2023
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, had a big year in 2023. After launching in November 2022, the company announced that ChatGPT has hit 100 million weekly active users, and OpenAI…
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What a long, strange year it’s been in enterprise tech news
Looking back at the top enterprise news stories of the year, it’s clear that generative AI dominated, but it wasn’t the only news.
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I guess I’m a projector person now?
I’ve been one of the those “I don’t own a TV” people for a long time. Really my entire adult life, excepting those times when I shared my living space with someone who brought their own to the party. My exact motivation is a bit hazy all these years later,…
Amazon Echo Frames review, MrBeast jumps the shark and the Apple Watch gets un-banned
Hey, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter recapping the week that was in tech. Typically, the stretch between Christmas and New Year’s Day tends to…
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Remembering the startups we lost in 2023
Not every startup collapse is an FTX or Theranos. They don’t all burn so brightly and explode so spectacularly. More often than not, there won’t be some high-profile court case and prison time. Amanda Seyfried isn’t going to play you in the made for Hulu movie. The story of most…
Company executives can ensure generative AI is ethical with these steps
Making good choices now will allow leaders to future-proof their business and reap the benefits of AI while boosting the bottom line.
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It’s not all doom and gloom: When cybersecurity gave us hope in 2023
A funny — but true — joke at TechCrunch is that the security desk might as well be called the Department of Bad News, since, well, have you seen what we’ve covered of late? There is a never-ending supply of devastating breaches, pervasive surveillance and dodgy startups flogging the downright…
Despite a rise in cyberattacks and breaches, the cybersecurity industry is by no means exempt from the uncertainty inspired by the current economy. 2023 will likely be remembered as the…
Skincare girlies, fear not — your moisturizer probably does not attract spiders. Sol de Janeiro’s Delícia Drench Body Butter, which launched earlier this month, is quickly becoming a holy grail…
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How India will navigate EVs in 2024
India, a major player in the global automotive industry, has started focusing on transitioning to alternative fuels to curb pollution after expanding its consumer and vehicle bases and adding local manufacturing facilities over the past two decades. On this journey, 2024 will be a crucial year, as the country —…
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Goodbye mysterious military space plane, and good luck – wherever you’re going
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launched a secretive military spaceplane to orbit last night after weeks of delays, though scant details about the mission have been released to the public. The…
Best budgeting apps for individuals, startups and small businesses
As we head into the New Year, you might be interested in creating a budget for yourself or you may be looking for a new tool to help manage your…
Over here at TechCrunch, our time is often spent finding and reporting on the next new new thing in mobility, from autonomous drones and electric air taxis to self-driving trucks…
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Facing roadblocks, China’s robotaxi darlings apply the brakes
A few years ago, robotaxis were the darlings of venture capitalists in China. A cadre of audacious startups, including Deeproute.ai, WeRide.ai, Pony.ai and Momenta reeled in hundreds of millions of dollars to fuel their costly ambitions. With pockets overflowing, they spent generously on building self-driving vehicle fleets. Their geeky executives,…
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Should auld acquaintance be robot
This is always a strange week for us. Save for the occasional disastrous patent dispute, things are (thankfully) almost uncannily quiet in the week separating Christmas and New Year’s Day. You see a lot of reflective posts go up during this time, not only because the calendar year is coming to…
GitHub makes Copilot Chat generally available, letting devs ask questions about code
Earlier this year, GitHub rolled out Copilot Chat, a ChatGPT-like programming-centric chatbot for organizations subscribed to Copilot for Business. Copilot Chat more recently came to individual Copilot customers — those paying…
With hopes for greener grass in Germany vanishing, consolidation is in the cards for cannabis companies
Not much happened when it comes to legal cannabis markets in 2023, which won’t help cannabis startups that are already facing a challenging funding environment.
There was a lot to talk about this year, and investors and founders sure did share their thoughts freely with us in our surveys.
Audiobooks are a great way to bring words on a page to life and fit reading into your schedule throughout the day when you’re doing things like working out, cooking,…
How well do you remember everything that happened this year? Quiz yourself and find out!
Shield AI expands massive Series F with another $300M in equity, debt, scaling valuation to $2.8B
Defense tech startup Shield AI has expanded its latest funding round with another $300 million in equity and debt, bringing its total Series F to $500 million, TechCrunch has exclusively…
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Here we go again: 2023’s badly handled data breaches
Last year, we compiled a list of 2022’s most poorly handled data breaches, looking back at the bad behavior of corporate giants when faced with hacks and breaches. That included everything from downplaying the real-world impact of spills of personal information to failing to answer basic questions. Turns out this…
Insights from former Finnish PM Sanna Marin on Russia, women’s leadership, and AI
Earlier this month, at the Slush tech conference in Helsinki, this editor had the opportunity to sit down with Sanna Marin, the popular former prime minister of Finland who became…
AI is all the rage — particularly text-generating AI, also known as large language models (think models along the lines of ChatGPT). In one recent survey of ~1,000 enterprise organizations,…
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CES 2024: What we’re expecting
More than anything, CES is a chance to plant a flag. Consumer electronics’ massive trade show is strategically positioned within the first week of the year. All the holiday tech has been purchased, opened and used or returned. It’s all a distant memory for tech companies looking to assert themselves…
How Tesla, BMW, Ford, GM and Mercedes driver assist systems compare
The automotive industry has entered into a new era of vehicular safety, where in-car systems initially designed to keep you alive are also being marketed as quality-of-life improvements. What once…
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More than 40 investors share their top predictions for 2024
From when the exit market reopens to what happens with AI investing, more than 40 VCs share their predictions and expectations for 2024.
Financial Intelligence Unit, an Indian government agency which scrutinizes financial transactions, said Thursday nine global crypto exchanges — including Binance, Kraken, Kucoin and Mexc — are operating “illegally” in the…
3 years after BLM, here’s who stuck to their diversity commitments
A look back at some of the promises made by companies and investors following the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.
