meta, which owns facebook, says threads will be part of its instagram platform so it ll be connected to hundreds of millions of accounts to begin with. but the app has already been criticised for the amount of data it may collect. ray wang is a principal analyst constellation research and explained why threads could be a serious threat to twitter. it s a massive threat if you think about twitter, it only has one of 150 million active users. if you see what s going on with facebook and instagram, we are talking 2.96 billion users, so let s look at this in simple terms. 50 million is the number we used to say mass adoption of technology has occurred, chatgpt did it in 30 days, facebook live in 2a hours. mark zuckerberg can get the 50 million users in probably less than hours and probably get 150 million users in less than two months. that means it s a direct threat to twitter. at the same time some users aren t happy with recent restrictions like the number of tweets you can lo
optimism is reflected in the stock markets as well. this is how the nikkei has started trading. it has been at 833 year high so we see a bit of profit taking. a 33%. the last quarter outperforming any major global indices as well. let s begin nobuko kobayashi joining us from kyoto. thank you forjoining us on the programme again. what did you make of this much stronger than expected gdp figures? yes. make of this much stronger than expected gdp figures? expected gdp figures? yes, it beat expectation expected gdp figures? yes, it beat expectation by expected gdp figures? yes, it beat expectation by one - expected gdp figures? yes, it beat expectation by one point| beat expectation by one point which is quite phenomenal. if you peel down, break down the different, the surprise comes especially from the investment in private sector. the personal consumption was in line with expectations but particularly on the business side, it was a positive surprise. i on the business s
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but i don t think he ll show up. i don t think he s man enough. we ll see. nancy pelosi takes a jab at the former president. there are document that s could endanger people aiding u.s. intelligence around the world. and over in london, boris johnson ends his bid to be prime minister again. we ll tell you about the new front-runner who could take over later today. good morning. welcome to way too early. on this monday, october 24th. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin with the january 6th committee subpoena to former president donald trump. the panel issued it on friday. demanding that he turn over a number of documents related to his efforted to overturn the 2020 election by november 4th. the committee also wants any communications he had with extremist groups who were involved in the capitol attack. lawmakers ordered trump to testify under oath on november 14th, either in person at the capitol or by video conference. in a letter with the subpoe
before the supreme court. plus, the gop rallies around henching walker, a day after a bombshell report that claims he paid for a girl s abortion. and there s a new home run team in at least the american league. yes, we ll show you the moment that aaron judge broke roger maris record. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, october 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with a new twist in the battle over the classified documents that former president donald trump kept as his mar-a-lago home and club, after he left office. the former president has filed an emergency request, asking the supreme court to now intervene by allowing the special master to review the roughly 100 classified records that federal agents seized from the florida state back in august. specifically, the trump team asked the highest court in the land to vacate part of the ruling issued by the 11th circuit court of appeals. that ruling all