Instagram’s Threads launch countdown jumps forward and now indicates a July 5 launch at 7PM ET; the countdown previously suggested a July 6 launch at 10AM ET (Richard Lawler/The Verge)

Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Instagram’s Threads launch countdown jumps forward and now indicates a July 5 launch at 7PM ET; the countdown previously suggested a July 6 launch at 10AM ET  —  Instagram’s Twitter competitor, Threads, may launch a few hours earlier than we expected now that the countdown on threads.net …