Video games with apparently sentient NPCs.

Custom ARM SoCs from AMD and Nvidia for laptops, tablets and handheld consoles, running customized Linux to avoid Microsoft’s fees.

YouTube switches to unskipable server-side ads injection directly into the original video stream, rendering adblockers ineffective. Others soon follow.

Mainstream media starts releasing news in TikTok style videos where the bottom half of the screen plays random Minecraft / satisfying to watch slop.

End to end encrypted communication is quietly outlawed following some terrorist attack, using national security fearmongering. You’ve got nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide.

China inevitably invades Taiwan, TSMC burns their fabs down to protect their IP. Samsung and Intel fabs become the most cutting edge process nodes on next cycle, China catches up, profits go up all around.

Google kills Search and now Gemini is their only search engine. Others soon follow.

Plastic waste has been a real headache for scientists lately, this solution would cure that headache in more ways than one

Literally psyops instead of helping. The people who did this are the characters you see getting shot in the movies and don’t feel bad about it.

On the bright side you might be able to buy groceries with robux and vbucks soon

The first of many decisions that recognize only three fifths of some people’s worth

A repairable Chromebook basically. I’d rather get the 13 chassis with the older mainboard and a touch screen, or have the 12 natively dual boot android if they can pull that off