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The best AI writing tools

January 01 2024 | TW News Correspondent

Whether or not you write for a living, the process of writing is always challenging. Many ideas are difficult to convey clearly to the public, never mind doing it with style, and even when you think you’ve got genius on lock, it can be easy to miss typos and grammatical errors. So while generative AI isn’t...
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2023 showed cybersecurity isn’t immune from brutal layoffs

December 31 2023 | TW News Correspondent

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 “year of the layoff.” While many expected the tide to shift after a...
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It’s not all doom and gloom: When cybersecurity gave us hope in 2023

December 31 2023 | TW News Correspondent

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 dangerous.

Someti...
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6 great audiobook apps that aren’t Audible

December 30 2023 | TW News Correspondent

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, driving, and relaxing. Amazon-owned Audible is arguably the most popular audiobo...
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Favorite apps of 2023

December 30 2023 | TW News Correspondent

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 may not have arrived in 2023, but they became daily staples that streamlined our work or brought smal...
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Facing roadblocks, China’s robotaxi darlings apply the brakes

December 30 2023 | TW News Correspondent

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 sp...
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More than 40 investors share their top predictions for 2024

December 30 2023 | TW News Correspondent

If I had to characterize 2023, I’d say it was the year of the great venture divide. Many aspects of venture didn’t follow one trend, but instead saw the emergence of extremes on either side of the spectrum.

Mos...
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ChatGPT turns 1 year old

December 01 2023 | TW News Correspondent

ChatGPT, the popular AI chatbot by OpenAI, has turned 1 year old today. Since its launch on November 30, 2022, the AI text generator has been at the forefront of natural lang...
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Meet BharatGPT, the Indian alternative of ChatGPT

November 30 2023 | TW News Correspondent

CoRover.ai, an India-based AI firm, has launched BharatGPT as an Indian counterpart to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. With support for more than 12 Indian languages, the platform collaborates with BHASHINI, a National Language Translation Mi...
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