- In 2009, WhatsApp and Uber launched, and Minecraft was made public.

- In 2010, Instagram went live, Apple released the iPad, and Microsoft released Windows Phone.

- In 2011, Apple announced Siri.

- In 2012, Facebook bought Instagram, and Google launched Google Drive.

- In 2013, Edward Snowden leaked NSA documents, and the Oculus Rift was released.

- In 2014, Apple Pay and HTML5 were launched.

- In 2015, Alexa was launched, OpenAI was founded, and Tesla's autopilot went live via a software update.

- In 2016, TikTok and Pokémon Go launched.

- In 2017, AlphaGo beat human players, and Fortnite was released.

- In 2018, Alibaba’s AI beat humans on a reading test, and Google published the Transformer paper.

- In 2019, Slack went public, and WeWork’s IPO collapsed.

- In 2020, Zoom usage skyrocketed.

- In 2021, NFTs exploded, and Google and Apple faced lawsuits over App Store policies.

- In 2022, ChatGPT launched, Elon Musk bought Twitter, and Meta lost billions on the metaverse.

- In 2023, generative AI exploded, and ChatGPT became the fastest-growing app in history.

- In 2024, SpaceX caught a rocket, and the EU AI Act came into force.

- In 2025, China’s open AI model DeepSeek shocked the world, and Tesla reported its biggest decline in quarterly revenue in more than a decade.

To be continued...