- After the advent of iPhones and other innovations in the new millennium, the 2010s started with promise of technological progress.
- Some predictions, like increased tech surveillance and a few companies dominating the internet, have proven true.
- Others, like the promise of AR, autonomous vehicles, and AI, have made progress, but not changed the world as radically as many predicted that they would.
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Making predictions about tech is a tough game - remember, plenty of people predicted that the iPhone would be a massive failure.
So, it's not exactly surprising that tech innovations didn't go where everyone thought they would over the decade. Some moves in tech that had the biggest effects on daily life, like a few big tech companies dominating the internet and ad revenue, and the rise of digital surveillance, were widely predicted.
Of course, not every event of the 2010s was so clear. Most of these predictions that didn't work out are about scale and adoption, rather than predictions of technology that failed to manifest at all. Here are 5 that didn't happen, at least not yet.
