Tech & Innovation
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Life in 2025
100

This type of artificial intelligence became mainstream for writing, images, and video by 2025.

What is generative AI

100

This short-form video app remained one of the most used platforms worldwide.

What is TikTok

100

By 2025, remote work became common for employees in this type of job.

What are office or technology jobs?

100

This sport continued to dominate U.S. television ratings in 2025, especially on Sundays.

What is the NFL (football)

100

This device replaced wallets, tickets, and boarding passes for many people by 2025.

What is a smartphone?

200

By 2025, many cars began offering this feature that allows limited hands-free highway driving.

What is autonomous (self-driving) technology

200

Superhero movies continued to dominate theaters, especially films based on this company’s characters

What is Marvel

200

This global issue continued to shape news headlines around the world.

What is climate change?

200

By 2025, this women’s professional basketball league saw major growth in viewership and attendance.

What is the WNBA?

200

By 2025, many people ordered food, groceries, and household items using this method instead of going to a store.

What is delivery apps / online delivery services?

300

This popular device category continued to replace traditional watches by tracking health data.

What are smartwatches

300

Streaming services replaced cable for many households by 2025. Name one major streaming service.

What is Netflix? (Also acceptable: Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video)

300

Many cities invested in this form of cleaner transportation.

What are electric vehicles?

300

In 2025, many major sports leagues used this technology to review close or controversial calls.

What is instant replay/video review?

300

This work trend allowed employees to split time between home and the office in 2025.

What is hybrid work?

400

By 2025, many homes used this technology to control lights, locks, and thermostats remotely.

What is smart home technology

400

This genre of music continued to top global charts through the mid-2020s.

What is pop music

400

This social media trend involves posting content that disappears after a short time.

What are stories?

400

This international soccer tournament, held every four years, remained one of the most-watched sporting events in the world heading into the mid-2020s.

What is the FIFA World Cup?

400

By 2025, many people used this type of technology to track sleep, steps, heart rate, and stress.

What are wearable devices (fitness trackers / smartwatches)?

500

This emerging tech focuses on computers solving problems far faster than traditional machines.

What is quantum computing

500

Reboots and remakes became popular as studios reused stories from this earlier entertainment era.

What are classic movies/TV shows?

500

By 2025, many people focused on improving this aspect of personal well-being more openly.

What is mental health?

500

By 2025, athletes across multiple sports focused heavily on this data-driven approach to improve performance and prevent injuries.

What are sports analytics (or performance analytics)?

500

In 2025, this everyday concern shaped how people budgeted, shopped, and planned for the future.

What is inflation / cost of living?

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