Scenarios about 'tech industry'
The tech industry encompasses businesses and economic activities related to developing, manufacturing, and selling computer hardware, software, electronics, and information technology services. It emerged as a dominant economic force in the late 20th century, transforming from military and academic research projects into consumer products and services that have fundamentally altered human communication, commerce, and daily life. In alternate history scenarios, different trajectories of technological innovation and adoption can dramatically reshape geopolitical power dynamics, social structures, and cultural development.
What If Amazon Remained Just an Online Bookstore?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Jeff Bezos never expanded Amazon beyond books, dramatically altering the landscape of e-commerce, cloud computing, and digital services in the 21st century.
What If Amazon Was Prevented From Expanding Beyond Books?
Exploring the alternate timeline where regulatory action or market forces confined Amazon to its original bookselling business, dramatically reshaping the landscape of e-commerce, cloud computing, and retail in the 21st century.
What If Android Never Developed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Google never acquired Android Inc. in 2005, radically transforming the smartphone industry, mobile computing landscape, and digital economy of the 21st century.
What If Artificial Intelligence Development Stalled?
Exploring the alternate timeline where artificial intelligence research hit insurmountable barriers in the early 2000s, dramatically altering the trajectory of technological development, digital economies, and global power dynamics in the 21st century.
What If Austin Implemented Stronger Housing Policies Before Its Tech Boom?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Austin, Texas adopted progressive housing policies in the 1990s, potentially preventing its affordability crisis and creating a different model for tech-driven urban growth.
What If Brighton Developed Beyond Tourism?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Brighton diversified its economy beyond seaside tourism in the post-war era, potentially transforming it into a major tech and industrial center on Britain's south coast.