Startups Are Inventing Cooling Clothes for a Hotter Future
Every morning, thousands of construction workers in Qatar start their day by soaking their uniforms in water. The
2023-09-01 18:50
Huawei’s Mystery Phone Shows Wireless Speeds as Fast as Apple
Huawei Technologies Co.’s latest smartphone clearly demonstrates wireless speeds akin to Apple Inc.’s latest iPhones in numerous tests,
2023-09-01 18:47
Cloudy September Seen Crimping Europe’s Renewable Power Output
Europe is expected to produce less renewable power than usual in September due to unfavorable weather conditions, potentially
2023-09-01 18:20
Factbox-Scrutiny of iris-scanning crypto project Worldcoin grows
LONDON Increasing numbers of governments around the world are scrutinising Worldcoin, a crypto project co-founded by OpenAI CEO
2023-09-01 18:17
Explainer-Why is Huawei's new smartphone generating so much buzz?
SHENZHEN, China The surprise launch of the latest high-end smartphone from Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies has triggered
2023-09-01 17:17
Amazon shareholder sues board, Bezos over Blue Origin launch contracts
An Amazon shareholder has filed a lawsuit against founder Jeff Bezos and the Amazon board alleging directors failed
2023-09-01 16:22
It’s Getting Harder to Find Mining Engineers a Green World Needs
Digging up the metals that go into power grids and electric cars is crucial to the energy transition.
2023-09-01 15:53
Superdry Says Extreme Weather Hit Summer Sales: The London Rush
Superdry said extreme weather events across the UK and Europe hurt sales for its spring-summer collection. The fashion
2023-09-01 15:50
China Crashes Germany’s Least-German Car Show in History
The I- in IAA, the name of Germany’s annual auto show, stands for international. This year’s event is
2023-09-01 14:56
Eyes On With Lenovo's ThinkVision 27 Glasses-Free 3D Monitor
Every year we get our hands on dozens of different monitors geared toward productivity and
2023-09-01 14:29
Twitter rival Threads’ launch of much-anticipated feature did little to attract more users, data suggests
Very few new users were attracted by the anticipated launch of Twitter rival Threads’ web application, new data suggests. Instagram’s Threads, launched in early July, swiftly became the fastest-growing app in the world and initially posed as a legitimate rival to Elon Musk’s platform Twitter, now rebranded as X. Though launched without key features of its rival, its early strategic roll out at a key time when Twitter was facing widespread backlash for policy changes under Mr Musk helped Threads quickly accumulate users. But weeks since its launch, Threads lacked one of the most basic features of social networks – to be able to use it outside of an app. Last week, the Threads web app was finally rolled out, with the platform’s chief and Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announcing that the web experience was available for everyone at threads.net. “Let us know what you think,” he said. While in the US, Threads’ website use jumped up by a fifth over the past week compared to the week prior, how this traffic may have contributed to the onboarding of new users remains unclear. Globally, the traffic increase to the platform via the website during this period was also only 3 per cent, according to digital intelligence firm Similarweb. In terms of other parameters as well, Threads’ traffic appears worrying. Mobile intelligence firm Sensor Tower reported earlier this month that daily active users on Threads dropped over 80 per cent since the platform’s launch, with only 8 million users using the app daily. There isn’t much data to also suggest there’s a rapid influx of new users signing up to join Threads since its web app launch. Similarweb speculates that much of the new Threads website visitors in the US were likely just older users moving from the app to the web. The Meta-owned app is continuing to test and roll out new features to woo in more users. The company is also starting to test keyword search in Australia and New Zealand. Mr Mosseri said the tests began on Thursday, and would expand to countries including the US “soon”. “Get excited – search is coming to Threads,” Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg posted on Threads along with a GIF of Vin Diesel from the Fast and Furious franchise saying, “I bet you gonna enjoy this.” Read More Threads launches on the web for everyone – apart from Europeans Musk admits X may be doomed to fail as new glitch wipes out pictures from former Twitter platform Twitter/X indicates it will start collecting ‘biometric information’ and ‘employment history’ Threads launches on the web for everyone – apart from Europeans Meta could finally launch Threads feature everyone is waiting for Elon Musk became ‘anti-woke’ because of his daughter’s gender transition, book claims
2023-09-01 14:27
Lenovo Legion 9i Hands On: Liquid-Cooling a GeForce RTX 4090...in a Laptop?
We’ve seen some budget-busting high-end laptops over the years, but bringing liquid cooling—yes, liquid cooling,
2023-09-01 14:16