TMT Predictions 2022

The games console: Fitter than ever at 50

There’s no midlife slump for the video game console market. Content, experience, and business-model innovations are keeping it competitive.

Addressable TV ads: Targeting for reach

Addressable TV advertising can target TV ads to different households—but its best use may be to extend reach, not to differentiate messages.

Traditional TV wanes: Television is about to dip below half of all UK video viewing

TV’s viewership decline in the United Kingdom’s bellwether market heralds a new era for the video content ecosystem.

As the world churns: The streaming wars go global

In the face of increasing competition and subscriber churn, customizing business model by market may be key to SVOD providers’ success.

My kingdom for a chip: The semiconductor shortage extends into 2022

Consumers, industry, and government are clamoring for chips, and the semiconductor industry is scrambling to keep up.

Upping the ante: Venture capital investment in chip companies reaches new highs

As VCs push gigadollars to fabless semiconductor startups, the innovation ecosystem is the sure winner.

RISC-y business: Could open chip standard RISC-V gain traction against dominant incumbents?

The open-source chip architecture offers lower costs and greater access, but its future in the marketplace is anything but certain.

Fixed wireless access: Gaining ground on wired broadband

The FWA market is growing strongly, with 5G powering enhanced performance. Will it be key to closing the digital divide?

Wi-Fi 6: Unsung, underexposed—and indispensable to the future of enterprise connectivity

The next generation of Wi-Fi is set to play a pivotal role as organizations innovate with advanced networking.

Wearable technology in health care: Getting better all the time

Smartwatches and wearable medical devices help people monitor their health 24/7. Trust in their utility and security will be key to growth.

Mental health goes mobile: The mental health app market will keep on growing

Mental health care needs are pressing around the world. Apps can deliver support on demand and on the go.

Making smartphones sustainable: Live long and greener

Lengthening smartphone lifetimes would help reduce their environmental impact. But could smartphone vendors find other revenue sources?

Floatovoltaics enters the renewable energy mix: Floating solar panels are now commercially viable

Asia-Pacific is taking the lead in deploying floating photovoltaic arrays as the technology advances and its economics improve.

The gender gap in reading: Boy meets book, boy loses book, boy never gets book back

Why do boys and men read fewer books, and less often, than girls and women?

Women in the tech industry: Gaining ground, but facing new headwinds

Technology companies should renew their commitment to advancing gender diversity in tech as the pandemic recedes.

From trading cards to digital video: Sports NFTs kick sports memorabilia into the digital age

The chance for fans to acquire digital media of their favorite sports moments will likely cement NFTs’ place in the sports content marketplace.

Keeping AI private: Homomorphic encryption and federated learning can underpin more private, secure AI

These technologies for safeguarding data used in AI applications are available and effective. The challenge is to make them more practical.

Quantum computing in 2022: Newsful, but how useful?

The future of quantum computing isn’t quite here yet. But that doesn’t mean that companies shouldn’t prepare.

AIs wide shut: AI regulation gets (even more) serious

AI in 2022 will face intensifying regulatory scrutiny, with implications that resonate across industries.