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Threads is testing topic feeds that will actually be in chronological order, for once

Threads is testing a “new way to create dedicated feeds for your favorite topics and profiles,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on the Twitter clone today.

A Threads spokesperson told The Verge custom feeds would contain a combination of posts from profiles and topics you select.

It sounds like Facebook groups for people who no longer use Facebook. Unlike the default “For You” part of Threads, which is getting ads next year, these feeds would be displayed in reverse chronological order. You can’t make these feeds the default.

Currently the feature is available to only a small number of people but will be rolling out to the rest of us “soon.”

It sounds like Facebook groups for people who no longer use Facebook. Unlike the default “For You” part of Threads, which is getting ads next year, these feeds would be displayed in reverse chronological order. You can’t make these feeds the default.

Currently the feature is available to only a small number of people but will be rolling out to the rest of us “soon.”

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Snap jumps on new revenue stream, continued social media buzz

Snap jumped as high as 5% Monday after the social media company announced that it would be charging users for its Memories features after they reach 5 gigabytes of storage. Snapchat, which has clocked more than 1 trillion saved Memories on its platform, told TechCrunch the Memory Storage plans would range from $1.99 a month for 100 gigabytes of storage to $15.99 for 5-terabyte plans. The fees will be a new revenue stream for the company, whose ad revenue isn’t growing as fast as its peers’.

Snap rose more than 20% this month amid positive r/WallStreetBets chatter, buyout speculation, and increased investment by Saudi investor Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud. And the US spin-off of TikTok doesn’t seem to be taking the wind out of Snap’s sales.

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Alibaba jumps as Macquarie and Jefferies up price targets on AI cloud demand

Alibaba is up about 4% this morning after Macquarie analyst Ellie Jiang raised her price target on the stock to a Street high of $235.60, up from $177.90, and Jefferies analyst Thomas Chong upped his price target to $230 from $178, based on a strong cloud outlook and synergies in its rapid-delivery model of e-commerce. The duo is among a string of analysts lately, including those at Morgan Stanley, Baird, and Bank of America, to raise their price targets on the stock.

The Jefferies analyst cited the company’s “remarkable progress made in multiple areas,” including foundation models, AI infrastructure, and agents. Alibaba also jumped up last week on news of an AI spending hike, a new model launch, and a partnership with Nvidia.

Separately, Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Robert Lea and Jasmine Lyu highlighted the e-commerce and cloud giant as a key beneficiary of Huawei’s reported plan to double output of its top AI chip next year.

“The doubling of production of Huawei’s marque AI accelerator chip in 2026 could help ease the semiconductor bottleneck at Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu,” they wrote.

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