December 2023

The Download: 2023’s worst tech failures, and the end of online anonymity in China

December 22, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The worst technology failures of 2023 Welcome to our annual list of the worst technologies. This year, one technology disaster in particular holds lessons for the rest of us: the Titan submersible that…

3 Publishing Stocks to Watch in 2024

December 22, 2023
The increased incorporation of digital technology continues to be a crucial catalyst propelling sustained resilience within the publishing industry, ensuring its stability through the foreseeable future. To that end, let’s…

Google makes bid to resolve competition concerns in Germany over its automotive services bundling

December 22, 2023

Following competition objections raised on Google in Germany this summer over bundling of services including Google Maps via its Android-based in-car infotainment system software, known as Google Automotive Services (GAS), the tech giant has made an offer of some service unbundling and the removal of contractual restrictions it applies to vehicle makers in a bid […]

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These are the cybersecurity stories we were jealous of in 2023

December 22, 2023

Back in 2018, my former colleague at VICE Motherboard Joseph Cox and I started publishing a list of the best cybersecurity stories that were published elsewhere. It wasn’t just a way to tip our hats at our friendly competitors; by pointing to other publications’ stories, we were giving our readers a fuller picture of what […]

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Gene editing had a banner year in 2023

December 22, 2023
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. Welcome back to The Checkup. This will be our last issue of 2023, so this week I’ve been reflecting on our biotechnology coverage over the past…

Top 10 Tips for Living with Very Little Money

December 22, 2023
Being on a very tight budget can make life challenging. But it can also provide an opportunity to be creative, resourceful, and resilient. Even so, in today’s world, where living…

Two of Africa’s largest B2B e-commerce platforms MaxAB and Wasoko in merger talks

December 22, 2023

Egyptian B2B e-commerce startup MaxAB and Wasoko, a Kenyan-based e-commerce player that operates in the East African country alongside Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia, are in talks to merge operations, TechCrunch has exclusively learned from multiple sources. They say talks are still ongoing and the agreement hasn’t been finalized yet. Wasoko has been scaling down […]

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