Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Spotify plans to test a free audiobook bundle for its paid subscribers, including up to 20 hours of content a month, as part of a push into audiobooks  —  Audio streamer to test program with listeners to learn about customer demand for audiobooks  —  Spotify plans to test … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance, encouraged by the Indian government, is in talks with foreign chipmakers to enter semiconductor manufacturing  —  Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) has begun exploring a foray into semiconductor manufacturing, a move that could address … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: What to expect from Apple’s “Wonderlust” event on September 12, including four iPhone 15 models with USB-C and Apple Watch Series 9 with new sensors and chips  —  Company will spotlight titanium iPhone 15 Pro and cameras, switch to USB-C chargers and faster smartwatches. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk: Local media: Turkey sentenced Faruk Fatih Özer, the CEO of defunct crypto exchange Thodex, to 11,196 years; 400K+ users of Thodex have lost $2B+ in deposits  —  Thodex was one of Turkey’s largest crypto exchanges before it suddenly went offline in April 2021 and Özer went missing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk: Local media: Turkey sentenced Faruk Fatih Özer, the CEO of defunct crypto exchange Thodex, to 11,196 years; 400K+ users of Thodex have lost $2B+ in deposits  —  Thodex was one of Turkey’s largest crypto exchanges before it suddenly went offline in April 2021 and Özer went missing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gergely Orosz / The Pragmatic Engineer: Q&A with Threads engineers Jesse Chen and Zahan Malkani on building the app with Instagram’s tech stack, handling Threads’ unexpectedly intense launch, and more  —  The Threads app was downloaded by more than 100M people on launch week.  How did the engineering team build the app, and handle an unexpectedly intense launch? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Timmy Shen / The Block: Ant Group launches ZAN, a new blockchain service aimed at institutional and individual clients in overseas markets, including Hong Kong and Singapore  —  – Ant Group said ZAN will focus on serving institutional and individual clients in overseas markets including Hong Kong and Singapore. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Turkey-based grocery delivery startup Getir raises $500M from Mubadala, Michael Moritz, and others at a $2.5B valuation, down from $11.8B in early 2022  —  Istanbul-based grocery app company, which had been valued at nearly $12bn in early 2022, raises $500mn Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anna Tong / Reuters: Similarweb: ChatGPT’s desktop and mobile website visits fell 3.2% MoM to 1.43B in August, following 10% drops from each of the previous two months  —  OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the wildly popular artificial intelligence chatbot launched in November, saw monthly website visits decline for the third month … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: A look at Microsoft’s device-agnostic game streaming model; sources say Microsoft prototyped a cloud-focused Xbox handheld, but work on cloud gaming has slowed  —  With Steam Deck competitors on the rise, Microsoft has been focused on phones for Xbox Cloud Gaming so far. Lees verder op Tech Meme