Today is Saturday, December 14th. It's that time to reflect on the year that was and look ahead at what

to expect next. And today, we're doing exactly that for tech. We're specifically going to talk about

the 10 biggest technology-related stories of 2024. We've covered them all during our daily

roundups right here on The Newsworthy, but not as in-depth as Brian McCola has. He's the host of

the TechMeme Ride Home podcast, so I've asked him to help look back at the year and break it all down

for us. His podcast covers all of Silicon Valley's news in a 15-minute daily roundup. He's also

the co-founder of Ride Home Media and the author of How the Internet Happened from Netscape to the iPhone. He lays out 10 of the most influential

headlines this year in no particular order. And he shares at the end of today's episode,

which he thinks is probably the most important tech story of 2024 and what to expect next

in 2025. Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy special edition Saturday when we sit down with a different expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news.

Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes where we provide all the day's news in 10 minutes.

I'm Erica Mandy. It's now time for today's special edition Saturday.

Ryan McCullough, thank you so much for joining us here on the Newsworthy.

Erica, thanks for having me back again.

Okay, so let's dive into these top 10 most important text stories of the year.

Jump in with one of them.

Let's start with the Apple Vision Pro.

Remember that at the beginning of the year? It was all

not really. Right. But in January, February, that was all anyone was talking about. And then it sort of sunk

like a stone. We believe they maybe sold less than 500,000 units. What's even more bizarre about

the Apple Vision Pro is that Apple itself hasn't done very much

to sort of juice interest in it.

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