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 last two years’ predictions.) Let’s do it again!Mia Sato, senior reportINOUTMotion sickness glassesAI “pervert” glassesFiberProteinBootleg sports merchOfficial tech company merchFloating in waterTouching grassMeredith Haggerty, editorINOUT 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 glassesHayden Field, senior AI reporterINOUTThe NYC ferryThe NYC subway (sorry it’s too hot rn)Using AI to draft letters to your landlordUsing AI to draft breakup texts, or anything else personalLetterboxdThreadsAbsolutely unhinged design ideas that AI could never come up withMillennial minimalismVictoria Song, senior dystopia reviewerINOUTFlintstones vitaminsGray market peptidesDrugstore moisturizerLooksmaxxingThe FDA approving a new sunscreen filterWhatever it is RFK Jr. is doingWriting in an analog journalAI wearables that record everything you doAccepting we will all dieWhatever it is Bryan Johnson is doingTC Sottek, senior editorINOUTEverQuest (2026)EverQuest (1999)Entire bootleg movies on TikTok20-part “story” edits on TikTokBoston as the most Scottish city in the USBoston as the most Irish city in the USKevin McShane, editorial director audio/videoINOUTA single plain text fileVibecoding your own to-do appSilo season threeTed Lasso season fourVertical sitcomsVertical dramasKevin Nguyen, deputy editorINOUTAny movie theater that does not serve food to your seatAlamo DrafthouseProton MailGmailBuying refurbished devicesBuying new devicesMarina Galperina, senior tech editorINOUTLeaksPress releasesPractical effectsGenerative AI in moviesMaking computersBuying computersWebringsX, the everything appLetting your phone battery dieDoomscrollingGaby Del Valle, policy reporterINOUTBeing a bandwagon sports fanRivalries – lifelong, heated, etcGelato Frozen yogurtDua Lipa’s joie de vivreKylie Jenner’s whole dealMineral sunscreenBeef tallow “sunscreen”Antonio DiBenedetto, reviewerINOUTFriendslop gamesLive-service gamesExpensive PC gaming Expensive console gamingxboXXBOXLiz Lopatto, senior internet typistINOUTUnconstitutional Iran warPeaceThe shortest inseam you can find and/or makePantsCeasefireUnconstitutional Iran warWorld CupOwala tumblers and other adult sippy cupsUnconstitutional Iran warCeasefireMajor League Cricket (Go Unicorns!)Major League BaseballCeasefireUnconstitutional Iran warMcCartney IITaylor SwiftUnconstitutional Iran warCeasefireExcommunicationJD VanceCeasefireUnconstitutional Iran warFollow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Mia SatoThe Verge DailyA free daily digest of the news that matters most.Email (required)