Of course, there are even more to come, and earlier this month, MIT Technology Review shared a list of 10 breakthrough technologies to watch in 2025. These are the technologies MIT believes will affect our world in a big way not only this year but for decades to come:

Vera C. Rubin Observatory: A powerful telescope in Chile will begin its decade-long survey of the southern sky in 2025. This telescope will allow astronomers to study dark matter, explore the Milky Way, and learn more about space.

Generative AI search: This has been a wild month for AI. With DeepSeek's sudden success, it's hard to argue that Generative AI search won't be one of the breakthroughs of 2025, and MIT agrees. This year, generative search promises to make finding what you're looking for easier than ever, and on-device technology will be far more useful.