🧠 Inventions of 2015
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Artificial Intelligence Assistants
2 
Cloud-Based Machine Learning Platforms
3 
Smartwatch Mass Adoption
4 
Electric Vehicle Autopilot Expansion
5 
Blockchain Cryptocurrency Expansion
6 
Online Food Delivery Platforms
7 
Virtual Reality Gaming Platforms
8 
Medical Immunotherapy Advances
9 
Digital Identity Verification
10 
Cloud Video Conferencing
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON December 3, 2015
Full News Archive
- Headline: Ebola Quarantine Policies Examined. Impact: After the Ebola crisis, quarantines became the hottest new trend. Forget yoga retreats; everyone was now into self-isolation. Little did they know, this would lead to a boom in home delivery pizza and Netflix subscriptions, setting the stage for the ultimate binge-watching culture.. Fact: Quarantines have been around since the 14th century. So really, the only thing new here is that people now have Wi-Fi while they wait out their isolation..
- Headline: Zuckerberg's Philanthropy Gains Flexibility. Impact: Zuckerberg's philanthropic initiative being an LLC means they can control the narrative. This set a precedent for future billionaires to shield their wealth while pretending to save the world, creating a new genre of ‘benevolent billionaires’ that would soon dominate social media feeds.. Fact: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is essentially a philanthropic shield, because saving the world isn’t easy when you’ve got a fortune to protect..
- Headline: Yahoo Struggles as an Afterthought to Advertisers. Impact: Yahoo's decline as an afterthought in advertising budgets led to a collective awakening among tech companies: if you’re not Facebook or Google, you might as well be selling lemonade on a street corner. Thus was born the era of niche startups no one asked for.. Fact: Yahoo was once the king of the internet. Now it's like that one friend who still uses MySpace and insists they're 'just nostalgic.'.
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Star Wars #1
$2,500
Secret Wars #1
$150
Spider-Gwen #1
$100
Descender #1
$150
Paper Girls #1
$40
🧸 Top 5 Toys
BB-8 App-Enabled Droid
$150.00
LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack
$700.00
Nerf Rival Apollo XV-700
$120.00
Pie Face Game
$50.00
Shopkins Season 3
$115.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
$7.00
Bloodborne
$225.00
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
$8.00
Undertale
Unknown
Fallout 4
$550.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
2015 Pikachu Illustrator Card
$22,100
2015 Connor McDavid Young Guns Rookie Card
$2,000
2015 Topps Chrome Mike Trout Superfractor
$250,000
2015 Bowman Chrome Draft Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Autograph
$10,000
2015 Black Lotus from Magic: The Gathering Judges Promo
$250,000