Lindsey Choo / Wall Street Journal: Sensor Tower: Threads’ DAUs declined to 13M, down 70% from the July 7 peak; Similarweb: the average time spent in the app has decreased from 19 minutes to four  —  Data show user engagement has fallen 70% as executives focus on options such as a chronological feed Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Spotify plans to raise its US ad-free premium tier’s price for the first time, by $1 to $10.99/month, and increase prices globally in the coming months  —  Audio company had avoided raising prices, but faces investor pressure to increase profitability Lees verder op Tech Meme

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Sources: Amazon plans to force some remote corporate employees to relocate as part of a mandate requiring workers to be in the office three days a week  —  – Requirement comes amid souring morale in wake of layoffs  — Company requires workers to be in office three days a week Lees verder op Tech Meme

Richard Lawler / The Verge: OpenAI plans to release ChatGPT for Android next week, after launching an iOS app in May 2023  —  / OpenAI is releasing the Android version of the app for ChatGPT next week after launching on iOS in May. … Since launching in November, OpenAI’s ChatGPT tool has reached a number of users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Luc Cohen / Reuters: Court filing: Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein reach a plea deal over allegedly laundering billions in cryptocurrency from Bitfinex’s 2016 hack  —  An American couple accused of laundering billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency stolen from the 2016 hacking … Lees verder op Tech Meme