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Meta is finally fixing how threads work on its social network Threads. Prior to this, there was no real way to know how long a thread was or even if a post was part of a longer discussion.

The company has made “several changes that display threaded posts more clearly.” These include a new “view more” label that indicates a post is part of a longer thread. This is an easy way to instantly know if someone’s thoughts continue past an initial post.

There’s also a new design element that automatically stacks posts back-to-back when clicking into a series. Each of these posts now displays a number that shows its place in the thread, along with the total number of posts in a given thread. That sounds much easier than manually adding something like “part one of 12” to each post. These tools are rolling out soon for both mobile and web users.

The platform recently reached the significant milestone of 400 million active monthly users. Meta has been busy adding new features to accommodate the growing audience, like the ability to attach lengthy text documents of up to 10,000 characters.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/meta-is-fixing-threads-on-threads-190123221.html?src=rss 

With Hollywood video game adaptations surging, it was only a matter of time before Life is Strange got the treatment. After all, even platformer and sandbox game adaptations have (shockingly) found success in this new era. A well-written adventure game seems like a much shorter leap. Amazon announced on Friday that Prime Video has ordered a series based on the 2015 game.

Like Don’t Nod’s classic, the series will blend angsty teenage realism with supernatural elements and moral choices. And Amazon’s teaser synopsis points to a familiar storyline. “The story follows Max, a photography student, who discovers she can rewind time while saving the life of her childhood best friend, Chloe,” the announcement reads. “As she struggles to understand this new skill, the pair investigate the mysterious disappearance of a fellow student, uncovering a dark side to their town that will ultimately force them to make an impossible life-or-death choice that will impact them forever.”

British writer and actor Charlie Covell (End of the F***ing World, KAOS) will chart the series’ creative course. They’ll serve as creator, executive producer and showrunner. Story Kitchen’s Dmitri M. Johnson, Mike Goldberg and Timothy I. Stevenson will executive produce the show. Square Enix and LuckyChap are all part of the project, too. Amazon MGM Studios will produce it.

Series showrunner Charlie Covell

Covell wants the series to appeal to both newcomers and fans of the games. “It’s a huge honor to be adapting Life Is Strange for Amazon MGM Studios,” they said in Amazon’s press release. “I am a massive fan of the game, and I’m thrilled to be working with the incredible teams at Square Enix, Story Kitchen and LuckyChap. I can’t wait to share Max and Chloe’s story with fellow players and new audiences alike.”

Amazon has been an eager participant in this new “Video Game Adaptations That Don’t Suck” era. Earlier this week, it announced that Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner will step into Lara Croft’s boots for its upcoming Tomb Raider series. Season two of Prime Video’s acclaimed Fallout arrives later this year. Its first trailer teases the show’s first appearance of the game’s dreaded Deathclaws.

Meanwhile, back in the gaming world, Square Enix is still churning out Life is Strange titles. In 2024, Max returned in Double Exposure, the first direct sequel to the original game’s story. Don’t Nod spun out its own spiritual sequel to the series, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, earlier this year.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/amazon-greenlights-a-life-is-strange-series-adaptation-192145483.html?src=rss 

It’s September 2025, and things are looking peachy keen. Sure, the US job market has taken a nosedive. And yeah, only one in four Americans believes they have a good chance of improving their standard of living. But hey, Tesla’s board has proposed a pay package that could make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. What really matters is that someone is having a good time, right?

Tesla’s board laid out what’s by far the biggest CEO compensation package in history on Friday. It reads like the ultimate dangled carrot for a leader who is both driven by wealth and power and also prone to distraction.

The compensation plan is based on performance metrics that, at least for now, seem far-fetched. First, the Tesla leader would have to remain at the company for seven and a half years to cash in any shares. To receive the full payout, he’d have to stay for a full decade. Musk also runs a rocket company and an AI company (which also operates the former Twitter, aka X). So, above all else, the proposal is designed to keep his attention on the company that made him the world’s richest person.

For Musk to receive the full payout of around $900 billion, Musk would have to increase Tesla’s market value to $8.5 trillion. It’s worth about $1.1 trillion today. Other performance requirements include deploying a million Tesla robotaxis and a million AI robots. Musk would also be incentivized to participate in the company’s long-term CEO succession plans. The package also includes structural protections to minimize stock price volatility, which the company has become well-acquainted with in 2025.

Tesla recalled virtually all Cybertrucks earlier this year.

“We believe that Elon’s singular vision is vital to navigating this critical inflection point,” Tesla board leaders Robyn Denholm and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson wrote in the shareholder letter. “We also recognize the formidable nature of this undertaking and, as a result, the importance of having a leader who is not only willing and capable but eager to meet this challenge. Simply put, retaining and incentivizing Elon is fundamental to Tesla achieving these goals and becoming the most valuable company in history.”

Denholm and Wilson-Thompson implied the package was at least partly motivated by the CEO threatening to jump ship. “Mr. Musk also raised the possibility that he may pursue other interests that may afford him greater influence if he did not receive such assurances,” they wrote. “Ultimately, the Special Committee believed it to be critical to Tesla to secure Mr. Musk’s commitment and focus to lead Tesla.”

Tesla shareholders will have to approve the pay package. They’re expected to vote on it on November 6. A Delaware judge struck down a (similarly performance-based) 2018 package, and Tesla appealed. The new plan, if approved, would replace the older one if the appeal fails.

If Musk hit all of the required benchmarks, his stake in Tesla would grow from 13 percent to 29 percent. Who says the American Dream isn’t alive and well?

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/teslas-board-to-elon-musk-hit-these-milestones-and-well-make-you-a-trillionaire-170914461.html?src=rss 

OnePlus and Hasselblad are ending their five-year partnership, according to an official blog post. The smartphone maker has started developing its own camera system, which it has dubbed the DetailMax Engine.

There was no reason given for the split, though OnePlus heaped praise on Hasselblad in that blog post. It lauded the camera maker’s “obsession with precision and detail” and opined about “nights in the lab chasing the perfect balance of light and shadow.” The company also said that “Hasselblad’s refined aesthetic sense is now part of our imaging DNA, woven into every future OnePlus camera.”

As for every future OnePlus camera, the proprietary imaging system is still in the early stages. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau said he’s already testing an early prototype that’s been “designed from the ground up to deliver the clearest and most real photos on a smartphone.”

The two companies first paired up for the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro flagship smartphones and the Hasselblad logo has been a mainstay of higher-end OnePlus devices since then. The Verge reports that the logo is likely to disappear with the release of the upcoming OnePlus 14, which may be renamed the OnePlus 15 to avoid the unlucky number “4” in China.

There’s one final wrinkle to this story. Oppo, which is the parent company of OnePlus, is sticking with Hasselblad for the time being. As a matter of fact, it officially extended the partnership back in July, with both companies promising a new mobile imaging system in the near future.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/cameras/oneplus-and-hasselblad-are-ending-their-five-year-partnership-154217176.html?src=rss