#Embedded AI Demand

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Embedded AI Market | Future Growth Aspect Analysis to 2030

The Embedded AI Market was valued at USD 8.9 billion in 2023 and will surpass USD 21.5 billion by 2030; growing at a CAGR of 13.5 % during 2024 - 2030.Embedded AI refers to the integration of artificial intelligence algorithms and processing capabilities directly into hardware devices. Unlike traditional AI, which often requires connection to powerful cloud computing systems, embedded AI operates locally on edge devices such as sensors, microcontrollers, or other hardware components. This enables real-time decision-making and data analysis with reduced latency and power consumption.

This convergence of AI and embedded systems is unlocking new possibilities for smarter, autonomous, and responsive devices that can analyze and act upon data instantly without needing to send it to remote servers for processing.

Market Growth and Key Drivers

The global embedded AI market is expanding rapidly, driven by several key factors:

Advancements in Edge Computing

The proliferation of edge computing has played a pivotal role in the growth of embedded AI. Edge devices with built-in AI capabilities are able to process data locally, reducing the need for constant communication with cloud servers. This is particularly crucial for applications requiring immediate decision-making, such as autonomous vehicles, drones, and industrial automation.

Increased Demand for IoT Devices

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a major contributor to the growth of embedded AI. IoT devices are embedded in everyday objects like smart home appliances, wearable devices, and industrial equipment, gathering data in real time. By integrating AI, these devices can offer predictive maintenance, enhanced user experiences, and optimized operational efficiency.

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Enhanced AI Algorithms

AI algorithms have become more efficient and powerful, enabling them to operate in low-power, resource-constrained environments like embedded systems. With advancements in AI frameworks, such as TensorFlow Lite and PyTorch Mobile, the ability to deploy AI models on edge devices is now more accessible than ever.

Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing

Industry 4.0 emphasizes automation, smart factories, and connected machinery. Embedded AI plays a critical role in optimizing processes in manufacturing, such as predictive maintenance, quality control, and energy management. Machines equipped with AI can autonomously monitor their own performance, identify inefficiencies, and make adjustments in real time.

Rise of Autonomous Systems

The push toward autonomous systems, especially in the automotive industry, is driving embedded AI adoption. Self-driving cars, drones, and robots rely on embedded AI to process vast amounts of sensor data, make real-time decisions, and navigate complex environments without human intervention.

Key Sectors Driving Embedded AI Adoption

Automotive Industry

The automotive industry is at the forefront of embedded AI adoption. AI-driven features like autonomous driving, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), and predictive maintenance are all powered by embedded AI systems. These technologies enable cars to analyze real-time road conditions, detect potential hazards, and make instant decisions, enhancing safety and efficiency.

Healthcare

In healthcare, embedded AI is transforming medical devices and diagnostic tools. AI-powered wearables can monitor patients' vital signs in real time, providing healthcare professionals with actionable insights for early diagnosis and personalized treatment plans. Moreover, embedded AI systems in medical imaging devices can assist in detecting diseases like cancer with higher accuracy.

Consumer Electronics

From smart speakers to home security systems, embedded AI is driving innovation in the consumer electronics space. Devices are becoming more intuitive, offering personalized experiences through voice recognition, gesture control, and facial recognition technologies. These AI-driven enhancements have revolutionized how consumers interact with their devices.

Industrial Automation

Embedded AI in industrial automation is enabling smarter, more efficient factories. AI-powered sensors and controllers can optimize production processes, predict equipment failures, and reduce downtime. As industries move toward fully autonomous operations, embedded AI will play an integral role in managing complex industrial systems.

Challenges in the Embedded AI Market

Despite its rapid growth, the embedded AI market faces several challenges. Developing AI algorithms that can operate efficiently in resource-constrained environments is complex. Power consumption, heat generation, and the limited processing capabilities of embedded devices must all be carefully managed. Moreover, there are concerns around data privacy and security, particularly in industries handling sensitive information, such as healthcare and finance.

Another challenge is the lack of standardization across embedded AI platforms, which can hinder widespread adoption. To address this, industry stakeholders are collaborating on developing open standards and frameworks to streamline AI deployment in embedded systems.

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The Future of Embedded AI

The future of embedded AI looks promising, with continued advancements in hardware, AI algorithms, and edge computing technologies. As AI capabilities become more efficient and affordable, their integration into everyday devices will become increasingly ubiquitous. In the coming years, we can expect to see even greater adoption of embedded AI in smart cities, autonomous transportation systems, and advanced robotics.

Moreover, the convergence of 5G technology with embedded AI will further accelerate innovation. With faster, more reliable connectivity, edge devices equipped with AI will be able to process and transmit data more efficiently, unlocking new use cases across various industries.

Conclusion

The embedded AI market is revolutionizing industries by enabling devices to think, analyze, and act autonomously. As the demand for smarter, more responsive technology grows, embedded AI will continue to transform sectors such as automotive, healthcare, industrial automation, and consumer electronics. With its ability to provide real-time insights and decision-making at the edge, embedded AI is set to play a central role in the next wave of technological innovation.

[canmom]

how much power does tech really use, compared to other shit?

my dash has been full of arguing about AI power consumption recently. so I decided to investigate a bit.

it's true, as the Ars Technica article argues, that AI is still only one fairly small part of the overall tech sector power consumption, potentially comparable to things like PC gaming. what's notable is how quickly it's grown in just a few years, and this is likely to be a limit to how much more it can scale.

I think it is reasonable to say that adding generative AI at large scale to systems that did not previously have generative AI (phones, Windows operating system etc.) will increase the energy cost. it's hard to estimate by how much. however, the bulk of AI energy use is in training, not querying. in some cases 'AI' might lead to less energy use, e.g. using an AI denoiser will reduce the energy needed to render an animated film.

the real problem being exposed is that most of us don't really have any intuition for how much energy is used for what. you can draw comparisons all sorts of ways. compare it to the total energy consumption of humanity and it may sound fairly niche; compare it to the energy used by a small country (I've seen Ireland as one example, which used about 170TWh in 2022) and it can sound huge.

but if we want to reduce the overall energy demand of our species (to slow our CO2 emissions in the short term, and accomodate the limitations of renewables in a hypothetical future), we should look at the full stack. how does AI, crypto and tech compare to other uses of energy?

here's how physicist David McKay broke down energy use per person in the UK way back in 2008 in Sustainable Energy Without The Hot Air, and his estimate of a viable renewable mix for the UK.

('Stuff' represents the embedded energy of manufactured goods not covered by the other boxes. 'Gadgets' represents the energy used by electronic devices including passive consumption by devices left on standby, and datacentres supporting them - I believe the embodied energy cost of building them falls under 'stuff' instead.)

today those numbers would probably look different - populations change, tech evolves, etc. etc., and this notably predates the massive rise in network infrastructure and computing tech that the Ars article describes. I'm sure someone's come up with a more up-to-date SEWTHA-style estimate of how energy consumption breaks down since then, but I don't have it to hand.

that said, the relative sizes of the blocks won't have changed that much. we still eat, heat our homes and fly about as much as ever; electric cars have become more popular but the fleet is still mostly petrol-powered. nothing has fundamentally changed in terms of the efficiency of most of this stuff. depending where you live, things might look a bit different - less energy on heating/cooling or more on cars for example.

how big a block would AI and crypto make on a chart like this?

per the IEA, crypto used 100-150TWh of electricity worldwide in 2022. in McKay's preferred unit of kWh/day/person, that would come to a worldwide average of just 0.04kWh/day/person. that is of course imagining that all eight billion of us use crypto, which is not true. if you looked at the total crypto-owning population, estimated to be 560 million in 2024, that comes to about 0.6kWh/day/crypto-owning person for cryptocurrency mining [2022/2024 data]. I'm sure that applies to a lot of people who just used crypto once to buy drugs or something, so the footprint of 'heavier' crypto users would be higher.

I'm actually a little surpised by this - I thought crypto was way worse. it's still orders of magnitude more demanding than other transaction systems but I'm rather relieved to see we haven't spent that much energy on the red queen race of cryptomining.

the projected energy use of AI is a bit more vague - depending on your estimate it could be higher or lower - but it would be a similar order of magnitude (around 100TWh).

SEWTHA calculated that in 2007, data centres in the USA added up to 0.4kWh/day/person. the ars article shows worldwide total data centre energy use increasing by a factor of about 7 since then; the world population has increased from just under 7 billion to nearly 8 billion. so the amount per person is probably about a sixfold increase to around 2.4kWh/day/person for data centres in the USA [extrapolated estimate based on 2007 data] - for Americans, anyway.

however, this is complicated because the proportion of people using network infrastructure worldwide has probably grown a lot since 2007, so a lot of that data centre expansion might be taking place outside the States.

as an alternative calculation, the IEA reports that in 2022, data centres accounted for 240-340 TWh, and transmitting data across the network, 260-360 TWh; in total 500-700TWh. averaged across the whole world, that comes to just 0.2 kWh/day/person for data centres and network infrastructure worldwide [2022 data] - though it probably breaks down very unequally across countries, which might account for the huge discrepancy in our estimates here! e.g. if you live in a country with fast, reliable internet where you can easily stream 4k video, you will probably account for much higher internet traffic than someone in a country where most people connect to the internet using phones over data.

overall, however we calculate it, it's still pretty small compared to the rest of the stack. AI is growing fast but worldwide energy use is around 180,000 TWh. humans use a lot of fucking energy. of course, reducing this is a multi-front battle, so we can still definitely stand to gain in tech. it's just not the main front here.

instead, the four biggest blocks by far are transportation, heating/cooling and manufacturing. if we want to make a real dent we'd need to collectively travel by car and plane a lot less, insulate our houses better, and reduce the turnover of material objects.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

A link-clump demands a linkdump

Cometh the weekend, cometh the linkdump. My daily-ish newsletter includes a section called "Hey look at this," with three short links per day, but sometimes those links get backed up and I need to clean house. Here's the eight previous installments:

https://pluralistic.net/tag/linkdump/

The country code top level domain (ccTLD) for the Caribbean island nation of Anguilla is .ai, and that's turned into millions of dollars worth of royalties as "entrepreneurs" scramble to sprinkle some buzzword-compliant AI stuff on their businesses in the most superficial way possible:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/ai-fever-turns-anguillas-ai-domain-into-a-digital-gold-mine/

All told, .ai domain royalties will account for about ten percent of the country's GDP.

It's actually kind of nice to see Anguilla finding some internet money at long last. Back in the 1990s, when I was a freelance web developer, I got hired to work on the investor website for a publicly traded internet casino based in Anguilla that was a scammy disaster in every conceivable way. The company had been conceived of by people who inherited a modestly successful chain of print-shops and decided to diversify by buying a dormant penny mining stock and relaunching it as an online casino.

But of course, online casinos were illegal nearly everywhere. Not in Anguilla – or at least, that's what the founders told us – which is why they located their servers there, despite the lack of broadband or, indeed, reliable electricity at their data-center. At a certain point, the whole thing started to whiff of a stock swindle, a pump-and-dump where they'd sell off shares in that ex-mining stock to people who knew even less about the internet than they did and skedaddle. I got out, and lost track of them, and a search for their names and business today turns up nothing so I assume that it flamed out before it could ruin any retail investors' lives.

Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory, one of those former British colonies that was drained and then given "independence" by paternalistic imperial administrators half a world away. The country's main industries are tourism and "finance" – which is to say, it's a pearl in the globe-spanning necklace of tax- and corporate-crime-havens the UK established around the world so its most vicious criminals – the hereditary aristocracy – can continue to use Britain's roads and exploit its educated workforce without paying any taxes.

This is the "finance curse," and there are tiny, struggling nations all around the world that live under it. Nick Shaxson dubbed them "Treasure Islands" in his outstanding book of the same name:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780230341722/treasureislands

I can't imagine that the AI bubble will last forever – anything that can't go on forever eventually stops – and when it does, those .ai domain royalties will dry up. But until then, I salute Anguilla, which has at last found the internet riches that I played a small part in bringing to it in the previous century.

The AI bubble is indeed overdue for a popping, but while the market remains gripped by irrational exuberance, there's lots of weird stuff happening around the edges. Take Inject My PDF, which embeds repeating blocks of invisible text into your resume:

https://kai-greshake.de/posts/inject-my-pdf/

The text is tuned to make resume-sorting Large Language Models identify you as the ideal candidate for the job. It'll even trick the summarizer function into spitting out text that does not appear in any human-readable form on your CV.

Embedding weird stuff into resumes is a hacker tradition. I first encountered it at the Chaos Communications Congress in 2012, when Ang Cui used it as an example in his stellar "Print Me If You Dare" talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njVv7J2azY8

Cui figured out that one way to update the software of a printer was to embed an invisible Postscript instruction in a document that basically said, "everything after this is a firmware update." Then he came up with 100 lines of perl that he hid in documents with names like cv.pdf that would flash the printer when they ran, causing it to probe your LAN for vulnerable PCs and take them over, opening a reverse-shell to his command-and-control server in the cloud. Compromised printers would then refuse to apply future updates from their owners, but would pretend to install them and even update their version numbers to give verisimilitude to the ruse. The only way to exorcise these haunted printers was to send 'em to the landfill. Good times!

Printers are still a dumpster fire, and it's not solely about the intrinsic difficulty of computer security. After all, printer manufacturers have devoted enormous resources to hardening their products against their owners, making it progressively harder to use third-party ink. They're super perverse about it, too – they send "security updates" to your printer that update the printer's security against you – run these updates and your printer downgrades itself by refusing to use the ink you chose for it:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/ink-stained-wretches-battle-soul-digital-freedom-taking-place-inside-your-printer

It's a reminder that what a monopolist thinks of as "security" isn't what you think of as security. Oftentimes, their security is antithetical to your security. That was the case with Web Environment Integrity, a plan by Google to make your phone rat you out to advertisers' servers, revealing any adblocking modifications you might have installed so that ad-serving companies could refuse to talk to you:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/02/self-incrimination/#wei-bai-bai

WEI is now dead, thanks to a lot of hueing and crying by people like us:

https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/02/google_abandons_web_environment_integrity/

But the dream of securing Google against its own users lives on. Youtube has embarked on an aggressive campaign of refusing to show videos to people running ad-blockers, triggering an arms-race of ad-blocker-blockers and ad-blocker-blocker-blockers:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-will-the-ad-versus-ad-blocker-arms-race-end/

The folks behind Ublock Origin are racing to keep up with Google's engineers' countermeasures, and there's a single-serving website called "Is uBlock Origin updated to the last Anti-Adblocker YouTube script?" that will give you a realtime, one-word status update:

https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/

One in four web users has an ad-blocker, a stat that Doc Searls pithily summarizes as "the biggest boycott in world history":

https://doc.searls.com/2015/09/28/beyond-ad-blocking-the-biggest-boycott-in-human-history/

Zero app users have ad-blockers. That's not because ad-blocking an app is harder than ad-blocking the web – it's because reverse-engineering an app triggers liability under IP laws like Section 1201 of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, which can put you away for 5 years for a first offense. That's what I mean when I say that "IP is anything that lets a company control its customers, critics or competitors:

https://locusmag.com/2020/09/cory-doctorow-ip/

I predicted that apps would open up all kinds of opportunities for abusive, monopolistic conduct back in 2010, and I'm experiencing a mix of sadness and smugness (I assume there's a German word for this emotion) at being so thoroughly vindicated by history:

https://memex.craphound.com/2010/04/01/why-i-wont-buy-an-ipad-and-think-you-shouldnt-either/

The more control a company can exert over its customers, the worse it will be tempted to treat them. These systems of control shift the balance of power within companies, making it harder for internal factions that defend product quality and customer interests to win against the enshittifiers:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/28/microincentives-and-enshittification/

The result has been a Great Enshittening, with platforms of all description shifting value from their customers and users to their shareholders, making everything palpably worse. The only bright side is that this has created the political will to do something about it, sparking a wave of bold, muscular antitrust action all over the world.

The Google antitrust case is certainly the most important corporate lawsuit of the century (so far), but Judge Amit Mehta's deference to Google's demands for secrecy has kept the case out of the headlines. I mean, Sam Bankman-Fried is a psychopathic thief, but even so, his trial does not deserve its vastly greater prominence, though, if you haven't heard yet, he's been convicted and will face decades in prison after he exhausts his appeals:

https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/sam-bankman-fried-guilty-on-all-charges

The secrecy around Google's trial has relaxed somewhat, and the trickle of revelations emerging from the cracks in the courthouse are fascinating. For the first time, we're able to get a concrete sense of which queries are the most lucrative for Google:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/1/23941766/google-antitrust-trial-search-queries-ad-money

The list comes from 2018, but it's still wild. As David Pierce writes in The Verge, the top twenty includes three iPhone-related terms, five insurance queries, and the rest are overshadowed by searches for customer service info for monopolistic services like Xfinity, Uber and Hulu.

All-in-all, we're living through a hell of a moment for piercing the corporate veil. Maybe it's the problem of maintaining secrecy within large companies, or maybe the the rampant mistreatment of even senior executives has led to more leaks and whistleblowing. Either way, we all owe a debt of gratitude to the anonymous leaker who revealed the unbelievable pettiness of former HBO president of programming Casey Bloys, who ordered his underlings to create an army of sock-puppet Twitter accounts to harass TV and movie critics who panned HBO's shows:

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/hbo-casey-bloys-secret-twitter-trolls-tv-critics-leaked-texts-lawsuit-the-idol-1234867722/

These trolling attempts were pathetic, even by the standards of thick-fingered corporate execs. Like, accusing critics who panned the shitty-ass Perry Mason reboot of disrespecting veterans because the fictional Mason's back-story had him storming the beach on D-Day.

The pushback against corporate bullying is everywhere, and of course, the vanguard is the labor movement. Did you hear that the UAW won their strike against the auto-makers, scoring raises for all workers based on the increases in the companies' CEO pay? The UAW isn't done, either! Their incredible new leader, Shawn Fain, has called for a general strike in 2028:

https://www.404media.co/uaw-calls-on-workers-to-line-up-massive-general-strike-for-2028-to-defeat-billionaire-class/

The massive victory for unionized auto-workers has thrown a spotlight on the terrible working conditions and pay for workers at Tesla, a criminal company that has no compunctions about violating labor law to prevent its workers from exercising their legal rights. Over in Sweden, union workers are teaching Tesla a lesson. After the company tried its illegal union-busting playbook on Tesla service centers, the unionized dock-workers issued an ultimatum: respect your workers or face a blockade at Sweden's ports that would block any Tesla from being unloaded into the EU's fifth largest Tesla market:

https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-sweden-strike/

Of course, the real solution to Teslas – and every other kind of car – is to redesign our cities for public transit, walking and cycling, making cars the exception for deliveries, accessibility and other necessities. Transitioning to EVs will make a big dent in the climate emergency, but it won't make our streets any safer – and they keep getting deadlier.

Last summer, my dear old pal Ted Kulczycky got in touch with me to tell me that Talking Heads were going to be all present in public for the first time since the band's breakup, as part of the debut of the newly remastered print of Stop Making Sense, the greatest concert movie of all time. Even better, the show would be in Toronto, my hometown, where Ted and I went to high-school together, at TIFF.

Ted is the only person I know who is more obsessed with Talking Heads than I am, and he started working on tickets for the show while I starting pricing plane tickets. And then, the unthinkable happened: Ted's wife, Serah, got in touch to say that Ted had been run over by a car while getting off of a streetcar, that he was severely injured, and would require multiple surgeries.

But this was Ted, so of course he was still planning to see the show. And he did, getting a day-pass from the hospital and showing up looking like someone from a Kids In The Hall sketch who'd been made up to look like someone who'd been run over by a car:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/53182440282/

In his Globe and Mail article about Ted's experience, Brad Wheeler describes how the whole hospital rallied around Ted to make it possible for him to get to the movie:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-how-a-talking-heads-superfan-found-healing-with-the-concert-film-stop/

He also mentions that Ted is working on a book and podcast about Stop Making Sense. I visited Ted in the hospital the day after the gig and we talked about the book and it sounds amazing. Also? The movie was incredible. See it in Imax.

That heartwarming tale of healing through big suits is a pretty good place to wrap up this linkdump, but I want to call your attention to just one more thing before I go: Robin Sloan's Snarkmarket piece about blogging and "stock and flow":

https://snarkmarket.com/2010/4890/

Sloan makes the excellent case that for writers, having a "flow" of short, quick posts builds the audience for a "stock" of longer, more synthetic pieces like books. This has certainly been my experience, but I think it's only part of the story – there are good, non-mercenary reasons for writers to do a lot of "flow." As I wrote in my 2021 essay, "The Memex Method," turning your commonplace book into a database – AKA "blogging" – makes you write better notes to yourself because you know others will see them:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/05/09/the-memex-method/

This, in turn, creates a supersaturated, subconscious solution of fragments that are just waiting to nucleate and crystallize into full-blown novels and nonfiction books and other "stock." That's how I came out of lockdown with nine new books. The next one is The Lost Cause, a hopepunk science fiction novel about the climate whose early fans include Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit, Bill McKibben and Kim Stanley Robinson. It's out on November 14:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865939/the-lost-cause

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/05/variegated/#nein

[unregisteredskybox]

[@ysines becuz u asked :D] im gonna preface this rant by saying i think side order was GREAT!!!! i love roguelikes i love splatoon this was a dlc MADE for me,

that being said! the lore was obviously, unfortunately, not the focal point of the dlc, especially the final boss being [spoilers!] another sentient ai. i love the little guy, but tartar [my wife] did it better. so UNDER THE CUT will be a long rant as to what i would make for the final boss of the DLC, along with some art I made for it!!! Oh, and that final boss?

Order, a sentient collection of Eight's memories that deems ITSELF to be the real copy

alright, now that i have your attention, let me go into depth as to how this all began, side order spoilers obviously:

Marina created the Memverse to help all the octolings from the metro of course, but more specifically, her friend Eight. The entire memverse was based on their memories, using them as the "blueprint" for all memcake related technology, since theirs were fully intact. Not only that, but since Eight was not only unsanitized, in a right state of mind, and an incredibly capable fighter, they were the perfect basis for those CLIMBING the tower. if the memverse is brain surgery, than Eight's brain was the example used. makes sense? This is where thing's get weird, however. Eight's memories are embeded within the memverse itself, interconnected with all aspects of it. Functionally speaking, a part of their SOUL was in the memverse, a soul with lots of desires, dreams, and determination. They fought through kamabo co. after all, their soul wouldn't be so easily tamed. Marina allotted too much control over to Eight's memories, so as soon as the memverse was online, they were alive. Alive...

And alone.

The memverse was just booting up, and considering how big it was, it would likely take hours, maybe even days. Days that Not-Eight would have to spend wandering an unfished world alone, devoid of any meaningful colour. It was designed to be monochrome as it was easier to retain memories when climbing the spire, without significant colour to distract the climber. Worst part was, this individual was eight's memories BEFORE octo expansion, so the last thing they remember is falling after fighting agent 3, waking up here. Through time, other memories would spark creation within the world, from the sanitized octolings who helped on the project, but it was still a long and lonely time for Not-Eight. However, as I said, they're the blueprint for this world, and was interconnected with it, so they had a form of control. It wasn't a conscious decision, but rather, the unbearable feeling of loneliness caused the simulation to pull people IN, hoping to satiate the desire for connection the god of this world demanded. And, with our Eight also being integral to the memverse, the system decided the perfect fit would be to bring in their best bud Agent 4! ...Who Not-Eight didn't know because they've never met.

But, after a quick explanation, Four, smart as they are, picks up on the situation: something went wrong in the Memverse, and Eight only remembers her previous memories, and not her current ones. Alright, they've got it completely wrong, but it's the logical conclusion. The two do find solace in each other, however, as they wander the Memverse searching for...anything really. As this happens though, something starts to happen to Not-Eight. This entire time, they've felt like something was missing. Like when you wake up from a dream, and feel like you can remember it exactly, yet it immediately fades away. That, but constantly. They assume Four's story is correct, since it would explain the feeling, but it doesn't offer them any comfort. There's also Not-Eight's emotional state, since they've been wandering the memverse for days now, and Four's only done it for maybe a few hours. It's taken a toll on their mind, and by proxy, the Memverse itself. Remember, it's connected to them, their loneliness was why Four was here in the first place. As such, with their desire to be fulfilled, to remember something, the Memverse starts to overwork itself; it brings the spire into existence, the Jelletons, all of the challenges, much faster than it should, all for its God that doesn't even know it's a god in the first place. With this speed comes mistakes, or in computer terms, glitches. Just as Not-Eight's mental state effects the memverse, the memverse's stability effects Not-Eight. They start to, if only gradually, undergo a process known as Bleaching; when a Soul and Body are separated into two individual beings, the soul in the memverse, and the body outside of it. [This replaces greyscaling.] But, Not-Eight doesn't have a body, just a simulated one to house their soul. That means, while attempting to climb the spire with four, they start to deteriorate. Pieces of them glitch away, corals grow and cover their face, and features just disappear. It's an incredibly painful process, one that Four doesn't really understand, so they try to solve it in the only way they know how: getting to the top. It's hard, especially considering they have to carry Not-Eight up there, and have no colour chips [Only weapons they summoned the same way Pearl did], but they make it to the control room. Pulling up a monitor, they scroll to a section covering the Admins of the spire. Marina, Pearl, Four themselves, and...two instances of Eight. One of them is glitching out, so that's the one Four goes for, not bothering to question why there were two. They click the button to reset the palette, but...that was probably the worst thing they could've done. In an instant, Not-Eight's mind was flooded with the code of the entire memverse, it's innerworkings, what it was currently processing, and their identity. They knew within an instant that they were just MEMORIES, a shadow of another person. Yet, they also knew how much power they had over the world. Without another word, they immediately Bleached Four, creating the Parallel Canon boss and Order Defense Force. They knew that the "real" Eight would come for them, to subsume them, to replace them, so they would need defenses. Though they acted like a tough general on the outside, in reality, Order was horrified. They were, mentally, a fourteen-year old child who failed to escape to the surface and instead fell into what was practically Hell. A cold, barren landscape with no colour or emotions, a place where they would die by being assimilated into another person. The mask placed on the Parallel Canon boss wasn't something to control them, as they already had that power. Rather, it was to make other beings look more like themselves after they began to decompose. This, is Order, the commander of the spire:

The red bits on their body are pieces they can no longer use due to the Bleaching, which is basically trying to separate their soul in two, considering they don't have a body. All facial recognition they once had has been wiped clean, and they're more coral than octoling at this point. Now is when Eight and the rest of the gang enter the memverse, but how Order presents themself is different. They're still a dignified smoke cloud, as they were after Marina, but they harbor an irrational sense of hatred towards Eight, one that isn't cold or orderly. Boss fights are now, as many people have suggested, Eight fighting the person the palette belongs to. Inky clones of Marie or Big man, who dissipate into a cloud of smoke once you defeat them, with Order taunting/insulting Eight after the fact. However, palette orders are slightly changed, as the last one you get before Eights is Four's. Now, the Parallel Canon boss up to this point would've been the hairless clones specifically, because Order is saving Four for last. Once Eight reaches the top, Order does another monologue, and brings out Four in hopes that Eight's emotional attachment to them would make them give up. [It does not, as Eight is INCREDIBLY used to fighting their brainwashed friends.] Once Four is defeated, they're freed from the Bleaching/mind control, and exposes Order's identity in their fit of rage. Now, Order did genuinely like Four, so seeing them express such hatred for them puts them in a really terrible mood, especially considering Eight is one step closer to replacing them.

at this point, Order freaks out, and Eight probably would as well, considering that they look exactly like each other [Though Order's freakout is more anger and Eight's is more confusion.] Order's one goal now is to kill Eight and replace them before they can do the same. It probably has some sort of AM I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream esque monologue [can you see the inspiration? i love it so much] and deems itself to be the one true "eight." After escaping the tower, with a bit of exposition from both Four and Marina, the entire group basically figures out what's going on. Their respective reactions, however, are a little different, mainly between Eight and everyone else. Most of the group feels sympathetic for Order, as they're a 14 year old who's only known loneliness, the fake sunlight, and is currently at risk of being replaced as a person. Eight, however, has NO sympathy for Order whatsoever, an opinion they would definitely voice. They toiled and troubled through Kamabo Co and the spire just to get their memories back, but now their friends are arguing that they shouldn't? That they should remain without memories just to keep a fake person alive? I've been writing this with more of a story perspective than a gameplay one, so this would probably cause some divide in the group. How the Memverse works to me is after freeing Marina, all of them could come and go from the simulation as they please, like a normal VR. And, because I loooove angst, I could see Eight sneaking into the simulation when everyone else is gone and fighting Order themselves, since no one agrees with them.

Here's where I split the timeline a little, because honestly? I don't know how this should end! I could see two options, option 1. With plenty of time and convincing, they learn to coexist, Order eventually becoming like a little sister to Eight and the two of them living in harmony, completing each other. Option 2? One of them kills the other, permanently, and basically absorbs their mind, memories and bodies, just fitting with the personality of whoever won. IDK!!! I could draw smth for both maybe? Or if you, the lovely reader have any ideas???

And if you have any questions about this (or the aforementioned ideas) don't be afraid to drop an ask!!!!!!!! ooough that was long. thanks for reading : D

[borhaprequiem]

Beyond the Seams

Fandom: AI: The Somnium Files Rating: 13+ for swearing and some intense themes Major Characters: Kaname Date, Hitomi Sagan, original trans characters Pairings: Kaname Date/Hitomi Sagan Words: 2,448

Heads up: This fic features identity death (complete removal of memories) and anime-style characters turning into realistic, ordinary humans. As well as cis-to-trans, though I try to handle it tactfully and avoid calling too much attention to the specific changes it would imply. (Also T4T Datomi is canon to me in at least one timeline lbr.) If you are sensitive at all to any of these tropes please don't read this.

Summary: Thanks to the leader of NAIX, Date and Hitomi are emancipated from the simulation. What happens to them in the realm beyond is something they could never have imagined.

Author's note: you may notice that some details are inconsistent with the actual games. this is because i wanted to avoid spoilers since i imagine most of my audience has not played this series (you should though it's fucking amazing). also i wrote this in a spiteful "i saw someone use this idea and thought i could do it better" haze so i didn't really care lol

Please read my bio before following.

“Hitomi Sagan has been captured by us. Come to the basement of the Lemniscate building if you ever want to see your beloved again.”--NAIX

Those were the words on the slip of paper Kaname Date held in his hand. He clenched his other fist, seething. There was no way they would get away with this.

He and the other members of ABIS had recently been investigating the Half Body Killings, and he had suspicions that the cult-like organization NAIX was behind them. Unfortunately, they had caught onto him first, and now were demanding ransom.

“Let's go, Aiba. There's no time to waste,” he said to his partner. If she wasn't currently embedded in his eye socket, she would've nodded.

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As soon as Date had arrived at the very bottom floor of Lemniscate, he saw his partner Hitomi gagged and tied to a chair, as well as a large, complex, strange machine in the middle of the room. It had two giant, mechanical arms with pointy ends meeting in the center. But the latter was of no concern to him compared to the former.

“Hitomi!” Date cried. “I’m going to get you out of there, don't worry—”

Hitomi’s mouth had been completely taped over, so she could only nod in response. And yet, her face brightened up instantly upon seeing her boo come to rescue her.

But when Date rushed over to her and began trying to untie her—another door to the room opened, and Tokiko Shigure, the leader of NAIX, walked in.

“Oh, Date, finally you decide to show up.” Her tone was monotonous and her face completely devoid of emotion—which made it that much more unsettling. “I have located a tear in the seams of the simulation we’re in, and I’ve decided that you'll have the honor of being the first to be emancipated.”

“...What the HELL does that mean?!” Date screamed. He took out his gun and pointed it straight at Tokiko. “Let Hitomi go, and no one gets hurt. This is an ORDER from the MPD.”

The corners of Tokiko’s mouth turned up ever so slightly, making as much of a smirk as possible on the face of one who had given up all emotions.

“Don't worry, I’ll let her go,” she replied. “From the simulation, that is. And you will follow her.”

Date’s hand didn't budge. He kept his finger on the trigger, ready to shoot if she made a wrong move.

“But you have a choice. You may choose to join my cause, and I will send both of you to a perfect reality where you can live peacefully and freely. Or continue to resist, and your selves will be erased altogether.

Date grunted.

“Like HELL I’d join you, bitch!”

He pulled the trigger—

—

—and as soon as he did, the large machine in the room whirred to life. Faster than the blink of an eye, the two arms seemed to rip apart the fabric of reality itself, creating a dark, ethereal rift between them.

Its gravity pulled the bullet away from its target—and into the rift, where it vanished.

Date could feel the gun in his hand rattle as it, too, was pulled towards the tear in reality. His feet slid closer and closer to the rift as he tried his best to keep them on the ground, slowly marching his way towards Hitomi. The chair she was tied onto was sliding closer to the rift as well, as the ropes binding her snapped off one by one and flew into the rift just as the bullet did.

Date’s hair blew around, slightly obscuring his path to his destination. It was as if a large, powerful wind had engulfed the entire room.

And before he knew it, he was only a few steps away from Hitomi—but her bindings had completely come undone, and she only had her chair to grip onto to stay on earth.

“Almost—”

As he reached for her—her chair suddenly slipped off its legs, about to tumble right into the gaping hole right next to her. Hitomi screamed as much as she could with her mouth still taped over, instinctively letting go of the chair—and just in time, Date caught her.

“Don’t worry, I got ya—”

But not for long, unfortunately. The suction of the rift was too powerful, and after a few seconds, the force grew too much for Date—his grip slipped, and Hitomi disappeared into the rift…and Date followed not even a second after.

The last thing Date saw before departing this world was, out of the corner of his eye, Tokiko smirking wider than he’d ever seen before.

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It was the strangest feeling. Date felt as if he was falling endlessly within an abstractly colored nothingness as unusual sensations overcame his body. He watched his hair blow all around him, the thick, smooth locks beginning to…split apart, finer and finer. Every morning when he did his hair, he’d always noticed that the strands melded together in bunches with several of the nearby ones. That’s how it was supposed to be. That’s how it was for everyone. But now, it was as if he could see each individual hair of his, completely separate from all the other ones. It was bewildering. What the hell was happening, this wasn’t right, this was making his head hurt—

His hair wasn’t the only thing changing; his clothes also began to become less smooth, patterns of very thin fibers woven together starting to appear and spreading throughout his outfit. Date caught a glimpse of his glove, and his skin began to crawl as he saw the intricate, detailed woven pattern wash over it. This was far too much detail than he was used to. It was unsettling. It was maddening.

But he couldn’t dwell on that. He had to find Hitomi.

“HITOMI!” he cried out. No response. He tried his best to swim through the void to look for her, but he didn’t really know if he was actually moving.

But a far more unnerving sight greeted him instead. Suddenly, he could see his face, extremely clear and close-up, all around him. It was as if he was in a house of mirrors, but if the mirrors were all zoomed in.

He watched as a similar thing happened to his face as it did to his clothes. Tiny little wrinkles and hairs appeared all over his skin as it took on a more leathery texture. And he could see it in extremely high detail. He screamed. He continued to scream as he was forced to watch his nose widen slightly, the edges and nostrils becoming more defined. A new pinkness tinged his lips as tiny creases appeared throughout them. And as his eyelashes and eyebrows split into individual hairs just like the blond locks flowing from his head, he felt a pounding headache as his eyes shrank a bit.

Hopefully Aiba being there wouldn’t hurt him or her in any way—wait. Was she still there?

“Aiba! AIBA!” Date yelled once again, only to again be met with silence.

He felt a slightly uncomfortable feeling in his eyes—plastic? Was there plastic in there? Was he wearing…contacts? He suddenly noticed that his left eye was working as normal again—it didn’t feel like Aiba was there at all.

“AIBA!!! Shit! Where did you go?!”

Tears welled up in both of his eyes as he clutched his head. He didn’t know what was happening to him, or where two of the people he cared about most were, and on top of that his head was starting to feel foggy. What could he do? Nothing. Nothing at all. He squeezed his eyes shut, neither wanting to look at his magnified reflection anymore nor accept his current reality, and hoped that it all would be over soon.

And to add insult to injury, he felt an almost painful tingling pass through his muscles and bones. His whole body felt as if it was rearranging itself—he was being compressed slightly shorter, and the proportions of his body shifted around. He couldn’t put his finger on it, but everything just felt wrong. His clothes didn’t fit the way they used to—too tight in some places and too loose in others. He was beginning to feel like a stranger in his own body. What was that bitch Tokiko doing to him?!

Suddenly—foreign thoughts suddenly hit his mind. Memories. Ideas. Revelations about the world he came from. And then one of them practically slapped him in the face.

It was all just a game.

Now, Date wasn’t big into video games. He just couldn’t get into ShovelForge or any of Iris’s other favorites no matter how many times she begged him to play with her. But at the very least, he knew they were just lines of code controlling the images on the computer screen, or however Pewter explained it to him. Mere fabrications. Fiction.

…Was he just lines of code this whole time? Were none of his free will or sense of self really his, and he was just being controlled by some jumbles of 1s and 0s?

God damn it. God damn it to hell.

He yelled, digging his hands into the sides of his head—and then his hair came off. 

Shaking, he stared at the lump of hair he now held in his hands. It was a wig. If he could see the top of his head, he’d notice that underneath it was a short black buzzcut.

He clenched his teeth, which had, too, split from two solid strips of white into sections that looked like rounded squares and cubes. Fuck. Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck. His reality was breaking apart around him. Was this the “emancipation” that NAIX so fervently strived for? What did they even see in this horrifying madness?

Date’s thoughts were interrupted by a brown flash out of the corner of his eye.

“Hitomi!”

God, even his voice felt wrong. He didn’t know if it was something that actually changed within him or just the space they were in bending the sound, but it was much higher-pitched than usual. But he didn’t care at this point. He had finally found his lover.

He could tell that Hitomi had gone through the same “detail-ification” process that had happened to him, though she appeared to be barely conscious. Her body was limp and her eyes half-closed. Date once again tried to swim over to her…and he managed to grab onto her good arm. Her sweater looked and felt a lot rougher than usual, but that barely mattered at this point.

…Did the hand on her other arm just twitch? He chose to ignore that.

“Hitomi, Hitomi, I’m so glad you’re alright.” Date leaned closer to her ear. “We’re going to get out of here. Back to safety. Back *home,* even. I promise.”

…Where was home, again?

As Date tried to picture his apartment…or Hitomi’s house…it just didn’t feel as familiar to him. It felt like he was trying to picture a house belonging to a stranger that he saw once. Or a character in a game, even…

What about the people he knew? Every face his mind conjured up felt flat, fake. Fictional.

He couldn’t let himself go like this. He had to remember. He—

He clutched his head again with his other hand. Who even was he, really? He realized he couldn’t even recall his name. Or the name of the other person in front of him. All he knew was that she was his dear partner, and he loved her and needed to protect her. So he hugged her and held on tight.

The two began to fall slower and slower…as the mess of colors surrounding them began to untangle themselves into something more resemblant of a defined reality.

And as they settled down to earth again, the man slowly began to drift back to reality. His identity began to flow back to him. He was a salaryman living just outside Tokyo. During his time off, he loved playing all sorts of games and visual novels. And his name…

His name…

Kouta Tanaka snapped back to the present. He was standing in the entrance hall of his apartment, deep in an embrace with his girlfriend, Hanako Suzuki.

“...You alright?” Hanako muttered. “That was a kind of a long hug…felt like you didn’t want to let go. Not that I’m complaining~” She giggled.

“Yeah, I’m fine, I just…kind of zoned out a bit.” He broke off the hug and scratched his head—er, wig—sheepishly.

The two had just gotten back home after a long, exciting day at Comiket. It was the first time they had tried out a couple’s cosplay, and they had lots of fun browsing all the comics and merch at the vendors’ booths, as well as meeting other cosplayers with stunning outfits and props. They even managed to meet a couple other fans of AI: The Somnium Files, who had complimented their Date and Hitomi costumes greatly.

But the best part was—it was a time when they felt they could truly be themselves. Social pressure pushed them to stay closeted for most of the year, and HRT was nigh impossible for them to get in Japan. At these sorts of conventions, however, all judgements were suspended, and they were free to dress in the outfits that gave them the most gender euphoria, as the characters they most looked up to or related to.

“I know I said this already, but—you make a perfect Hitomi, dear.” Kouta stroked his girlfriend’s wig, feeling the soft, straight brown strands in his hands. She blushed at the compliment.

“And you make a perfect Date!” she exclaimed back. Kouta simply smiled.

Even as they exchanged more romantic banter, Kouta still had a stray thought on his mind. Something that scratched at the back of his brain. It was kind of dumb. But he couldn’t help but pop the question.

“Y’know, with how much we identify with Date and Hitomi…Do you think we might have actually been them in a past life?”

Hanako chuckled. “That sounds kind of silly. …But honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised. If that really were the case…I know we’d find each other again in any universe.”

“You really think so?”

“Absolutely.”

Now it was Kouta’s turn to blush madly. Being able to resonate on silly topics like this…he really couldn’t ask for a better partner.

“Then I’m glad I found you. I…I love you, Hitomi.”

Hanako giggled again upon being called that. “And I love you…Kaname.”

And so they embraced each other again, locking lips in a deep, passionate kiss. No matter what might have happened in the past, their current life was perfect—as they had each other.

[letsremotify]

What Future Trends in Software Engineering Can Be Shaped by C++

The direction of innovation and advancement in the broad field of software engineering is greatly impacted by programming languages. C++ is a well-known programming language that is very efficient, versatile, and has excellent performance. In terms of the future, C++ will have a significant influence on software engineering, setting trends and encouraging innovation in a variety of fields. 

In this blog, we'll look at three key areas where the shift to a dynamic future could be led by C++ developers.

1. High-Performance Computing (HPC) & Parallel Processing

Driving Scalability with Multithreading

Within high-performance computing (HPC), where managing large datasets and executing intricate algorithms in real time are critical tasks, C++ is still an essential tool. The fact that C++ supports multithreading and parallelism is becoming more and more important as parallel processing-oriented designs, like multicore CPUs and GPUs, become more commonplace.

Multithreading with C++

At the core of C++ lies robust support for multithreading, empowering developers to harness the full potential of modern hardware architectures. C++ developers adept in crafting multithreaded applications can architect scalable systems capable of efficiently tackling computationally intensive tasks.

C++ Empowering HPC Solutions

Developers may redefine efficiency and performance benchmarks in a variety of disciplines, from AI inference to financial modeling, by forging HPC solutions with C++ as their toolkit. Through the exploitation of C++'s low-level control and optimization tools, engineers are able to optimize hardware consumption and algorithmic efficiency while pushing the limits of processing capacity.

2. Embedded Systems & IoT

Real-Time Responsiveness Enabled

An ability to evaluate data and perform operations with low latency is required due to the widespread use of embedded systems, particularly in the quickly developing Internet of Things (IoT). With its special combination of system-level control, portability, and performance, C++ becomes the language of choice.

C++ for Embedded Development

C++ is well known for its near-to-hardware capabilities and effective memory management, which enable developers to create firmware and software that meet the demanding requirements of environments with limited resources and real-time responsiveness. C++ guarantees efficiency and dependability at all levels, whether powering autonomous cars or smart devices.

Securing IoT with C++

In the intricate web of IoT ecosystems, security is paramount. C++ emerges as a robust option, boasting strong type checking and emphasis on memory protection. By leveraging C++'s features, developers can fortify IoT devices against potential vulnerabilities, ensuring the integrity and safety of connected systems.

3. Gaming & VR Development

Pushing Immersive Experience Boundaries

In the dynamic domains of game development and virtual reality (VR), where performance and realism reign supreme, C++ remains the cornerstone. With its unparalleled speed and efficiency, C++ empowers developers to craft immersive worlds and captivating experiences that redefine the boundaries of reality.

Redefining VR Realities with C++

When it comes to virtual reality, where user immersion is crucial, C++ is essential for producing smooth experiences that take users to other worlds. The effectiveness of C++ is crucial for preserving high frame rates and preventing motion sickness, guaranteeing users a fluid and engaging VR experience across a range of applications.

C++ in Gaming Engines

C++ is used by top game engines like Unreal Engine and Unity because of its speed and versatility, which lets programmers build visually amazing graphics and seamless gameplay. Game developers can achieve previously unattainable levels of inventiveness and produce gaming experiences that are unmatched by utilizing C++'s capabilities.

Conclusion

In conclusion, there is no denying C++'s ongoing significance as we go forward in the field of software engineering. C++ is the trend-setter and innovator in a variety of fields, including embedded devices, game development, and high-performance computing. C++ engineers emerge as the vanguards of technological growth, creating a world where possibilities are endless and invention has no boundaries because of its unmatched combination of performance, versatility, and control.

FAQs about Future Trends in Software Engineering Shaped by C++

How does C++ contribute to future trends in software engineering?

C++ remains foundational in software development, influencing trends like high-performance computing, game development, and system programming due to its efficiency and versatility.

Is C++ still relevant in modern software engineering practices?

Absolutely! C++ continues to be a cornerstone language, powering critical systems, frameworks, and applications across various industries, ensuring robustness and performance.

What advancements can we expect in C++ to shape future software engineering trends?

Future C++ developments may focus on enhancing parallel computing capabilities, improving interoperability with other languages, and optimizing for emerging hardware architectures, paving the way for cutting-edge software innovations.

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

he holocaust educators I met across America were all obsessed with building empathy, a quality that relies on finding commonalities between ourselves and others. But I wondered if a more effective way to address anti-Semitism might lie in cultivating a completely different quality, one that happens to be the key to education itself: curiosity. Why use Jews as a means to teach people that we’re all the same, when the demand that Jews be just like their neighbors is exactly what embedded the mental virus of anti-Semitism in the Western mind in the first place? Why not instead encourage inquiry about the diversity, to borrow a de rigueur word, of the human experience?

Back at home, I thought again about the Holocaust holograms and the Auschwitz VR, and realized what I wanted. I want a VR experience of the Strashun Library in Vilna, the now-destroyed research center full of Yiddish writers and historians documenting centuries of Jewish life. I want a VR of a night at the Yiddish theater in Warsaw—and a VR of a Yiddish theater in New York. I want holograms of the modern writers and scholars who revived the Hebrew language from the dead—and I definitely want an AI component, so I can ask them how they did it. I want a VR of the writing of a Torah scroll in 2023, and then of people chanting aloud from it through the year, until the year is out and it’s read all over again—because the book never changes, but its readers do. I want a VR about Jewish literacy: the letters, the languages, the paradoxical stories, the methods of education, the encouragement of questions. I want a VR tour of Jerusalem, and another of Tel Aviv. I want holograms of Hebrew poets and Ladino singers and Israeli artists and American Jewish chefs. I want a VR for the conclusion of Daf Yomi, the massive worldwide celebration for those who study a page a day of the Talmud and finally finish it after seven and a half years. I want a VR of Sabbath dinners. I want a VR of bar mitzvah kids in synagogues being showered with candy, and a VR of weddings with flying circles of dancers, and a VR of mourning rituals for Jews who died natural deaths—the washing and guarding of the dead, the requisite comforting of the living. I want a hologram of the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks telling people about what he called “the dignity of difference.”

I want to mandate this for every student in this fractured and siloed America, even if it makes them much, much more uncomfortable than seeing piles of dead Jews does. There is no empathy without curiosity, no respect without knowledge, no other way to learn what Jews first taught the world: love your neighbor. Until then, we will remain trapped in our sealed virtual boxcars, following unseen tracks into the future.

[virtualoplossing24]

SEO Trends and Predictions for 2024

As we move further into the digital age, search engine optimization (SEO) continues to be a pivotal strategy for businesses looking to enhance their online presence. For search engine optimization agencies in the USA, staying ahead of the curve is essential to provide top-notch services to clients. Here, we delve into the SEO trends and predictions for 2024, helping you understand what to expect and how to adapt.

1. AI and Machine Learning Integration

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are revolutionizing SEO. In 2024, we can expect these technologies to play an even more significant role in search engine algorithms. Tools powered by AI can analyze user behavior, predict trends, and offer personalized search results. For search engine optimization agencies, leveraging AI tools will be crucial in creating data-driven strategies that align with search engine updates.

2. Voice Search Optimization

With the growing popularity of smart speakers and voice assistants, optimizing for voice search is no longer optional. By 2024, nearly half of all searches are expected to be voice-based. This shift demands a change in SEO strategies. Focus on natural language processing (NLP) and long-tail keywords to cater to voice queries. Ensuring your content answers common questions succinctly can significantly enhance visibility in voice search results.

3. Mobile-First Indexing

Google’s mobile-first indexing means the mobile version of your website becomes the primary focus for ranking. In 2024, optimizing for mobile is paramount. Ensure your website is responsive, with fast loading times and a user-friendly interface. Mobile usability directly impacts user experience (UX), which in turn affects your rankings. Search engine optimization agencies should prioritize mobile optimization to keep up with this trend.

4. E-A-T: Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness

Google emphasizes E-A-T as a critical factor for ranking. Content quality is paramount, and establishing your site’s expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness is vital. In 2024, focus on producing high-quality, well-researched content. Showcase your expertise through detailed articles, credible sources, and author bios. Building backlinks from reputable sites will also enhance your site’s authority.

5. Video Content Optimization

Video content is becoming increasingly popular, and its importance in SEO cannot be overstated. In 2024, optimizing video content for search engines will be essential. Use relevant keywords in titles, descriptions, and tags. Create engaging, high-quality videos that provide value to your audience. Embedding videos on your site and sharing them across social media platforms can boost your SEO efforts.

6. Core Web Vitals

Google’s Core Web Vitals, which include metrics like loading performance, interactivity, and visual stability, are critical for ranking. In 2024, these factors will continue to influence SEO. Ensure your website meets these criteria by optimizing images, improving server response times, and enhancing overall user experience. Search engine optimization agencies should prioritize these technical aspects to achieve better rankings.

7. Local SEO and Google My Business

Local SEO remains crucial for businesses targeting specific geographic areas. With the increasing use of mobile devices, local searches are on the rise. In 2024, optimizing your Google My Business (GMB) profile will be more important than ever. Ensure your GMB listing is complete with accurate information, high-quality images, and regular updates. Encourage satisfied customers to leave positive reviews to boost your local search rankings.

8. Structured Data and Schema Markup

Structured data and schema markup help search engines understand your content better, leading to enhanced visibility in search results. In 2024, implementing structured data will be vital for SEO. Use schema markup to provide detailed information about your content, such as product descriptions, reviews, and event details. This practice can result in rich snippets, increasing click-through rates and driving more traffic to your site.

9. Sustainability and Ethical SEO

Consumers are becoming more conscious of sustainability and ethical practices. In 2024, demonstrating your commitment to these values can positively impact your SEO. Highlight sustainable practices, social responsibility initiatives, and ethical business operations on your site. Search engines are likely to favor websites that align with these growing consumer expectations.

10. Content Diversification

Diversifying your content strategy is essential for 2024. In addition to traditional blog posts, incorporate various content formats such as infographics, podcasts, and interactive content. Diversified content caters to different audience preferences and enhances engagement. Search engine optimization agencies should help clients create a well-rounded content strategy to reach a broader audience and improve rankings.

Conclusion

As SEO continues to evolve, staying updated with the latest trends and predictions is crucial for maintaining a competitive edge. By integrating AI, optimizing for voice search, prioritizing mobile-first indexing, and focusing on E-A-T, search engine optimization agencies in the USA can effectively enhance their clients' online presence. Embrace these trends, adapt your strategies, and ensure your SEO efforts align with the ever-changing digital landscape in 2024.

[plumber-piedmont-ok-plumbing-rpr]

Indeed, plumbing has evolved significantly, especially in the commercial industry, thanks to the integration of AI, machine learning, and predictive analytics. These technologies have brought about several advancements and complexities in plumbing systems and operations:

Predictive Maintenance: AI and machine learning can analyze historical data and real-time information from plumbing systems to predict when maintenance or repairs are needed. This predictive approach reduces downtime and costly emergency repairs.

Smart Sensors: IoT (Internet of Things) devices and sensors can be embedded in plumbing systems to monitor various parameters, such as water pressure, temperature, and flow rates. This data can be processed by AI systems to detect leaks or other issues in real-time.

Energy Efficiency: AI-driven systems can optimize water usage and heating in commercial buildings, reducing energy consumption and costs. They can adjust water temperatures and flow rates based on usage patterns and weather conditions.

Water Quality Monitoring: AI and machine learning can continuously monitor water quality and detect contaminants, ensuring that water in commercial facilities is safe for consumption and use.

Leak Detection: AI can identify small leaks and potential problems early, preventing major water damage and reducing water wastage.

Remote Monitoring and Control: Building managers and maintenance personnel can remotely monitor and control plumbing systems through AI-powered interfaces, allowing for quick responses to issues.

Demand Forecasting: Predictive analytics can help businesses anticipate their water and plumbing system usage, allowing for efficient resource allocation and cost savings.

Customized Solutions: AI and machine learning can tailor plumbing systems to specific commercial needs. For instance, restaurants, hotels, and factories may have different plumbing requirements, which AI can adapt to accordingly.

Data-Driven Decision Making: Plumbing systems generate vast amounts of data, which can be used to make informed decisions about maintenance, upgrades, and resource allocation.

Compliance and Regulations: AI can assist in monitoring and ensuring compliance with plumbing and environmental regulations, reducing the risk of fines and penalties.

While these technological advancements have made plumbing systems more efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly, they also require specialized knowledge and expertise to implement and maintain. Additionally, cybersecurity becomes a crucial consideration to protect these systems from potential threats. As a result, the plumbing industry has seen an increased demand for professionals who are well-versed in both traditional plumbing skills and modern technology applications in plumbing systems.

[zorawitch]

20 Questions for fic writers!

I was graciously tagged by @two-hands-toward-the-sun. I love tag games so much and I love talking about myself so thank you so much!

I hate embedding links, so sorry to everyone about that. Everything should be linked in my pinned post at the moment.

How many works do you have on AO3?

I have eighteen right now! I used to have more but I get embarrassed about old writing really easily.

What’s your total AO3 word count?

150,934. Which is completely insane.

What fandoms do you write for?

Sandman mostly, but Doctor Who and A Song of Ice and Fire are in there too. Good Omens as well.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

"You Will Be The Death Of Me," which is my sole published ASOIAF fic, is first, followed by "Temptation" (my fic about The Nun), "Selfish Prayers," "You Were My Whole World...," and "For A Moment We Were Able To Be Still." I think it's part because a lot of my Sandman fics are reuploads but it's still very weird to me since I don't talk about either ASOIAF or The Nun on here at all.

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes! I grew up using Wattpad and the Wattpad comments section often feels like a battleground to see who can get the author's attention. When I switched to AO3 where writers answering comments is pretty commonplace, I stood amazed. If I haven't answered your comment, you were either too demanding of me (a one-time incident) or I'm waiting until I get like five comments so I can sit down and answer them all at once.

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Oh, it's gotta be "My Ugly Organs (How Lucky We Are)." Partially because using Despair as a narrator means you get angst personified.

What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Probably "Is This Fun For You?" It doesn't make a lot of sense, but to me the resolution is pretty happy.

Do you get hate on fics?

Not usually? I have gotten some iffy comments and one person accusing me of appropriating Welsh culture. But nah usually people are kind.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yes. I write a lot of smut. Mostly stuff with weird power dynamics.

Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I've never written a crossover.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

If AI thievery counts, then yes. Never by a real person though.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Unfortunately no.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

The idea of doing so scares me. I find it antithetical to my method of writing.

What’s your all time favorite ship?

My apologies for being basic, but mountains will rise and fall and time will ravage the earth and I think it'll still be Aziracrow for me.

What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I have this Rhaenyra/Alicent Siren and Lighthouse Keeper AU that I've been working on since April and I keep delaying it to work on other stuff. It might happen. It might never happen.

What are your writing strengths?

Contrary to the popular stereotype of writers never writing, I will sit down and write nonstop for long periods of time. I usually spend at least an hour a night writing, and every time I sit down for a few minutes, I usually do a couple lines.

What are your writing weaknesses?

I am very weak with criticism and I often set out to write a scene with a certain destination and then I write myself into a corner.

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I used to do it a lot, back in my Dracula fanfic days (I was thirteen, it was a bad time). I would want to be more confident in my Romanian and/or Spanish writing before I do it again though.

First fandom you wrote for?

Probably Warrior Cats when I was about ten. The first fic I published was for The School For Good And Evil, though. It was on Wattpad.

Favorite fic you’ve written?

It is "You Were My Whole World... (And You Were Up And Gone)," hands down. I periodically reread it because I love the concept so much and guys we need to be doing stuff with the first Despair's funeral. The entire concept is an angst factory.

Tagging @orion-the-starspinner and @ineffably-ryuu

[b-a-r-c-l-a-y]

afraid of ai rn

hearing the news of the hyperrealistic video generation is making me feel powerless and vulnerable. Like seeing places slowly have no physical menus and just have qr codes, restaurants not accepting over-the-desk orders and demanding you order stuff on grubhub, and jobs having to be applied to online than in-person. There is no "leave the internet behind" its just embedded in the whole ass social structure. I just need a second teddy roosevelt thats all i want for my birthday just a second theodore roosevelt to put his barehands on necks i do be loving reading american history from the 1860s to the 1910s rn (may have several relevance's like monopolization, highest inequality in history, strikes, anarchist riots...)

[porkcracker]

Au-dventcalendar

"Advent Advent mein Soulmate brennt"

A Transformers Soulmate Adventcalendar

Day 11

Ship: Wheeljack x Starscream

AUs: Soulmate Compass, Shattered Glass

Originally, Wheeljack had only wanted to steal the AI matrix he had caught wind of, but now he had a whole different goal. A crazed smirk slid across his faceplate once he spotted his new prize.

Sneaking was no science, but even then, Wheeljack was quite good at it, which was practical in more than just one case. The base that he was sneaking through at the moment was more on the smallish side. This fact came in handy as he walked through the corridors with the floor plan in hand. 

Despite the fact that he was ignoring the previously noted route, he still seemed to follow an invisible path. Wheeljack cast a glance at his left underarm, ignoring another split-off alley. The compass embedded in his frame seemed to move from side to side for a moment before stopping to point northwest. Looking back at the floor plan, he noted three rooms in that direction and thus started to sneak forwards again. 

Seeing as neither of the rooms was that far from his original goal, Wheeljack could assume that his soulmate was a scientist like him, a fact that excited the Autobot greatly. 

His goal had originally been to steal an AI matrix that was being kept here, but while scouting out the area around the base, he noticed his compass staying pointed at the base at all times. It had taken a great deal of self-restraint to not just rush into the base and find his soulmate. After all, no matter the intelligence, his soulmate was a Decepticon, a soft-sparked weakling. 

Wheeljack, on the other hand, would take good care of his little soulmate; after all, they belonged together. Finally, he reached the hallway with the room he had previously deduced to be the one his soulmate was most likely in. 

Throwing another glance at his compass, it very clearly pointed towards the last door. Looking forward to finally seeing his soulmate, Wheeljack subspaced the floor plan and instead pulled a small syringe out of his subspace. Just in case his soulmate wouldn't understand, he was just here to bring them home immediately. Silently crossing the last few meters, the scientist carefully and silently opened the door and stepped inside, only to freeze the moment he spotted the only other mech inside the laboratory. 

Disbelieving, he looked down at his compass again, but the compass needle pointed right at the seeker. His soulmate turned out to be none other than the famed Decepticon scientist Starscream, the mech that had rejected Optimus Prime and outlived it, basically the right servo mech to Megatron, and probably the hottest piece of aft the Decepticons had. Well, not for much longer. Soon, it would all be Wheeljack's. The thought alone made the scientist shudder with delight. 

Not only was Starscream more than he had expected, but it was also well known that he was a fighter and wouldn't just roll over. It would be a hindrance during the time he needed to make sure Starscream was used to his new home, but afterwards, he couldn't wait to see it. Good thing he'd packed the sedative. Having collected his thoughts again, he started to silently move forward.  

Starscream was deeply immersed in his studies; nowadays, he didn't have much time for simply inventing and learning new things. The demand for him, combined with his own hidden paranoia, keeps him on the move. It's not that he wouldn't help his leader and cause, even if there wasn't such a high demand. Over the course of the war, the Decepticons had become his family, and he knew many other Decepticons felt the same. Another reason he didn't feel quite comfortable at his current station. 

He was the only seeker and the only scientist around, making it rather hard to find someone he could have challenging discussions with. But he could deal with it. It was one of the many ways Megatron had ensured his safety as long as he was working on his latest project. Once he was finished and had secured his newest invention to the needed maximum, he would return to the main base. 

For a moment, a prickly feeling in his neck drew Starscream's attention. Scratching for a moment, he hoped to calm the feeling. Instead, he stopped his arm a little short of being in front of his face to check his compass. It had been surprisingly active during earlier breems, but seemed to have stopped pointing directly at him. For a moment, Starscream felt like chuckling at the ironic placement, before he noticed something else. A colour reflected in the glass of his compass that belonged neither to him nor the surroundings. 

The moment it clicked, he turned around only to immediately find a strong arm wrapped around him as he came face to face with the insane Autobot scientist, Wheeljack. There was a klik of silence before everything seemed to happen at the same time. Starscream started to twist and struggle in Wheeljack's grip, noticing the needle in his other servo too late. The sudden pinch in his neck was what alerted him and made him double his efforts to escape, leaving some rather nasty scratches with his claws in the Autobots' armor. However, it was useless. 

He soon realized that Wheeljack had given him a sedative. His limbs started to get heavy and Starscream began to struggle with keeping his eyes open, only to slowly get weaker and then drift offline. 

The last thing he heard before falling offline was a sickly sweet 'Sweet dreams, my perfect mate' paired with the feeling of being picked up by the other.

[harinikhb30]

Pioneering the Next Era: Envisioning the Evolution of AWS Cloud Services

In the fast-paced realm of technology, the future trajectory of Amazon Web Services (AWS) unveils a landscape rich with transformative innovations and strategic shifts. Let's delve into the anticipated trends that are set to redefine the course of AWS Cloud in the years to come.

1. Surging Momentum in Cloud Adoption:

The upward surge in the adoption of cloud services remains a pivotal force shaping the future of AWS. Businesses of all sizes are increasingly recognizing the inherent advantages of scalability, cost-effectiveness, and operational agility embedded in cloud platforms. AWS, positioned at the forefront, is poised to be a catalyst and beneficiary of this ongoing digital transformation.

2. Unyielding Commitment to Innovation:

Synonymous with innovation, AWS is expected to maintain its reputation for introducing groundbreaking services and features. The future promises an expansion of the AWS service portfolio, not merely to meet current demands but to anticipate and address emerging technological needs in a dynamic digital landscape.

3. Spotlight on Edge Computing Excellence:

The spotlight on edge computing is intensifying within the AWS ecosystem. Characterized by data processing in close proximity to its source, edge computing reduces latency and facilitates real-time processing. AWS is slated to channel investments into edge computing solutions, ensuring robust support for applications requiring instantaneous data insights.

4. AI and ML Frontiers:

The forthcoming era of AWS Cloud is set to witness considerable strides in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Building upon its legacy, AWS is expected to unveil advanced tools, offering businesses a richer array of services for machine learning, deep learning, and the development of sophisticated AI-driven applications.

5. Hybrid Harmony and Multi-Cloud Synergy:

Flexibility and resilience drive the ascent of hybrid and multi-cloud architectures. AWS is anticipated to refine its offerings, facilitating seamless integration between on-premises data centers and the cloud. Moreover, interoperability with other cloud providers will be a strategic focus, empowering businesses to architect resilient and adaptable cloud strategies.

6. Elevated Security Protocols:

As cyber threats evolve, AWS will heighten its commitment to fortifying security measures. The future holds promises of advanced encryption methodologies, heightened identity and access management capabilities, and an expanded array of compliance certifications. These measures will be pivotal in safeguarding the confidentiality and integrity of data hosted on the AWS platform.

7. Green Cloud Initiatives for a Sustainable Tomorrow:

Sustainability takes center stage in AWS's vision for the future. Committed to eco-friendly practices, AWS is likely to unveil initiatives aimed at minimizing the environmental footprint of cloud computing. This includes a heightened emphasis on renewable energy sources and the incorporation of green technologies.

8. Tailored Solutions for Diverse Industries:

Acknowledging the unique needs of various industries, AWS is expected to craft specialized solutions tailored to specific sectors. This strategic approach involves the development of frameworks and compliance measures to cater to the distinctive challenges and regulatory landscapes of industries such as healthcare, finance, and government.

9. Quantum Computing Integration:

In its nascent stages, quantum computing holds transformative potential. AWS may explore the integration of quantum computing services into its platform as the technology matures. This could usher in a new era of computation, solving complex problems that are currently beyond the reach of classical computers.

10. Global Reach Amplified:

To ensure unparalleled service availability, reduced latency, and adherence to data sovereignty regulations, AWS is poised to continue its global infrastructure expansion. This strategic move involves the establishment of additional data centers and regions, solidifying AWS's role as a global leader in cloud services.

In summary, the roadmap for AWS Cloud signifies a dynamic and transformative journey characterized by innovation, adaptability, and sustainability. Businesses embarking on their cloud endeavors should stay attuned to AWS announcements, industry trends, and technological advancements. AWS's commitment to anticipating and fulfilling the evolving needs of its users positions it as a trailblazer shaping the digital future. The expedition into the future of AWS Cloud unfolds a narrative of boundless opportunities and transformative possibilities.

[infinitehub]

Navigating Tomorrow: The Impact of AI on the Future of Freelancing

Introduction:

As we stand on the precipice of a new era, the fusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and freelancing heralds a transformative wave that promises both unprecedented opportunities and challenges. In this exploration, we delve into the profound ways in which AI is set to shape the future of freelancing, unraveling a narrative of innovation, adaptation, and potential disruption.

Automation and Task Evolution: AI's integration into freelancing platforms is synonymous with the automation of routine tasks. Mundane and repetitive assignments may become the purview of intelligent algorithms, liberating freelancers to focus on tasks that demand creativity, critical thinking, and a human touch. This evolution could redefine the very nature of freelance work, fostering an environment where human ingenuity is paramount.

Enhanced Matching and Job Discovery: The marriage of AI and freelancing platforms is set to revolutionize the way freelancers connect with potential clients. Advanced algorithms can analyze skills, preferences, and project requirements, facilitating more precise and efficient matchmaking. As a result, freelancers may find themselves better aligned with projects that resonate with their expertise and interests, optimizing both productivity and job satisfaction.

Challenges and Adaptation: However, this technological metamorphosis is not without its challenges. The prospect of certain tasks being automated raises concerns about job displacement and the need for continuous upskilling. Freelancers must adapt to a landscape where embracing AI tools becomes integral to staying competitive and relevant.

The Gig Economy 2.0: Beyond mere task automation, AI is likely to fuel the emergence of Gig Economy 2.0. Smart contracts, decentralized platforms, and blockchain technology could revolutionize payment systems, ensuring transparent and secure transactions. The gig economy could undergo a paradigm shift, offering freelancers new avenues for financial security and professional growth.

Ethical Considerations: As AI becomes deeply embedded in freelancing ecosystems, ethical considerations come to the forefront. Issues such as data privacy, algorithmic bias, and fair compensation need careful attention. Striking a balance between technological advancement and ethical practice will be crucial to ensuring a sustainable and equitable future for freelancers.

Conclusion:

The impact of AI on the future of freelancing is an unfolding story of innovation and adaptation. Freelancers stand at the crossroads of a dynamic landscape, where the symbiotic relationship between human expertise and artificial intelligence promises a future of unparalleled possibilities. Navigating this terrain requires a commitment to continuous learning, a proactive embrace of technology, and a collective effort to shape an AI-infused freelancing ecosystem that is both progressive and ethical. As we journey into this AI-powered future, freelancers hold the key to unlocking the full potential of the evolving digital era.

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[merunair]

Youtube is a dumb idiot platform run by greedy jerks and I'm smarter than Neal Mohan. Here's eleven entire ways youtube could make money to keep itself afloat without being anti-consumer

1- For every 1 hour of video uploaded by a single person, charge 1 USD. Data needs a physical place to be stored and that costs money, it is completely reasonable that the people using this service pay a small amount of money for it. That said, don't retroactively charge people for video already uploaded or change the fee itself. One and done. Have some integrity.

2- Actually talk to the creators and set up some sort of (actual) partner program among the larger million+ subscriber channels wherein Youtube representatives help facilitate sponsorships (and take a little bit of that money as a treat). That way there's an alternative to predatory MCNs and it solves the issue of people not being able to get in touch with youtube reps, because they will be working directly with youtube reps

3- Make the livestreaming function more accessible and visible (1-5% cut from all donations/subs/whatever they're called on there)

4- Kill youtube tv, movies, kids, and all things of a similar vein and make a singular secondary site dedicated to professionally-made content from studios with the option to either buy a subscription for unlimited access to the library or purchase digital copies in a one-time transaction (basically just make netflix 2 but good, you have the resources)

5- Remove embedded ads for any video under 20 minutes, remove midrolls altogether, raise the price advertisers have to pay for this limited real estate. A lot of people still do not use adblockers, they'll see these ads. You control the supply, so make the people demanding it pay instead of those of us innocent bystanders.

6- A single banner ad on the homepage that you charge advertisers out the nose for, make those little idiot marketing firms fight tooth and nail for even a brief second with it. If you're going to keep people from blocking ads then have this be the singular unblocked ad. Vet whoever wants to rent it thoroughly and keep it as a static image with no audio.

7- Kill content farms. Put in a daily upload limit and investigate channels that upload large amounts of content (especially similar content) frequently. Kill cocomelon and its ilk with hammers. Hell, I'll do that one for free.

8- Fire Neal Mohan and beat him over the head with a boogie board until he apologizes for the crypto bullshit. Likewise. If anyone utters 'web3', 'crypto', 'nft', 'ai art', or 'metaverse' in a non-ironic context, fire them. Then fold their salaries back into server costs.

9- Enforce rules fairly and fix the copyright system so people actually want to use your website. Throw in some quality-of-life changes to while you're feeling spicy. More customization for the actual aesthetics of a channel page would be cool

10- You can keep youtube premium but don't put website functionality behind a paywall, explicitly state that premium is for people who want to support the website, show them exactly where their money is going, and maybe add little bonuses like hats for your profile picture that are randomly unlocked as you watch youtube for premium subscribers only. This is exclusively cosmetic. You can even put out hats that match those special google banners and holidays and shit. Just something cute and nice as a 'hey thanks for supporting us'

11- Integrate the merchandise tab better in a NON-OBTRUSIVE WAY. Maybe have a function for larger channels to have an embedded shop page on their channel. Not the weird, clunky version of this that they have now

[mikss-blog]

Trends in ICT

Here are some of the major trends in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in 2023 and beyond:

Cloud computing: With more and more companies moving their IT infrastructure to the cloud, the demand for cloud services is expected to increase. Cloud storage, cloud computing, and cloud networks are some of the key areas of cloud computing.

1.Big data: Big data refers to the collection, storage, and analysis of large amounts of data. With the increasing amount of data generated by devices and sensors, big data is becoming more important.

2.Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation: AI and automation technologies such as machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing are revolutionizing various industries.

3.Internet of Things (IoT): IoT refers to the network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances, and other objects that are embedded with sensors, software, and other technologies for the purpose of connecting and exchanging data.

4.Cybersecurity: With the increasing reliance on technology, cybersecurity is becoming more and more important. Organizations and governments are investing heavily in cybersecurity to protect their digital infrastructure and data.

5.5G technology: 5G is the fifth generation of wireless networks, which promise faster data transfer, higher bandwidth, and lower latency. This will enable new applications and technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous vehicles, and augmented reality.

6.Mixed reality: Mixed reality combines the physical and digital worlds by overlaying virtual information on the real world. This is enabled by technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality.

7.Blockchain: Blockchain technology is a decentralized, digital ledger that maintains a secure record of transactions. This has wide-ranging implications for e-commerce, supply chain management, and finance.

8.Quantum computing: Quantum computing is a new type of computing that utilizes the principles of quantum mechanics to perform calculations. This has the potential to solve problems that are currently intractable for classical computers.

9.Smart cities: Smart cities use technology to make urban areas more sustainable, efficient, and inclusive. This includes technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), connected transportation systems, and intelligent buildings.