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More than 10 million people have signed up to Threads, Meta's rival to Twitter, within the first few hours of its launch, the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. The app went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries at 2300 GMT on Wednesday, and will run with no ads for now, but its release in Europe has been delayed over data privacy concerns. FRANCE 24's Science Editor Julia Sieger tells us more.
There is the age-old question, what makes someone want to run for President. And then, there is the question of how the candidate announces. It can be at a rally, in a newspaper, a television interview. French Socialist Lionel Jospin launched his ill-fated 2002 run via a fax sent to the AFP news agency. Florida governor Ron DeSantis opting for Twitter. Not a tweet but a live discussion hosted by none other than the boss of said social media. Elon Musk insists the event does not constitute an endorsement on his part. But if the medium is the message, then what does this launch say about the candidate and the times we live in?
Ron Desantis, the controversial US governor behind Florida's so-called 'Don't Say Gay' law, is set to launch his presidential campaign in a streamed conversation with Elon Musk
Biden’s reelection bid comes as the nation weathers uncertain economic crosscurrents. Inflation is ticking down after hitting the highest rate in a generation.
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