{"id":22522,"date":"2020-12-23T11:32:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T11:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/top-strategic-technology-trends-2021-year-digitalism\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T18:10:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T18:10:54","slug":"top-strategic-technology-trends-2021-year-digitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/bigdata-cloud\/top-strategic-technology-trends-2021-year-digitalism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top Five Strategic Technology Trends for 2021 \u2014 The Year of Digitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22522\" class=\"elementor elementor-22522\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa187b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa187b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-710075b\" data-id=\"710075b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a18590a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a18590a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"9f51\">If there is one thing that 2020 taught us, forecasting which trends would define the next year remains a challenge. Very few would have believed me if I had written that by mid-2020, the majority of organisations would work from home. Nevertheless, several of the trends I predicted last year, in what I called the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/datafloq.com\/read\/top-seven-technology-trends-for-2020\/7231\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"noopener\">Year of Convergence<\/a>, appeared to be correct.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"e18e\">First of all, 5G did indeed go mainstream with the majority of smartphone producers now having released a 5G phone. According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VanRijmenam\/status\/1326854067935645697\" rel=\"noopener\">a recent Huawei conference<\/a>, there are already 130 million 5G users. Many organisations are experimenting with private 5G networks, and Verizon even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/network-control.com\/thoughts-on-verizons-private-5g-networking-as-a-service-rollout\/\" rel=\"noopener\">launched<\/a>&nbsp;a \u2018Private 5G Networking-as-a-Service\u2019 solution. Secondly, a few months ago, we saw the launch of the mainnet of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vanrijmenam.nl\/why-polkadot-will-be-a-catalyst-for-decentralised-apps\/\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"noopener\">Polkadot<\/a>&nbsp;and Cosmos has continued to grow. Many foresee Polkadot, which allows for tailor-made blockchains to connect, as a serious competitor for Ethereum, even with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/1333744788823101440\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethereum 2.0 now launched<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"92f3\">In 2020, we also noticed increased attention for tokenomics and crypto startups, with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/sec-fundraising-rules-crypto-firms\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Security and Exchange Commission (SEC<\/a>) recently changing their rules to make it easier for crypto companies to raise funds. Next, AI has become more advanced in 2020, with DeepMind recently announcing they found a solution the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deepmind.com\/blog\/article\/alphafold-a-solution-to-a-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018protein folding problem\u2019<\/a>, but&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2020\/10\/ethical-concerns-mount-as-ai-takes-bigger-decision-making-role\/\" rel=\"noopener\">concerns mount with AI playing an ever-growing role in organisations<\/a>. Especially as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vanrijmenam.nl\/fake-news-artificial-intelligence-dangerous\/\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"noopener\">AI has become better at producing fake news<\/a>&nbsp;such as deepfakes. Due to Covid-19 and the US elections, 2020 saw a tsunami of misinformation, which becomes increasingly difficult to recognise, hence the need for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mavin.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mavin<\/a>, which I am working on.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"ea0f\">The machine-augmented humans that I discussed in 2019 did not yet materialise as I envisaged. However, there has been an enormous increase in digital employees due to the pandemic. Finally, with the Internet of Things continuing to grow, the edge computing industry&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1084670\/edge-ai-chips-shipment-worldwide\/\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"noopener\">is expected<\/a>&nbsp;to grow to $9 billion by 2024.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"2d8e\">While I dubbed 2020 the Year of Convergence, nothing prepared us for the changes that eventually happened this year. The world came together to create multiple vaccines for the Coronavirus, within only one year, while the vast majority of organisations around the globe managed to switch to remote work. The hope is that by mid-next year, the pandemic can be declared over, and we can return to normal. However, it will be a new normal, where digital technologies have become much more prevalent in our society, in both good and bad ways. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b7a6b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b7a6b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Here are the Top Five Strategic Technology Trends for 2021.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40eec60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40eec60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Digitalism is Here to Stay, and Will Rapidly Expand<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d57bf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0d57bf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0vMUejMdYvaxjcyH2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18245\" alt=\"The Top Five Strategic Technology Trends for 2021 \u2014 The Year of Digitalism\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0vMUejMdYvaxjcyH2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0vMUejMdYvaxjcyH2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0vMUejMdYvaxjcyH2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0vMUejMdYvaxjcyH2-610x343.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0vMUejMdYvaxjcyH2-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><em>Image:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/geralt-9301\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=4841858\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Gerd Altmann<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0from\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=4841858\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pixabay<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-346c533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"346c533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"d78c\">At the beginning of this year, I wrote a long essay on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vanrijmenam.nl\/rise-digitalism-coronavirus-trigger-end-liberalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">the rise of Digitalism<\/a>. The story of Digitalism explains the future as a struggle for data among companies and (certain) governments trying to collect as much data as possible and citizens trying to protect their data and privacy. Digitalism envisions a world where data is the most crucial resource in society.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"c1ca\">The idea is that due to the ever-increasing hunger for data, corporations, and certain governments, consistently and deliberately breach consumers\u2019 rights, trust, privacy and freedom. Ever-intelligent AI, faster super and quantum computers, combined with constant data harvesting, means our society slowly turns into a surveillance society unless we are able to put in place the correct safety measures.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"2f5f\">In 2021, Digitalism will expand rapidly across countries and organisations as they embrace the benefits of digital technologies (for better or worse for consumers\/citizens). Due to the pandemic, we will see many organisations employing more technologies, resulting in a significantly higher output per employee. As with any crisis, the result is that due to digital transformations, many organisations will perform better with fewer employees than before the crisis. One use case that we will see more in 2021 is that of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/info.ust-global.com\/blog\/beyond-covid-19-why-lights-out-manufacturing-is-a-game-changer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">dark factories<\/a>, or lights out manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"e47e\">Dark factories are factories that are equipped with fully automated systems. These factories will rely on robots and a skeleton human crew, limiting the need for lights and the pandemic has seen an increase in such factories, especially in China. While these factories will be expensive to build, once operational, they will reap huge financial returns for the elite owning these plants, and in 2021 we will see an increase in these factories around the world.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"ad39\">In 2021, we will see plenty more organisations not only do digital but become digital \u2014 the prerequisite of a successful digital transformation. As a consequence, we will not only see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vanrijmenam.nl\/employee-tomorrow-will-be-digital-employee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">the rise of the digital employee<\/a>, but we will also see an increase in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vanrijmenam.nl\/algorithmic-management-what-is-it-whats-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">algorithmic management<\/a>, where (important) decisions within an organisation are made autonomously by AI. 2021 is the year that digital transformation within organisations begins to take serious forms.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"8bfc\">While Digitalism cannot be stopped, it can be guided in the right direction, which I called \u2018Modern Digitalism\u2019. Combining the advantages of digital tools with strict privacy and security regulations will result in a society that uses but not misuses digital tools. With the future of work being digital, thanks to the pandemic, 2021 will be a year to pay attention to how Digitalism will take over our business and private lives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be9f555 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be9f555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Can we Trust the Antitrust Laws to Protect Consumers?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ae15f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ae15f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0-vjMdeKExPHP8Av3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18246\" alt=\"The Top Five Strategic Technology Trends for 2021 \u2014 The Year of Digitalism\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0-vjMdeKExPHP8Av3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0-vjMdeKExPHP8Av3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0-vjMdeKExPHP8Av3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0-vjMdeKExPHP8Av3-610x343.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0-vjMdeKExPHP8Av3-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><em>Image: JumpStory<\/em><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75eb188 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75eb188\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"1f57\">In the summer of 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/facebook-faces-trust-crisis-as-ad-boycott-grows-411fc2e6-cda2-4acc-9313-520d0188d8bd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">40 major brands<\/a>\u00a0across a variety of industries decided to temporarily ban advertising on Facebook due to its lack of hate speech moderation. It was the first time that large companies tried to do something about the incredibly powerful position Facebook has created for itself in the past decade.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"e97b\">Since Zuckerberg refused to change Facebook\u2019s policy, the only place that would hopefully teach him a lesson is to hurt him financially. Unfortunately, the financial impact of the ban was minimal, and this suggests,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/scoop-facebook-boycotters-lobby-lawmakers-on-antitrust-4816702f-e9bc-41ae-a2c4-1201e65873cd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">according to the organisers of the boycott<\/a>, a competition problem. However, this claim won\u2019t be Facebook\u2019s only problem. At the end of 2020, the long-awaited antitrust lawsuit from the United States Federal Trade Commission against Facebook arrived. The FTC and more than 40 states accused Facebook of becoming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/09\/technology\/facebook-antitrust-monopoly.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">a social media monopoly<\/a>, and this fight will take place next year. However, Facebook won\u2019t be the only one to be hit with antitrust charges in 2021. After all, the digital landscape is rapidly beginning to look like an end-game monopoly board, with the global consumer as the loser.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"f0df\">Fortunately for consumers, the EU hit Amazon with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/4908995d-5ba4-4e14-a863-bcb8858e8bd2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">formal antitrust charges<\/a>\u00a0over its treatment of 150,000 European merchants last month. The company is accused of abusing data by using live third-party vendor data when deciding business strategy in a way that \u201cappears to distort genuine competition\u201d. The EU also opened another formal antitrust investigation against Amazon to investigate whether it granted preferential treatment to its own products. Although experts raised doubts about the strength of the EU\u2019s case, we can expect these, and probably others, to continue in 2021.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"fe59\">The investigation into Amazon comes after the Competition Issues EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager recently fined Google nearly ten billion dollars for breaching antitrust laws and opened a twin antitrust investigation into Apple. Initially, the US criticised the EU for coming down on American companies; however, since then, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.documentcloud.org\/documents\/7273457\/10-20-20-US-v-Google-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US Department of Justice sued Google<\/a>\u00a0after a 16-month investigation into the tech-giant.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"9a28\">They found that the deal between Google and Apple, where Google paid eight to twelve billion dollars to be the default search engine on Apple products, breached antitrust laws. In the meantime,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/roberthart\/2020\/10\/28\/apple-is-reportedly-creating-its-own-search-engine-amid-googles-antitrust-woes\/?ss=bigdata&amp;sh=98c3787b482d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Apple has already begun developing its own search engine to replace Google<\/a>\u00a0on its devices, possibly setting the scene for another future antitrust breach.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"63b2\">The outcomes of these cases will quite literally shape the digital world\u2019s future, as the power and reach of the tech giants is put to the test. In 2021, we will see if we can trust the antitrust laws. If not, and the monopolies succeed, there is no limit to the control they would have over the public discourse, reaching highs print-media never even dreamt of, further bringing us into a world where&nbsp;<em>Neo Digitalism<\/em>&nbsp;reigns freely.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ec084a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8ec084a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Quantum Computing and Neural Networks at the Speed of Light<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6095755 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6095755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0XmmyZqeTT7Bj6KDF.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18247\" alt=\"The Top Five Strategic Technology Trends for 2021 \u2014 The Year of Digitalism\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0XmmyZqeTT7Bj6KDF.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0XmmyZqeTT7Bj6KDF-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0XmmyZqeTT7Bj6KDF-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0XmmyZqeTT7Bj6KDF-610x343.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0XmmyZqeTT7Bj6KDF-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><em>Image: JumpStory<\/em><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92a6c9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92a6c9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"7415\">In 2020, we saw the arrival of advanced language models with billions of parameters that wowed people with their accuracy. An article in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/sep\/08\/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>\u00a0even showed us how advanced this model is. However, in 2021 we will likely see the first language model with a trillion parameters taking the technology to another level. Although these models will likely first remain in the research domain, tech such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vanrijmenam.nl\/gpt-3-model-what-mean-chatbots-customer-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">GPT-3<\/a>\u00a0will find its way to businesses and start interacting directly with customers, for example, in call centres.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"3d8e\">Neural networks will likely become a lot more advanced in 2021, especially because we have recently reached a new milestone. This year,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aip.scitation.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1063\/5.0001942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">researchers from George Washington University had a breakthrough<\/a>\u00a0as they discovered it is possible to use light instead of electricity to perform computations. The new unit, Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs, make the processing capacity 100-times faster. This means that we have now reached a point where AI is no longer bound to the speed limitations of electricity but can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/gadgets-and-tech\/news\/ai-machine-learning-light-speed-artificial-intelligence-a9629976.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">process information using photons<\/a>. Once neural networks can compute at the speed of light, finding solutions to complex problems will speed up exponentially. Next year, we can expect to see new applications and solutions to existing problems found using these revolutionary neural networks.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"a0f3\">Especially if such neural networks can be used on a quantum computer. Developing a neural network based on quantum computing is a challenge in itself, but in 2021 I expect to see significant advancements in this research field. The developments in the quantum computing world are accelerating. Early December 2020, China announced it had built a quantum computer that is 10 billion times faster than Google\u2019s \u201cSycamore\u201d machine. This quantum computer reached, a self-proclaimed, quantum supremacy in 2019 by using 53 qubits and doing a calculation in 200 seconds which a state-of-the-art supercomputer would take 10.000 years to complete. Now,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/china-stakes-claim-quantum-supremacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China\u2019s system<\/a>, called Jiuzhang, completed a calculation in minutes, which was expected to take 2 billion years using the world\u2019s third-most-powerful supercomputer. The interesting aspect is that China\u2019s quantum computer achieved its result by manipulating photons instead of using qubits.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"a151\">The fact that two vastly different approaches already show such powerful results indicates that we are at the forefront of the quantum computing era. While it will probably take another 5\u201310 years before we have quantum computers that come within reach of startups and organisations, the current developments are very promising. When we converge the developments in quantum computing with the advances in neural networks that can process information using light, we can expect exciting breakthroughs. For 2021, I foresee more of such scientific breakthroughs, driven by an arms race to develop the most advanced quantum computer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10b4809 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10b4809\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Decentralised Finance (DeFi) Will Explode, Including Digital Currencies<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d1ff79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d1ff79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0O1mvLtjAEAOawNiN.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18248\" alt=\"The Top Five Strategic Technology Trends for 2021 \u2014 The Year of Digitalism\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0O1mvLtjAEAOawNiN.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0O1mvLtjAEAOawNiN-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0O1mvLtjAEAOawNiN-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0O1mvLtjAEAOawNiN-610x343.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0O1mvLtjAEAOawNiN-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><em>Image: JumpStory<\/em><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66716c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66716c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"75ff\">Over the past year, the number of applications of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/fintech\/how-decentralised-finance-change-worlds-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Decentralised Finance<\/a>\u00a0has exploded. DeFi is a new form of finance that does not rely on centralised financial intermediaries, including banks, exchanges or brokerages. Instead, smart contracts recorded on a blockchain ensure trust among the parties interacting. DeFi applications transform old financial products and processes into trustless and transparent protocols. At the start of 2020, there was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/what-is-decentralized-finance-defi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1 billion<\/a>\u00a0of crypto collateral locked up in the DeFi economy, which by the end of 2020 had already grown to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/defipulse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nearly $15 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"28e0\">Decentralised Finance runs on immutable computer code, stored on chain. Thanks to smart contracts, DeFi applications are faster, more efficient and more affordable than traditional financial products. This also allows developers to come up with completely\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blockgeeks.com\/guides\/defi-use-cases-the-best-examples-of-decentralised-finance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new financial products<\/a>\u00a0ranging from flash loans (loans that are taken out and paid back in a single transaction) to decentralised exchanges or DeFi derivatives. DeFi is equipped to change the world economy fundamentally, and in 2021, we can expect the DeFi economy to explode.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"a24c\">In addition to new DeFi applications, 2021 will also see an increase in governments aiming to explore digital currencies. The European Central Bank is exploring the options of a digital Euro while the US Central Bank aims to develop a digital USD that can compete with Bitcoin. However, none of the central banks is as far as China\u2019s Central Bank.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"4b9a\">Back in April, they already embarked on testing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/former-china-central-bank-exec-pushes-for-digital-currencies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">a digital Renminbi<\/a>, inviting four major state-owned banks, the top three telecoms companies, and Huawei to the table. Huawei went so far as to partner with the People\u2019s Bank of China and entered a cloud deal with the Digital Currency Research Institute, a significant step in developing their digital cash.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"8fc1\">Despite concerns over widespread adoption of a digital Yuan in emerging markets and international trade,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ledgerinsights.com\/china-central-bank-digital-currency-cbdc-renminbi-dollar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China is going full steam ahead<\/a>\u00a0in an attempt to seize power away from the Dollar and Libra (now called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2020\/12\/02\/facebook-backed-cryptocurrency-libra-rebranded-as-diem-in-quest-for-regulatory-approval\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Diem<\/a>), as they internationalise the Yuan, reducing dependence on the Dollar.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"4d01\">China\u2019s central bank has issued ten million yuan, roughly one point five million dollars or one point one million pounds, to approximately 50,000 people in the Shenzhen area via a national lottery. The lucky winners can spend their digital cash in over 3,000 shops.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"38fb\">A couple of DCEP features that distinguishes it from existing cryptocurrencies are the ability to exchange offline and not require a third party. The DCEP lets users exchange cash to their heart\u2019s content, utilising their phones NFCs, Near-field-communication, to transfer cash quickly and easily. The currency would be centralised too, giving the power to create and destroy money directly to the People\u2019s Bank of China, also enabling them to control inflation, ensuring the DCEP will always be one for one with the Yuan.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"73c1\">China\u2019s new digital currency, the \u2018DCEP\u2019 or Digital Currency Electronic Payment, is taking off and, if the US or Europe do not speed up their efforts of a digital Dollar or Euro next year, is set to have a big impact on the Dollar in 2021. The impact of a digital currency on the economy will be significant, allowing organisations to trade more efficiently and effectively.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e0ce31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e0ce31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Confidential Computing will Protect our Data<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c0f392 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9c0f392\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0D5Cc0eEghhnpIYA6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18249\" alt=\"Confidential Computing will Protect our Data\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0D5Cc0eEghhnpIYA6.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0D5Cc0eEghhnpIYA6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0D5Cc0eEghhnpIYA6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0D5Cc0eEghhnpIYA6-610x343.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0D5Cc0eEghhnpIYA6-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><em>Image: JumpStory<\/em><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44cd545 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44cd545\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"cfcc\">The amount of data collected and managed in the cloud has been exploding recently. As more and more companies move to the cloud, the need for security and intelligence in the cloud also rises. If even one of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2020\/dec\/08\/fireeye-hack-cybersecurity-theft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">America\u2019s largest cybersecurity companies can get hacked<\/a>, it is clear that organisations should take data security very seriously in 2021.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"9282\">One approach that will take off in 2021 is confidential computing. Developing a safer cloud environment is challenging, and IBM started working on it already ten years ago. Their first version of confidential computing arrived in 2018, and in 2021 it will be ready for mass adoption.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2020\/12\/02\/why-intel-believes-confidential-computing-will-boost-ai-and-machine-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Confidential computing<\/a>\u00a0merges analytics and security, and it is a standard that secures data on a deep technical level.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"266e\">Instead of operational assurance that cloud providers currently offer (policies and agreements), confidential computing offers technical assurance. Data is encrypted and can only be unlocked using the right keys, controlled by the data owner. Encryption for data at rest (storage) is very common, but encrypting data in transit is a different ball game.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linuxfoundation.org\/press-release\/2019\/08\/new-cross-industry-effort-to-advance-computational-trust-and-security-for-next-generation-cloud-and-edge-computing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">According to the Linux Foundation<\/a>, \u201cconfidential computing will enable encrypted data to be processed in memory without exposing it to the rest of the system and reduce exposure for sensitive data and provide greater control and transparency for users.\u201d This means that nobody, not even cloud providers, can access the data stored on their servers or passing through an application.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"3508\">In 2021, the financial industry will be the first to widely adopt confidential computing.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/article\/bank-of-america-daimler-and-apple-partnering-with-ibm-for-confidential-computing-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Bank of America<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbanker.com\/news\/bnp-paribas-is-latest-bank-to-join-ibm-cloud-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BNP Paribas<\/a>\u00a0already moved to a more secure cloud, and more will follow soon. However, that does not mean that confidential computing will become the new standard overnight.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/smarterwithgartner\/top-actions-from-gartner-hype-cycle-for-cloud-security-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">According to Gartner<\/a>, it will take another five to ten years before confidential computing becomes the new global standard. However, I expect this to happen faster due to more data breaches that will occur in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"8fff\">IBM is not the only company working on confidential computing. In 2019, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2019\/08\/21\/intel-google-microsoft-and-others-launch-confidential-computing-consortium-for-data-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Confidential Computing Consortium<\/a>, managed by the Linux Foundation, was founded by companies including Alibaba, Intel, Microsoft, Baidu, Google, Red Hat and, of course, IBM.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"4fb4\">As I state nearly every year, organisations will need to ensure the security of their data. The list of data breaches is endless and will continue to grow. Businesses are expected to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.juniperresearch.com\/press\/press-releases\/business-losses-cybercrime-data-breaches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">lose up to five trillion dollars to cybercrime by 2024<\/a>, causing significant disruptions to the global economy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06c8c68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"06c8c68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2021: The Year of Digitalism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8b8077 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8b8077\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"8a12\">At the beginning of the year, I discussed Digitalism as the next leading, global system of social organisation. For 2021, I foresee Digitalism to become more commonplace, especially due to the advancements in technology such as machine learning, quantum computing or blockchain.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"da40\">After all, neural networks computing at the speed of light can be used to solve the biggest problems in the world, and it can be used to further increase the state or company surveillance already present in many countries. Recently,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2020\/12\/08\/huawei-tested-ai-software-that-could-recognize-uighur-minorities-alert-police-report-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">The Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0already revealed that China is testing advanced AI to automatically recognise Uighur minorities and alert the police. With more advanced machine learning coming our way, most likely driven by quantum computers, China is rapidly becoming a country organised according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vanrijmenam.nl\/rise-digitalism-coronavirus-trigger-end-liberalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">State Digitalism<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"af57\">At the same time, the drive to remote work due to the pandemic and the rise of digital employees has increased\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/45229880_Workplace_Surveillance_An_Overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">workplace surveillance<\/a>. In addition, with every click that you make consumer\u2019s privacy is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. The consequence is that Neo Digitalism will thrive in those countries that cannot control their (tech) conglomerates. Therefore, in 2021, the antitrust laws in place around the world will become more important than ever. But they will only be useful if we act.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"0c72\">Fortunately, developments in confidential computing as well as Decentralised Finance, will protect the consumer. In addition, the more AI becomes commonplace in society, the more citizens will require an ethical approach to AI. In 2020, we saw Amsterdam and Helsinki launching algorithm registries to bring transparency to public deployments of AI, and we will see this more often in 2021. These developments will enable countries to organise their society according to Modern Digitalism, where we use technology and data for the betterment of society and citizens, instead of against them.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"70d2\">In 2021, I expect this battle, between State Digitalism, Neo Digitalism and Modern Digitalism, driven by these five technology trends as well as global crises such as Covid-19, to intensify. Therefore, I would like to call 2021 the Year of Digitalism. The next year will be crucial citizens and countries to do the right thing or be left behind a curtain of surveillance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It will be a new normal, where digital technologies have become much more prevalent in our society, in both good and bad ways. Here are the top seven strategic tech trends for 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":550,"featured_media":18250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[1169,1170,1171,1172,899,665],"ppma_author":[3218],"class_list":["post-22522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bigdata-cloud","tag-antitrust-laws","tag-decentralised-finance","tag-digital-currencies","tag-digitalism","tag-neural-networks","tag-quantum-computing"],"authors":[{"term_id":3218,"user_id":550,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mark-van-rijmenam","display_name":"Mark Rijmenam","avatar_url":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/medium_6e38fd10-e332-41e3-98b2-8874278fc272-150x150.jpg","user_url":"https:\/\/datafloq.com\/","last_name":"Rijmenam","first_name":"Mark","job_title":"","description":"Dr Mark van Rijmenam is the founder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/datafloq.com\/\">Datafloq<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/imagjn.com\/?utm_source=datafloq&amp;utm_medium=ref&amp;utm_campaign=datafloq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imagjn<\/a>.\u00a0He is a globally recognised speaker on big data, blockchain and AI, a strategist, influencer and author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?utm_source=datafloq&amp;utm_medium=ref&amp;utm_campaign=datafloq&amp;i=stripbooks&amp;rh=p_27%3AVan+Rijmenam%2C+Mark&amp;s=relevancerank&amp;text=Van+Rijmenam%2C+Mark&amp;ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 management books<\/a>. His last book,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vanrijmenam.nl\/the-organisation-of-tomorrow\/?utm_source=datafloq&amp;utm_medium=ref&amp;utm_campaign=datafloq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Organisation of Tomorrow<\/a>, discusses how AI, blockchain and analytics turn every business into a data organisation. He has been named a global thought leader on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onalytica.com\/blog\/posts\/big-data-2016-top-100-influencers-and-brands\/?utm_source=datafloq&amp;utm_medium=ref&amp;utm_campaign=datafloq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">big data<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkers360.com\/top-50-global-thought-leaders-and-influencers-on-blockchain-november-2019\/\">blockchain<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkers360.com\/top-20-global-thought-leaders-and-influencers-on-artificial-intelligence-september-2019\/\">artificial intelligence<\/a>. He holds a PhD in Management from the University of Technology, Sydney. He is a strategic advisor to several blockchain startups and publisher of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vanrijmenam.nl\/subscribe-to-newsletter\/?utm_source=datafloq&amp;utm_medium=ref&amp;utm_campaign=datafloq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the \u2018f(x) = ex\u2018 newsletter<\/a>."}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/550"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22522"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32959,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22522\/revisions\/32959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22522"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=22522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}