Wednesday night. Similar to Twitter, Threads is a "text-based conversation app" that falls under Meta's Instagram brand but nonetheless requires a separate download. Zuckerberg said the new service scored more than 5 million signups with its first four hours. Threads' debut comes as Twitter bleeds users after a series of dramatic changes implemented by owner Elon Musk.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is the latest high-ranking Biden administration officialin a bid to ease tensions between the U.S. and China. She arrived Thursday for what is planned to be a four-day trip, a couple weeks after Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to China. While the governments of both countries have played hardball over trade and tech, there are also concerns about China's intentions for Taiwan, a self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own. But the U.S.