TechCrunch’s favorite apps of 2023
As 2023 draws to a close, we reflect on some of our favorite apps that made everyday life a little easier this year. While flashy new AI apps and rival social networks were grabbing headlines, sometimes the most useful innovations fly under the radar. The apps on our best-of list
Read moreLove ’em or hate ’em, NFTs can survive thanks to the communities that drive them
NFTs get a lot of heat, but there’s a widespread belief in the industry that there’s ample value underlying the concept and the various use cases it brings. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read morePredictions 2024: Artificial intelligence
The hottest topic of 2023, artificial intelligence (AI), has not only generated lots of interest this year, it has pundits of all descriptions coming out of the woodwork with predictions of what will happen in 2024. Their opinions may differ, but they’re in agreement about one thing: the excitement isn’t
Read moreHow to Boost Your Retail Business in 2024: The Benefits of Attending the Digital Retail Africa Conference
The retail industry is undergoing a massive transformation, driven by the internet, customer expectations, and emerging technologies. Retailers need to adapt and innovate to survive and thrive in this new era of digital retail. If you are a senior IT executive in a major retail company, or a technology service
Read moreEquity Down Under: How Australian startups can crack the US market
For this episode of Equity, we spoke to two Aussie VCs: Dan Krasnostein of Square Peg and Gabrielle Munzer of Main Sequence. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read morePredictions 2024 from cybersecurity vendors, Part 1
2024 will be a year dominated by artificial intelligence-created deepfakes and advanced phishing attacks, but also new AI-based detection applications to help defenders. These are among the predictions from companies that provide cybersecurity solutions. We’ve collected comments from over 30 vendors to give infosec pros an idea of what they
Read moreBeware AI’s hidden costs before they bankrupt innovation
GenAI is driving another layer of technical debt for many businesses. Under the pressures of constant innovation, we could see the AI cloud grow at new, record-breaking speeds. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreBotBuilt wants to lower the cost of homebuilding with robots
Homes aren’t getting cheaper — or necessarily easier to secure. This year, the median household income for home buyers jumped to $107,000 from $88,000 last year, according to the National Association of Realtors. The volume of homes for sale in the U.S. reached record a low, meanwhile — and shows
Read moreTop twelve posts of 2023
These were the most popular posts I wrote in 2023. Privacy and encryption First names and Bayes’ theorem What is the point of a public key fingerprint? RSA encryption in practice Geometry A pentagon, hexagon, and decagon walk into a bar (source of the image above) Calculating the intersection of
Read moreMOVEit, Capita, CitrixBleed and more: The biggest data breaches of 2023
This year, 2023, was a hell of a year for data breaches, much like the year before it (and the year before that, etc.). Over the past 12 months, we’ve seen hackers ramp up their exploitation of bugs in popular file-transfer tools to compromise thousands of organizations; ransomware gangs adopt
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