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Instagram's Threads broke the 100-million-user barrier in a matter of days
By Oliver Haslam published
Threads, the Twitter competitor from Instagram, has already reached 100 million users after less than a week.

How to sign up for Threads - the new social media app on the block
By John-Anthony Disotto published
How to sign up for Threads, Instagram's new social media app that hopes to replace Twitter.

Instagram's Twitter killer Threads smashes 30 million user milestone hours after launch
By John-Anthony Disotto published
Threads has already reached the 30 million user milestone within hours of launch as Instagram hopes to kill Twitter.

Threads - get a special invite to Instagram's new Twitter rival now
By John-Anthony Disotto published
Instagram's Twitter rival, Threads, has a cool easter egg that gets you your own personal invite to the platform. Here's how.

Twitter introduces rate limits, locking users out of the site
By Palash Volvoikar published
Twitter has introduced rate limits, restricting users to viewing a numbered amount of tweets per day, leading to widespread backlash.

Vital new parental controls are rolling out on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger
By Oliver Haslam published
Meta is rolling out some new parental controls for its holy trinity of apps.

Reddit's CEO doesn't seem worried his social network is on pause
By Oliver Haslam published
Reddit's CEO has emailed employees to say that the current furor over API pricing "will pass" but warns against wearing Reddit merch in public.

Twitter's new boss wants it to become 'the world's most accurate real-time information source'
By Oliver Haslam published
Twitter's new CEO has some big plans for the social network, but will Elon Musk leave her be?

Twitter just made it even harder to believe what you read on the internet
By Oliver Haslam published
Twitter has pulled out of an EU code designed to fight the spread of disinformation.

Meta breached your privacy for the sake of adverts — and has been fined $1.3bn as a result
By Tammy Rogers published
Meta was sending data where it shouldn't, landing it in hot water – and now it has to pay the very, very high price.

How to delete an Instagram account
By John-Anthony Disotto published
How to delete an Instagram account easily on your iPhone or computer.

Twitter's getting a new CEO and it might be this advertising exec
By Oliver Haslam published
Twitter CEO and owner Elon Musk says he's handing over the company to someone else, but who could it be?

Twitter DMs are now encrypted but there's one huge catch
By Oliver Haslam published
Twitter has now launched encrypted direct messages, but only for verified users.

The Facebook Messenger Apple Watch app is going away and it's happening soon
By Oliver Haslam published
Facebook Messenger will no longer be available on the Apple Watch soon so you'll have to use your iPhone instead.

Elon Musk sets his sights on iPhone's Facetime feature with Twitter audio and video calls
By John-Anthony Disotto published
Elon Musk has announced voice and video calls for Twitter in an attempt to take on Apple's FaceTime.

That unloved Twitter name could soon be yours as the unused account purge begins
By Oliver Haslam published
Twitter says it's purging dormant accounts so your follower account might take a hit.

Sharing Reddit posts on your iPhone just got a huge upgrade
By Oliver Haslam published
Reddit will finally show you a preview of a shared link and more thanks to improved sharing features.

Snapchat's users seem to really hate AI
By Oliver Haslam published
Snapchat's new My AI feature isn't going down very well and it has the 1-star reviews to prove it.
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