More Top Reads The TechCrunch Pub Quiz: How well do you remember the major events in tech this year? Play TC’s quiz to find out — round 2 published today. Here’s round 1. Overlooked tech in mobility: Rebecca dug into the technology that's helping cities move today. Some of it is unsexy, but transportation is, more often than not, a utility. Read more. Investor survey roundup: For TechCrunch+, Karan put together a curated list of timely TC investor surveys from the year. They touch on topics including alternative protein, the robotics revolution, the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and the future of power. Learn more. Badly handled breaches: Carly highlights 2023’s worst-handled data breaches — the ones plagued with delays, silence and unanswered questions. Read the full list. Offline LLMs: Giga ML, a Y Combinator-backed startup, wants to help companies deploy text-generating AI models offline and then fine-tune them to their needs. Learn more. Ditching Audible: Amazon-owned Audible is arguably the most popular audiobook app out there. There are several other lesser-known options that offer a great listening experience for people looking to try out a new app or just getting into the world of audiobooks — Aisha has the list. China’s robotaxis face roadblocks: A few years ago, robotaxis were the darlings of VCs in China. But now, losses are pushing China’s self-driving upstarts to seek new revenue streams, reports Rita. Learn more. What lies ahead for robotics: Brian reflects on the year that was for the robotics industry — and what comes next. Humanoid robots? Generative AI? It’s all on the table. Read more. | 
