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Below is a collection of every Predictions article by The Information.
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OpenAI’s Next Departure, Amazon’s New Product—and 16 Other Things We Think Will Happen in 2025

By The Information Staff · Jan 3, 2025 9:03am PST · 4 comments
** Mystical chanting ** Through wires and streams, the future flies, where vision soars and dreams arise, As twenty-twenty-five arrives, show us what will spark and change our lives! ** Chanting continues ** Holy moly! We’re clearly in for another wild year ahead, or so the careful study of our beats—and the omens around them—would... ** Mystical chanting ** Through wires and streams, the future flies, where vision soars and...
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Predictions 2025: Amazon Will Buy Lyft

By Anita Ramaswamy · Jan 2, 2025 8:14am PST · 2 comments
Robotaxis are quickly gaining ground, largely thanks to Alphabet-backed Waymo, which announced in October that it was completing more than 100,000 paid rides for passengers per week. Waymo plans to enter new regions next year. And everything in the market is sure to intensify further as Tesla tries to begin mass-producing its own robotaxis in... Robotaxis are quickly gaining ground, largely thanks to Alphabet-backed Waymo, which announced in...
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Predictions 2025: Elon Musk Will Try to Buy TikTok

By Kaya Yurieff · Jan 1, 2025 6:00am PST · 14 comments
At the moment, TikTok is fighting for survival. The Chinese-owned app has been locked in a monthslong legal battle over a law that will ban it in the U.S. on Jan. 19 if it hasn’t cut ties with its parent company, ByteDance. The entire drama is headed for a final showdown next week, with the company planning to argue for its existence in front of... At the moment, TikTok is fighting for survival. The Chinese-owned app has been locked in a...
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What We Got Right (and Wrong) in Our Predictions for 2024
By The Information Staff · Dec 31, 2024 11:06am PST · 3 comments
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What We Got Right (and Wrong) in Our Predictions for 2024

By The Information Staff · Dec 31, 2024 11:06am PST · 3 comments
When we looked into the future a year ago, we saw a period ahead full of exciting new AI gadgets, dealmaking at Netflix and trouble in a burgeoning corner of the retail world. But even the best clairvoyants don’t always get it right, and our crystal ball clearly was picking up some static interference when we gazed through it last year. Still,... When we looked into the future a year ago, we saw a period ahead full of exciting new AI gadgets,...
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The Information’s 2024 Predictions

By The Information Staff · Dec 29, 2023 6:00am PST · 6 comments
Few people outside the artificial intelligence sector of tech likely anticipated how the emergence of ChatGPT late in 2022 would overwhelm developments in tech in 2023. Meanwhile, what didn’t happen this year was mainly related to the economy and the markets—few deals or initial public offerings got done, while an array of struggling... Few people outside the artificial intelligence sector of tech likely anticipated how the...
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What We Got Right (and Wrong) in Our Predictions for 2023

By The Information Staff · Dec 29, 2023 5:30am PST · 3 comments
The year is winding to a close, which means it’s time for us to grade our predictions for 2023. This time last year, our journalists checked in with sources to figure out what they thought would happen in the year ahead. Some of the predictions that resulted from that reporting turned out to be accurate. Some weren’t. We were spot on with... The year is winding to a close, which means it’s time for us to grade our predictions for 2023....
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The Information’s 2023 Predictions

By The Information Staff · Dec 27, 2022 6:30am PST · 8 comments
It’s safe to say that the two biggest tech stories of 2022—the twists and turns of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover and the collapse of FTX—were not on anyone’s minds this time last year. That raises the question of what 2023 will bring. We have some predictions to make. As we note below, the stage is set for big... It’s safe to say that the two biggest tech stories of 2022—the twists and turns of...
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What We Got Right (And Wrong) in Our Predictions for 2022
By The Information Staff · Dec 27, 2022 6:00am PST · 8 comments
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What We Got Right (And Wrong) in Our Predictions for 2022

By The Information Staff · Dec 27, 2022 6:00am PST · 8 comments
We’re near a wrap on 2022, which means it’s time to grade The Information’s predictions on technology and media. Each year our journalists check in with their sources and then tee up their forecasts for the most important mergers and acquisitions, stock offerings and CEO exits they expect to transpire. We got some predictions... We’re near a wrap on 2022, which means it’s time to grade The Information’s...