This week, I have a look ahead at what the rest of the year holds for the tech industry, including the events and product announcements I’ll be tracking closely. Also: more reporting on what’s going on at the company formerly known as Twitter, the brakes get slammed on Worldcoin, SoftBank is suing a founder it backed for fraud, Uber’s big milestone, and more���

Looking ahead

With another slow week of summer tech news now in the rearview mirror, I’ve been thinking about what’s in store for the back half of 2023. The first half of this year was dominated by the exuberant hype around generative AI, along with the mass layoffs and belt-tightening across Big Tech that has been steadily seeping down to startups.