Top Tech Trends and Innovations of 2023
By Kent Yang | Staff Writer
Within the dynamic world of technology, several noteworthy trends and innovations emerged in 2023, shaping the foundation of the next great digital era.
Quantum computing took center stage with IBM’s groundbreaking development of a new quantum computer capable of executing specific calculations millions of times faster than its predecessors.
Meanwhile, artificial intelligence (AI) experienced a breakout year for generative AI, deep learning platforms, and advancements in autonomous robots and vehicles. Tech giants like IBM, Apple, Intel, and NVIDIA are in a fierce race to create the best hardware that leverages AI technologies.
The public ledger that exists across the network, Blockchain, saw significant strides as Ethereum 2.0 redefined smart contracts and scalability, although the NFT market has experienced an 83% decline since 2022. Nevertheless, hope prevails as projects like Solana, Cardano, Polkadot, Avalanche, and others continue making advancements in the blockchain space.
In cyberspace, where the internet exists all around, the war on cybersecurity intensified. The Department of Defense laid out its four complementary lines of efforts: defend the nation, prepare to fight and win the nation’s wars, protect the cyber domain with allies and partners, and build enduring advantages in cyberspace.
Notably, Google recently defended against the biggest DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack recorded. A DDoS attack involves flooding a server with internet traffic, causing it to slow down severely or crash from being overloaded. In August, Google mitigated a DDoS attack which peaked at 398 million requests per second. The attack lasted for two minutes.
In recent legislation, Massachusetts has passed the Right to Repair Law which allows consumers and small workshops to repair their products independently. The legislation is directed at giving consumers the ability to repair their own products instead of going back to the original manufacturer for service, including bills addressing specific products, like wheelchairs, and other medical, digital or agricultural equipment.
Meanwhile, the Framework laptop emerged as the world’s first modular laptop, designed to be user repairable. In the past, within the niche of gaming laptops, besides upgrading memory and hard disk drives, users were able to upgrade their CPUs (Central Processing Unit) and GPUs (Graphic Processing Unit.) Now on the Framework Laptop platform, users can upgrade virtually anything, offering users a very customizable and long shelf-life experience.
Sony Alpha 9 III took photography to new heights as the world’s first full-frame mirrorless camera with a global shutter, boasting impressive features like its 120 Autofocus/Automatic Exposure, tracking calculations per second; max shutter speed of 1/80,000th of a second; 24.6 megapixel full frame global shutter sensor; 4K 120P 10-Bit video; S-Log3 and S-Cinetone; 8 Stop of 5 Axis in Body Image Stabilization, and 759-Point Phase-Detect Autofocus with tracking.
In the portable handheld gaming space, one can say the Nintendo Switch has revived and inspired the market for some innovation. Mainstream handhelds released in 2023 include the Steam Deck OLED, Legion Go, ASUS ROG Ally, and PlayStation Portal. With these devices (excluding the PlayStation Portal), users can have a full Windows desktop experience at the palms of their hands.
On July 27th, 2023 Twitter underwent a transformation, acquiring a new identity as “X” after being acquired by Elon Musk for $44 Billion Dollars in 2022. Microsoft on the other hand acquired game studio Activision Blizzard for a staggering $69 billion dollars.
Lastly, Sony acquired headphone maker Audeze for an undisclosed amount with the goal of improving the Playstation audio experience.
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