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25 Tech Predictions for 2025
From Games that Never End to Embryo Tech and Decentralised War, it’s going to be a wild ride
What. A. Year. Biden dropped out, and Kamala dropped in. Also in, the first felon US president. There was an assassination attempt… but it’s the Hawk Tuah girl who made a killing. In other gun news : Olympics shooters, CEO down. Also, breakdancing. Evil, evil, evil wars. Wicked. AI slop was everywhere… and will continue to be. Bluesky exploded, and so did a lot of Lebanese pagers. This is going to ruin the tour. Crowdstrike, Navalny and the Assad regime went down. Chappell Roan stood up. In other standing up news: South Korea, the UK, New Zealand, Brazil. A bridge collapsed, a cathedral reborn. Am I brat? Demure? Mindful? Either way, those lookalikes Not Like Us. Does a popcorn bucket match my freak? Sure looks like it. I never had Meth Lab Oompa Loompa on my bingo card and I want off this ride.
History has always rhymed; in 2024 it did so faster than ever.
But we’ve made it. And though many (but not all) of my predictions for 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018 have fallen flat, there are two reasons why you should keep reading this article. Firstly… because predictions are fun! Secondly, because the knowledge gained through planning for the future is crucial to the selection of…