The main IT events of 2024: achievements, novelties, and events

We have gathered the most important and bright news from the world of technology for 2024: achievements in artificial intelligence, technology development, receiving a brain implant, and much more.

Achievements

The first piece of art drawn by AI was sold at auction for $1 million.

Scientists received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their contribution to machine learning with neural networks.

SpaceX began accepting applications for space travel for tourists.

The first human patient received a brain implant from Elon Musk's startup Neuralink.

SpaceX launched new Starlink satellites with direct-to-cell connectivity and began transmitting text messages via direct-to-cell connectivity.

British startup Clicks presented the Creator case for iPhone with a built-in physical keyboard.   

Huawei became the leader of the global wearable electronics market, surpassing Apple.

Telegram's total revenue in 2024 exceeded $1 billion for the first time.

Company New Products

Apple 
Presented two new MacBook Airs with M3 processors, the latest iPhone 16 models, Apple Intelligence, AirPods Max, AirPods Pro 2, AirPods 4, Apple Watch 10, and showed a healthcare upgrade using the Vision Pro headset. Created MGIE — an AI tool for images.

Samsung 
Showed the "smart" Galaxy Ring, which will allow users to track health and activity metrics via the Galaxy Health app. Presented Premiere projectors, which turn any surface into an interactive display for a home theater.

Tesla
Elon Musk presented the Tesla Cortex AI supercomputer and the autonomous robotaxi Cybercab and Robovan.

Hyundai 
At the CES exhibition, the company presented an innovative electric air taxi capable of using solid-state batteries.

Realme
Presented the fastest phone charging in the world.

LG 
Presented the world's first wireless transparent TV at the CES-2024 exhibition.

Ray-Ban
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses learned to recognize and describe landmarks.

AI Tools

Apple introduced a personal intelligence system — Apple Intelligence.

OpenAI announced "reasoning" models — GPT-4o, o3 and o3 mini, and presented AI for converting text to video.

Google announced an enhanced AI.

Microsoft presented Copilot Labs and Copilot Vision.

Canva presented a new AI-based image generator.

The company Limitless presented an AI device — Pendant.

Wix chatbot with AI creates websites in seconds.

Amazon has a new artificial intelligence.

Events

In 2024, many significant technological events took place around the world: in San Jose, California, a presentation of the new Samsung Galaxy S24 mobile device series was held at Samsung Unpacked. The annual RED CLUB x Cartier Young Leader Award 2024 prize, dedicated to the theme "Technologies for a Secure Future," took place. The largest event in the world of communications, MWC 2024, was held in Barcelona. At Apple WWDC 2024, updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS were presented, as well as an Apple presentation showcasing the latest devices. In Burbank, California, Tesla presented its robotaxi Cybercab and Robovan. In Mongolia, the The Central Asia Tech Summit x Startup World Cup Central Asia x Mongolia Economic Forum took place for the first time, uniting key players in the region's startup ecosystem. In Palo Alto, as part of TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, the Unlocking Central Asia conference highlighted opportunities for IT outsourcing and startup development, while in Yerevan, the EMERGE Conference 2024 brought together startups and venture capitalists from emerging markets. In Miami, Adobe MAX 2024 presented over 100 new features in Adobe Creative Cloud. The Central Eurasia at Silicon Valley conference was held at the iconic Yerba Buena Arts Center. The CES-2024 exhibition in Las Vegas showcased novelties from startups and tech giants. Computex 2024 took place with the theme "Connecting Artificial Intelligence." In Paris, the seventh edition of the Women in Tech CCA Awards 2024 was held. Huawei launched its anniversary 10th Seeds for the Future program to develop digital talents among students from Central Asia and the Middle East. In Doha, the annual large-scale event Web Summit Qatar 2024 took place, where startups presented their innovations.