2018: Why it's not just the year the tech industry would like to forget

There's no time like the present to toss items in your life that are so 2018 or before. Rocked by data privacy scandals, social media tampering, and #MeToo movement-inspired management oustings, it's easy to get stuck in the storyline that 2018 was a year that the tech industry would like to completely forget. To be clear, those tech company-instigated concerns are all extremely important issues and will likely impact not just the tech world, but our overall society for many years to come. However, there were also quite a few positive and forward-looking developments that came from the tech industry this year as it's struggled through its awkward adolescent stage and into full adulthood. For one, 2018 was the year when the idea of voice computing went mainstream.