New human-tech trends to expect in 2024

Red Section Separator By Aditya Shukla, Psychology Author, Cognition Today

AIs are categorized as useful friends.

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Internet search is curiosity- & discovery-driven.

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Attention spans are fully task-dependent.

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Browsers are treated as super-apps.

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Adverts will do good by simplifying chaos.

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Mobile-friendly becomes mobile-server-first.

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Ultra-super-app era.

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