Afternoon Alexa Flash Briefings of July 10th 2023

This is your daily news briefing from Cheddar News since its launch last Wednesday metas, new app threads has seen over 100 million sign ups. That's according to figures from data platform, Quiver. Quantitative Mark Zuckerberg. The CEO of meta says the app had 10 million users within its first seven hours of launch and more than 30 million by Thursday morning. Another major city is about to begin testing free public transit. Denver is dropping fares across its transit system this summer. They'll join Tucson, Raleigh and Boston in also eliminating transit fees. Cities are hoping that by eliminating those fares, public transport becomes accessible to all and it helps reduce cars on the road. And if you're feeling lucky tonight's powerball jackpot is an estimated six $150 million. Lottery officials say that's the second highest jackpot so far this year, the ninth largest ever. The cash option is an estimated $328 million. That price grew to the latest total after no one matched all six numbers during Saturday night's drawing and that's your check. Our news update. I'm Ba Machado coming to you from Cheddar Studios in Lower Manhattan.