2025 in technology: who is in and who is out

Hi! I’m here from the future. And I have some news. In 12 months, all Huge Tech executives will still be in their jobs, everyone will be using foldable phones, Apple made the TV, and Nvidia is the most valuable company in the history of the universe. Wild year, huh? Or maybe not? It’s difficult to remember. Time travel messes with your memory a bit.

ON this episode VergecastIn the second part of our two-part 2025 preview, we discuss some truly wonky stories from delayed 2025. David, our time traveler, brings us some critical stories that either happened or didn’t happen in the coming year, and Nilay Patel and Wall Street Journal columnist Joanna Stern we need to support find out what is real and what is not.

Will anyone actually buy Snap? Is GTA VI Will it be the greatest game of all time? Will Bluesky continue to rise and leave Threads in his wake? No one knows yet, not even the time traveler, but we have some thoughts and ideas.

Like last week’s episode, we’re keeping score. Here’s how it works: Each host has to decide by the end of the year whether each 2025 message will be true or not. Each correct guess earns you a point; every wrong guess costs you one. At the end of the year, we’ll tally up the results, combine them with last week’s guesses, and buy the winner the coolest gadget of 2025, whatever that may be. (We’ll need your support deciding, but we’ll come back to this.)

Don’t read the text below until you’ve listened to or watched the episode, but as for the tape, here are our predictions: