The onward march of tech improvement has led to some blended outcomes this yr. The continued heralding of Web3 has just some nascent use circumstances, with Meta’s Quest 2 (our Hottest Gadget) serving because the gateway to extra mainstream adoption of the metaverse, and Roblox (Hottest Platform) making extra concerted strikes to make it marketer-friendly. Whereas the posturing between Elon Musk and Twitter (Hottest Obsession) held our consideration for all of the mistaken causes, there’s trigger to be longing for our tech-filled futures. That could possibly be the swelling recognition of the algorithm-rejecting photo-posting app BeReal (Hottest App) or the development towards pre-loved, sustainable purchasing, proven by the expansion of Etsy-owned Depop (Hottest Purchasing Platform). From probably the most talked about, most compulsive, and, in some circumstances, most progressive, right here is Adweek’s 2022 Digital & Tech Sizzling Listing. —Lucinda Southern
