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Threads by Instagram will get a web version as soon as this week, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal. Earlier this month, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised a web version with better search functionality, and Instagram head Adam Mosseri recently said that one is in testing. Currently, a full version of Threads is only available on iOS and Android, with limited read-only




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Alibaba is now on an hiring spree.
  • Alibaba's Taotian Group — which includes Taobao and Tmall — is hiring 2,000 fresh graduates this year.
  • The hiring spree is part of its drive to recruit 15,000 staffers after two years of regulatory curbs.
  • It comes at an opportune time for China's fresh graduates as youth unemployment hit a record high in June.

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The year of global boiling is creating an opportunity for winemakers in Sweden, and one winemaker says he can "see things growing here that were unthinkable 30 or 40 years ago."
  • The year of "global boiling" is here, but warmer seasons in Sweden have created new opportunities for winemakers there.
  • Rising temperatures have led to the growing season increasing

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Looking to protect your privacy while using your phone? We've rounded up the best privacy-focused apps for Android.



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Andrey Melnichenko is worth $13 billion.
  • Russia filed a lawsuit against oligarch Andrey Melnichenko, who is worth $13 billion.
  • The lawsuit alleges Melnichenko's purchase of power plant operator Sibeco five years ago was corrupt.
  • The state is looking to seize Sibeco amid Putin's call for Russian tycoons to invest at home.

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TL;DR: The Complete 2023 CompTIA Course Super Bundle is on sale for £31.34, saving you 79% on list price.


The world of IT just seems to be growing. And if you are thinking about a career in the field, there's a lot to learn. This CompTIA bundle gives you 13 lessons taught by Iducate (formerly iCollege), a provider of comprehensive online IT training services that is also a CompTIA partner. During



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In the sun-drenched land of Australia, where vibrant ecosystems once thrived, a symphony of natural wonder and ecological balance painted the landscape. The eucalyptus-scented breeze, the rustle of leaves, and the gentle gaze of koalas perched high in the trees — all once stood as testaments to the beauty and resilience of Australia's forests. But the echoes of deforestation, the ravages of



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Huy Fong Foods's Sriracha chili sauce.
  • Huy Fong Foods, the creator of Sriracha chili sauce, announced a shortage in 2022.
  • Weather conditions and a lawsuit between Huy Fong and its main supplier may have caused a shortage.
  • Now, a bottle of Sriracha can cost up to $23 on Amazon.

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  • A glitch temporarily wiped out images and links between 2011 and 2014 on Elon Musk's X.
  • The most famous casualty of the glitch was Ellen's Oscar selfie, which was the most reshared post on the platform in 2014.
  • Some images or links still seem to be inaccessible to some users, per Insider's review.

Since Friday, users of X, formerly Twitter, started noticing that many images



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An illustration of Meta's Threads app
  • Threads, X's main competitor, will introduce a web version soon, WSJ reported.
  • The web-based Threads is being tested internally, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. 
  • Threads' usership has been dropping steadily since it launched this summer.

Threads, Meta's text-based app that directly competes with X, formerly



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Google automatically saves your text messages when moving between devices, but if you have a lot of messages, all may not come through. That's why I've been using Microsoft's SMS Organizer to move texts between phones.



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It's Monday, and with it comes a new Wordle puzzle to usher you into the weekend. We're here for you, as we are every day, with some tips and tricks to help you figure out the solution.

If you just want to be told today's answer, you can jump to the end of this article for August 21's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies