Emerging Technologies 2025: What’s Beyond the Hype?
The World Economic Forum’s 2025 tech outlook highlights bioengineering, immersive computing, and AI convergence. Here’s what’s really coming next.
Category News & Trends
Quick, sharp takes on the forces shaping tomorrow — from breakthrough policies to disruptive startups. This is where innovation meets momentum: what’s changing, why it matters, and who’s moving first.
Cloud, Edge, and the New Infrastructure Race
AI and IoT are reshaping the cloud. Edge and hybrid infrastructure models are redefining performance, cost, and sovereignty.
Application-Specific Semiconductors and Supply-Chain Realities
As AI drives demand for custom chips, supply chains face new risks and opportunities. Here’s how firms can adapt their hardware strategy.
E-Commerce, Social Commerce and the Post-Pandemic Consumer Shift
E-commerce and social commerce continue to reshape global buying behavior post-pandemic, creating new rules for trust, attention, and digital growth.
Generative AI & SMEs: From Buzzword to Business Lever
SMEs are turning generative AI from hype to real business value — unlocking new revenue streams, efficiency gains, and competitive edge.
Geopolitics of Innovation: Science, State and Strategy Collide
Innovation has become a geopolitical weapon — where science, state power, and strategy merge to shape the next global order.
Tech + Sustainability: The Materials, Energy and Bioengineering Convergence
The convergence of AI, advanced materials, next-gen energy and bioengineering is reshaping sustainable innovation and value creation.
Cross-Industry Collaboration: Innovation’s New Operating Model
Cross-industry collaboration is becoming the new innovation operating model in 2025—businesses join across sectors to co-create value and accelerate change.
Sustainable IT: The Hidden Carbon Cost of the Digital Boom
Enterprise IT is driving hidden carbon emissions via data-centres and cloud growth; sustainable IT strategies are now business-critical.
Agentic AI: When Machines Plan, Act and Adapt
“Agentic AI” is transforming business: machines that plan, act and adapt are here in 2025 and firms must decide how much autonomy to grant.
When AI Eats the Analyst: Banking’s Next Talent Shock
AI is automating financial modeling in investment banking, reshaping talent pipelines and redefining value creation.
Abu Dhabi Bets on Green Mobility — Beyond Electric
Abu Dhabi’s green mobility strategy extends beyond EVs to hydrogen and autonomous systems — where data and interoperability drive real value creation.