Vladislav Biryukov

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Head of Consumer Social Media at Kaspersky, former editor-in-chief of Computerra magazine, PhD

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2040 Milan

"Dynamic clothing" has become fashionable. Almost any of its characteristics - color, pattern, lighting, transparent tissue (and in advanced models even cut and length) - can be changed. Some ladies are now wearing dresses with variable transparency levels, which allows them to shock for a second a handsome

# clothing # threats

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2030 Moscow

Many schools have adopted the MOOC (massive open online course) model — like the classes at Coursera — which helped solve the problem of getting well-qualified teachers at public schools. Now students listen to star teachers either from home or in a classroom (if parents work and cannot leave a child

# education

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2030 Moscow

Electric cars, accounting for tax and parking benefits, have become better than regular cars. But in a big city there are difficulties — you wouldn’t try to use a cable stretching from the 17th floor to charge. This issue is solved by special connectors attached to street lampposts. The electricity

# transport # city # energy

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2040 Moscow

Most people don’t waste any more time on traffic on their way to and from work. There’s no point in spending the whole day in the office. Besides, not many people have an actual office anymore — or a full-time job. The job market has significantly changed, and many jobs have disappeared. Robot cleaners

# work # society # robots

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2040 Moscow

Fewer retail shops exist — there is no need anymore for big spaces full of goods. Most products and groceries are delivered straight to homes on a subscription basis by drones. An alternative is to receive your Internet purchase in a nearby shop refashioned as just another point of delivery. Cuts in

# city # business

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2050 Moscow

There aren’t any aboveground parking lots in the city anymore. Drivers no longer need to try to get into a small space near their home or office. It’s not a good idea to try to trick the automatic evacuators, which use a monitoring system based on low-orbit satellites. Owners of modern self-driving

# transport # city

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2040 Amsterdam

It was all quite innocent at first. Prompts with autocomplete inquiries in Google search box. Facebook tips on who to add to your friend list. Holiday ideas from AirBnB. Netflix collections like "Movies you will love." Algorithms were getting smarter and better at guessing our wishes. Or maybe it was

# human # AI # family # love

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2040 Wuhan

Dating app questionnaires have changed dramatically by 2030. Now immune and genetic status is just as obligatory as hair color or favorite music, if not more. It all began after the now distant COVID-19 pandemic. Many online daters back then started to specify that they had been vaccinated or

# communication # medicine # society # love

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2050 Barcelona

"How was your date? Tell us what you think about this person. Do they look like their photos? Are they a good listener?" the Algo Date app wants to know the next morning. "The more details you give, the better we can match you up next time," the system continues relentlessly. In

# AI # human # society # love

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