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Threads, Meta’s Twitter, gets 10M downloads on its first day

Jul 6, 2023

Threads, Meta’s Twitter, gets 10M downloads on its first day

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1. Threads, Meta’s Twitter, gets 10M downloads on its first day
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4. Tesla, Chinese automakers sign pledge to avoid “abnormal pricing”

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1. Threads, Meta’s Twitter, gets 10M downloads on its first day

Threads: Mark Zuckerberg.

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