There’s a lot we don’t know about what’s coming for tech in 2025. AI could save the world, or ruin it, or do pretty much nothing interesting at all. A new US president could change priorities and policies on antitrust fights and privacy rules. Will TikTok get banned? Will the fediverse take off? Will it be the year of Matter? Will Grand Theft Auto VI change society forever? Will the next Mission: Impossible movie be awesome? Look, I didn’t say the stakes were always super high.
Next week we’ll have even more predictions, and even more available points. A year from now, we’ll review who was right most often, and we’ll buy the winner the coolest gadget of 2025, whatever that turns out to be. Don’t read the below until you’ve listened to or watched the episode, but for the tape, here are our predictions and results: * Joanna’s mild prediction: We’ll still be posting to a million different social accounts. * Nilay’s mild prediction: The new Alexa is going to be... fine.