The Grok comparison is an obvious one, and not entirely flattering.

A user opens the Threads app as Meta pushes new features like direct messaging to compete with X and Bluesky. Julio Lopez/Unsplash Threads' debut of its direct messaging feature on Tuesday now allows ...

By bringing messaging to the web, Threads is aligning its desktop experience more closely with competitors like X and Bluesky ...

As of today, Threads, Instagram's Twitter alternative, is available as a logged-in web experience — but only for some users. A representative for Threads told Mashable that "we’ll begin rolling out ...

Users can send messages, photos, videos, links, and emoji reactions in Live Chats.

Meta is expanding Threads messaging to web users as weekly DMs cross 350 million, the app's top executive Connor Hayes said.

Threads is about to turn a quiet user habit into a formal product feature, inviting people to talk directly to the recommendation system that shapes their feeds. Instead of endlessly toggling settings ...

After finally gave in and uncoupled its DMs from Instagram, Threads is now turning to another long-standing gap: bringing DMs ...

Threads, the Twitter-like app created by Meta, has seen a sharp drop in activity. The Threads daily active user count peaked on July 7, two days after its launch. Recent data shows that metric has ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

More than 100 million users have joined Meta’s new Threads platform, a feat the Twitter rival has achieved in less than five days, making the Twitter competitor the fastest-growing online platform in ...

Two weeks after Meta launched its Twitter competitor Threads and received an unprecedented amount of user signups, the frenzy around the app appears to have come back to Earth. After surpassing 100 ...