Thinking, Making, Protecting: Trends in Tech News in November and December 

A look at the technology industry news from PR Newswire in November and December that you might have missed.

By Brock Haroldson | Published Jan. 3, 2024

As 2023 ended, the trends in tech news largely reflected the trends from year as a whole. It seems AI and high-tech security is on everyone’s mind. The end of the year also brought news on tech predictions that companies have for the upcoming year. 2024 promises to see lots of new tech innovation and development, and the news releases on prnewswire.com will follow. 

Popular Tech Releases from November and December

More than 8,600 business technology releases went out via PR Newswire in November and December. That’s a lot to sift through, so to help, here are some of the most-read releases for the period.

• Alteryx Enters into Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by Clearlake Capital Group and Insight Partners for $4.4 Billion
• Carrier Announces Agreement to Sell Global Access Solutions Business to Honeywell for $4.95 Billion
• MedGenome, in collaboration with PacBio, announces a de novo genome assembly and annotation grant to empower non-model organism research
• OpenText to Divest Application Modernization and Connectivity (AMC) Business to Rocket Software for $2.275B

Business Technology News Trends

Here’s a look at a few of the trends we noticed in tech-related press releases in November and December, and a few examples of each.

Generative AI

The talk in 2023 was all about the arrival of AI, and as the year closed, 2024 promises to see more and more AI implemented and integrated in everything from healthcare to food service. Recent big news included the drama at Open AI and much of the discussion on AI centered around responsible use and both the potential benefits as well as risks.

It seems assured that AI will transform businesses across industries sooner rather than later.

The trend of generative AI was big on the wire in November and December. But what is generative AI? It refers to a category of artificial intelligence that utilizes models to autonomously produce new content, such as images, text, or other data, based on patterns and information it has learned from training data.*

*Full disclosure, this definition was written by ChatGPT when I gave it the prompt, "Write a sentence on the definition of generative AI." 

Almost 800 releases mentioned generative AI in November and December. Here are some of the noteworthy generative AI releases we spotted:

• New EY research reveals the majority of US employees feel AI anxiety amid explosive adoption
• United We Care Unveils Stella 2.0 - First Ever Global Virtual Coach: Transforming from Generative AI to Cognitive AI
• McDonald's and Google Cloud Announce Strategic Partnership to Connect Latest Cloud Technology and Apply Generative AI Solutions Across its Restaurants Worldwide
• Early Gen AI Adopters Beware: Info-Tech Research Group Publishes How to Approach Unauthorized Use and Governance Concerns
• Pieces Launches Clinical Generative AI at North Texas Pediatric Health System
  
• Expert Platform JustAnswer Launches Pearl for Pets GPT, a ChatGPT Add-on That Rates Accuracy of AI-generated Responses to Pet-related Queries

Additive Manufacturing

While we are still a ways off from Star Trek-like replicators, advances in the technology of additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, are expanding the horizon of how things are made. The market for additive manufacturing is expected to see large growth in the next ten years.

Recent developments in the industry have seen advancements in large-scale printing, bioprinting and metals printing. New materials, new and larger printers, architecture on the moon, and even 3D-printed food made news in November and December.  

• Aerospace and Automotive Industries Drive Adoption of Additive Manufacturing, Propelling Market Growth
• Massivit 10000-G Wins Prestigious ACE Award for Manufacturing Composites Excellence
• Ansys, Materialise Partnership Connects Industry-Leading Solutions to Enhance Additive Manufacturing Software
• ELEGOO Unveils Game-Changing Solutions for Big 3D Printing Ambitions at Formnext 2023
• QuesTek Receives 3 New Patents for AM Alloys
• Fictiv Adds Carbon DLS™ to 3D Printing Service
  
• DARPA Selects ICON For LunA-10 Lunar Architecture Study

Cybersecurity

Cyberattacks continue to be a major concern for organizations. Coupled with the rise of AI, as highlighted in our first trend, those attacks and the means to safeguard against them continue to become more sophisticated. 

Remote and hybrid work is now a large part of the business landscape, and that also creates new cybersecurity challenges that business will have to continue to navigate and consider.

PR Newswire distributed nearly 1,100 press releases during the past two months that mentioned "cybersecurity." Catch up with these releases:

• CompTIA advises retailers to check their cybersecurity preparedness ahead of the holiday shopping season
  
• Datadog Releases 2023 State of Cloud Security Report
• BIO-ISAC Releases Security Tools to Fortify the Bioeconomy
  
• Cisco Redefines Cybersecurity Defense with Powerful, Portfolio-Wide Artificial Intelligence Capabilities
• Privacera Unveils AI and Data Security Governance Predictions for 2024
• NATO Selects IBM to Further Enhance Alliance's Cybersecurity Resilience
• AUTOCRYPT Releases Polarion-Based Cybersecurity TARA Template for the Automotive Industry

Looking Ahead

The start of 2024 will bring several tech trade shows.

CES (Consumer Electronics Show) takes place January 9-12, the NRF (National Retail Federation) Big Show takes place January 14-16, DeveloperWeek runs February 21-23, and Mobile World Congress will happen February 26-29.  

News for these anticipated events has already started to hit the wire and will continue through the coming weeks and months.

Here are just a few related to CES:

• Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger to Highlight the Impact of Bringing AI to Everyone, Everywhere during CES 2024 Keynote
• Hyundai Mobis Showcases Innovative Future Mobility Technologies at CES 2024
• RoboSense to Unveil Next-Generation LiDAR Innovations at CES 2024
• Displace, Maker of the World's First Truly Wireless TV to Debut Displace Mini and Displace Flex at CES 2024

About the Author

Brock is a senior editor and has been with PR Newswire since 2012. When he’s not helping clients with their press releases, he enjoys leading music at his church, traveling, camping, hiking, skiing, following the Denver Broncos, baking sourdough bread, and spending time with his wife and two children at their home in New Mexico.