Twitter blocks links to rival Threads, while CEO downplays reports of traffic decline by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
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The “old” TweetDeck has had a (likely temporary) stay of execution, with users now able to manually revert back to the version they’ve grown accustomed to through the years. How long this will be possible for, though, remains to be seen. The reprieve comes in the form of a “TweetDeck version” option in the users’ […]
How to get the old version of TweetDeck back by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
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Instagram’s text-based app Threads has achieved the mark of 100 million sign-ups in just five days. The Twitter rival was launched on June 6 (or June 5 in the Americas), according to a tracker. Adam Mosseri, Instagram’s head, also confirmed the milestone. “100 million people signed up for Threads in five days. I’m not sure […]
Instagram’s Threads app reaches 100 million users within just five days by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
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Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday afternoon. I’ve been keeping an eye on the European startup ecosystem since well before I moved to the U.S., and today’s report from Creandum about the state of venture investing in Europe gave me pause. This, along with PitchBook’s report […]
So, how are Europe’s startups doing? by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
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