The future doesn’t wait—and neither do the innovators reshaping our world faster than ever before.I’ve learned that accurately predicting technology trends isn’t about crystal balls — it’s about understanding cycles, leading indicators and practical applications. Last Year’s Predictions and Track Record of Success My track record of trend predictions boasts …

Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” appears to have snuck past Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” at the buzzer to become the most-streamed song on Spotify of 2024. According to Variety, the Hit Me Hard and Soft single finished out the year with 1,775,172,881 streams in 2024. That gave it about 650,000 …

In 2025, playing it safe isn’t an option. It’s time for brands to stop following the rules and instead challenge them. There are so many touchpoints consumers engage with nowadays, and algorithms that force an endless stream of content across every device, every media outlet, and nearly every brick-and-mortar establishment, …

The truck attack that killed 15 and injured dozens inNew Orleans’ French Quarter early Wednesday morning has cast a pall over the dawn of the new year — but it hasn’t deterred President-elect Donald Trump and his sycophants from pushing misinformation to politicize the tragedy. Trump responded to the attack …

U.K. grime star Stormzy was served a nine-month driving ban after pleading guilty to using his phone while driving, according to the BBC. The rapper (real name Michael Ebenazer Owuo Jr.) was originally stopped by an off-duty police officer, who claimed Owuo was using his phone while driving a Rolls-Royce …

Jeremy Renner celebrated his “ReBirthday” Wednesday on the two-year anniversary of the New Year’s Day 2023 snowplow accident that severely injured the actor. Renner sustained “30 plus broken bones” in the Lake Tahoe-area accident on January 1, 2023, when he was “completely crushed under a large snowcat,” with injuries including …

Sophie Ellis-Bextor rang in 2025 on the dancefloor, hosting her New Year’s Eve Disco special on the BBC, which featured duets with Jessie Ware and Jake Shears. A handful of clips from the special have been uploaded to YouTube, including Ellis-Bextor’s rendition of her own classic, “Murder on the Dancefloor.” …

A MQ-9 Reaper drone keeps watch above the caravan of SUVs as a pair of helicopters — a sleek MH-6 Little Bird and a UH-60 Black Hawk — shadows the line of trucks as it makes its way out of a Mexican town. The sound of the helicopter engines grows …

More details have emerged about the suspect in the New Year’s Day morning terror attack that killed 15 people in New Orleans. Authorities previously identified the man who drove a pickup truck into New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texas native and an Army veteran …

Meghan Markle launched a new Instagram account, her first since 2020, on New Year’s Day. The account, @meghan, was confirmed to be an official account of the Duchess of Sussex by the Associated Press. Markle debuted the account with a black and white video of herself at a deserted beach. …