The Verge’s annual summer ‘in’ and ‘out’ list

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Mia Sato is features writer with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools.

In the AI slop-loaded, algorithm-powered modern reality, trends come and go — and the tech industry is no different. For the last few years, The Verge staff has compiled a selection of things that are IN for summer and OUT for summer — and each time there are some strong feelings. (Here are the lasttwo years’ predictions.) Let’s do it again!

Mia Sato, senior report

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OUT

Motion sickness glassesAI “pervert” glassesFiberProteinBootleg sports merchOfficial tech company merchFloating in waterTouching grass

Meredith Haggerty, editor

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OUT

The great New York renaissanceThe Great American State FairThe Knicks garbage canTaylor Swift’s MSG weddingThe InviteBelieving Olivia Wilde is a bad directorSeeing through your own human eyesThe Kylie Jenner Meta glasses

Hayden Field, senior AI reporter

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The NYC ferryThe...

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