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Meta rolls out Twitter rival Threads in the EU
Meta rolls out Twitter rival Threads in the EU
by  AFP

Facebook owner Meta's text-based app Threads arrived in the European Union on Thursday, months after its global launch in July, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. Zuckerberg said a day earlier that Threads had begun tests where users' posts will also be available on similar text-based and open-source rival social networks like Mastodon.

'Where is the money?' COP28 deal throws spotlight on funding
'Where is the money?' COP28 deal throws spotlight on funding
by  AFP

After COP28's landmark call for the world to move away from fossil fuels, experts say the pressure is on to fast-track -- and fund -- the global energy transition. It calls for "transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner" -- after three decades without naming the main driver of planet-heating pollution.

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