The Morning After: a lua de mel de The Threads pode ter acabado
- Threads, a social network owned by Instagram, has seen a significant decline in engagement according to new data from SimilarWeb.
- Daily active users declined from 49 million to 23.6 million in just one week, with the highest engagement reportedly being in the United States.
- Instagram’s top exec, Adam Mosseri, suggested the company isn’t particularly focused on engagement metrics at this stage, but rather on building new features, dialing in performance, and improving ranking.
In other news:
- TikTok has introduced passkey login for iOS devices.
- Artiphon’s Chorda ‘band in a box’ allows you to produce beats just about anywhere.
- Samsung’s ViewFinity S9 5K display will cost $1,599 when it arrives in August.
- Ford has dropped F-150 Lightning prices by up to $10,000.
- Meta faces a $100,000 daily fine if it doesn’t fix privacy issues in Norway.
- Instant Pot cookers and air fryers are up to 48% off right now.
- Corsair has expanded its mechanical keyboards by acquiring Drop.
Microsoft is replacing Xbox Live Gold with a Game Pass Core tier on September 14th, which will offer a base collection of more than 25 games with new entries two to three times per year. Most of them are first-party games, like Doom Eternal, Forza Horizon 4 and Halo 5, but there will be the occasional third-party project, like Among Us and Human Fall Flat.
A typo in an email address has reportedly sent millions of US military messages to Mali, exposing sensitive information like diplomatic documents, tax returns, and passwords. The misdirected emails may have come from US military workers’ personal accounts.
The latest computer monitors come with new technology like OLED Flex, QD-OLED, and built-in smart platforms. Engadget has researched the latest models for gamers, business users, and content creators to find the best option for you and your budget.
