Metas meteoric Threads launch; Rivians auspicious week
Finanzen Meta‘s meteoric Threads launch; Rivian’s auspicious week 4 mins ago Bitcoin Ethereum Nachrichten By Louis Juricic and Sarina Isaacs Investing.com — Here is your weekly Pro Recap on the biggest headlines out of tech this week: Meta‘s massive Threads launch (and Twitter’s lawsuit warning); a boost for Alibaba ; and radiant headlines for Rivian. InvestingPro subscribers get tech headlines like these in real time. Never miss another market-moving alert. Metas Threads app launches with a bang – and a legal threat Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday that its new Threads app – which some are calling the “Twitter killer” – had already amassed 70 million signups after its Wednesday-night launch, thanks in large part to its tremendous Instagram user base. A day earlier, Twitter responded to the launch by threatening to sue Meta, according to a letter sent by Twitter attorney Alex Spiro that Semafor obtained. The letter accuses Meta of attempting to create a “copycat” app by unlawfully poaching numerous ex-Twitter employees, then tasking these employees with developing the Threads app with the intention of utilizing Twitter‘s trade secrets and intellectual property in order to expedite the app’s creation. The letter demands that Meta immediately cease use of that information. Meta, via its communications director