This month, Threads announced that it reached 400 million monthly active users — nearly as many as X (née Twitter). That’s almost half a billion people. Threads is the Big Bang Theory of social media.

Threads, Meta’s Twitter/X competitor and the company’s first bet on decentralized social media, is now making it easier for users to control their Threads experience. After launching a customizable ...

This month, Threads announced that it reached 400 million monthly active users — nearly as many as X (née Twitter). That’s almost half a billion people. Meanwhile, Big Bang Theory delivered ...

Earlier this month, Meta launched Threads, a new text-based social media platform. It’s the latest in a parade of social media apps vying to replace Twitter, which some nonprofits quit after ...

Katelyn is a reporter with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...

Meta is changing the Threads experience on the web for users to enjoy, and this starts with the arrival of its new domain, Threads.com. Previously, users on the web had to access the text-based ...

Threads, Meta's alternative to X, formerly Twitter, had almost everything it needed to succeed. It's backed by one of the biggest of the Big Tech companies. It's directly integrated with Instagram, ...

Fediverse sharing is now available for Threads users in more than 100 countries. Here's how to take advantage of the new setting. Katelyn is a reporter with CNET covering artificial intelligence, ...

Last year, Meta began adding more features to Threads to make it feel more like a fully fledged social media platform, and better equipped to take on the likes of X and Bluesky. While it still has ...

“Despite Meta’s pledges to tame down political content on its platforms, Taiwanese users are flocking to Threads specifically for that purpose.” — ...

A survey shows Bluesky users are more Democratic and politically engaged than Threads users. Threads has 300 million monthly users, surpassing Bluesky's 24 million. Bluesky allows users to add their ...