Launching in-message games would give Threads an edge over competitors like X and Bluesky, which don’t offer built-in games.

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Shortly after its addition of direct messages this summer, Instagram Threads is adding support for group messaging with up to 50 people. The Meta-owned competitor to X, which now has more than 400 ...

Why Is This Important: Let’s be real, this is a huge step for Threads. What’s Next: And it sounds like they’re not stopping here. Soon, they’re planning to add link invites, so you can just send a ...

Young republican activists in New York with ties to top party leaders have been implicated in a texting scandal. Politico obtained text threads that had racist, antisemitic, and homophobic language.

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Our editors' top picks to read today. Florida’s status as a swing state is a distant memory. Florida's population keeps growing, but the rate has slowed, thanks in part to younger people leaving for ...