Threads wants to be the app you can’t wait to open in the morning

Published: 4 hours ago (December 18, 2025 at 05:30 PM EST)

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Source: The Verge

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This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week.
By all measures, Meta’s Threads app had a very good year. The app was Apple’s second‑most‑downloaded iOS app of the year, trailing only ChatGPT. Threads no…

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