The most important tech stories of 2024, and also my favorite ones

Last week, we looked back at how 2024 made Elon Musk the world's most powerful man. Today, we're looking at a few other important themes that will influence the online and offline worlds in 2025. Google: Ruled an illegal monopoly in August, Google could be broken up. The results are anybody's guess, but what seemed impossible for a company worth 2.5tn is at play. The US has asked the judge in the case for a wholesale breakup of the giant, which would force it to divest Chrome, the world's most popular browser and one of Google's core businesses.