Irish Examiner view: Billionaires’ bout

Threads, which is a conversation-based app linked to Instagram, which is owned by Meta, launches today — although its release in the EU has been slightly delayed.

It would be stretching credulity to say the proposed fight between Elon Musk of Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg of Meta is eagerly anticipated.

“Expected with mild indifference” would probably be a more accurate description. However, the two tech billionaires’ online version of “hold my coat” has an interesting backstory which will soon come to a head.