Here is Tech Times' weekly recap on the biggest headlines out of tech last week. Meta's massive Threads launch was surely among the top stories.
Since last week, Tech Times has been closely monitoring the growth of the Threads app, which is now making waves in the tech industry. Besides that, a team of Chinese scientists has made a groundbreaking discovery regarding the snow depth on the summit of Mount Everest.
A Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missile that the United Kingdom donated to Ukraine has reportedly fallen into Russian hands, and it was also among the top headlines last week.
Threads Is Now Here: 10 Million Users in Just 7 Hours
Last week, one of the most significant social media events was the introduction of Meta's new app to the world, Threads. This new text-based app is under the Instagram ecosystem, allowing users to easily set up their profile by connecting to their existing IG account.
In just 7 hours, Threads had already amassed 10 million users from the many countries and regions where the platform was made available.
Its massive growth is only a testament to how much the public wants an alternative to Twitter, the most famous text-based app, with Threads stealing its thunder and attracting more users daily.
Mark Zuckerberg used his Twitter account for the first time after over a decade, only to tweet a photo of a meme showing Spider-Man pointing at another Spider-Man.
Zuckerberg did not include any text. However, the timing of the post seemed to imply that he and Elon Musk are the two men in Spider-Man costumes pointing at each other.
China Scientists Discover Shocking Mt. Everest Info
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, and a team of Chinese scientists from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made a groundbreaking discovery regarding its snow-covered summit.
The scientists took dozens of readings along the mountain's north slope, particularly at elevations above 7,000 meters. They then discovered that the average snow depth on the summit of Mount Everest measures approximately 9.5 meters (31.1 feet). That is the height of two giraffes standing on each other.
This depth surpasses the previous estimates, which ranged from a mere 0.92 to 3.5 meters. The findings, published in the prestigious scientific journal The Cryosphere, reveal the incredible snow depth on Mount Everest, challenging previous estimates and potentially impacting our understanding of climate change.
The snow and glaciers on Mount Everest play a crucial role in monitoring and understanding climate change. These icy formations reportedly act as sentinels for climate change, providing valuable insights into ongoing transformations at extreme elevations.
Russia Took Down Ukraine's Storm Shadow Missile
Russia's war with Ukraine is still ongoing in Eastern Europe, and the latest event was that the Russian forces allegedly took down the Storm Shadow missile of Ukraine.
The British forces made this specific missile, which was a gift from the UK to Ukraine for their defense needs. It is also famous as it is the longest-range missile of the British, one of its most advanced military tech.
Ukraine's Storm Shadow missile was already in the hands of the Russian military, and the reports claimed that this was a massive tech for the Eurasian country to acquire and study.
However, it was reported that Russia only obtained the fuselage intact, as the rest of the missile was destroyed as it plummeted down.
