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Apple, Google and Facebook will exist in 2075

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san francisco — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak believes that Apple, Google and Facebook will be bigger in 2075 and dominate the world.

“Apple will be around a long time, like IBM, which was founded in 1911,” USA Today quoted Wozniak as saying on Sunday.

Wozniak was speaking ahead of the Silicon Valley Comic Con (SVCC), which is themed as “The Future of Humanity: Where will we be in 2075?”

The three-day conference, which Wozniak helped create last year, would explore the intersecti­on of pop culture and technology. SVCC is expected to draw 75,000 to 100,000 from April 21-23 in San Jose.

“Look at Apple’s cash, $246.1 billion as of the end of its last fiscal quarter. It can invest in anything. It would be ridiculous to not expect them to be around (in 2075). The same goes for Google and Facebook,” Wozniak said.

Wozniak has always dominated the list of people who make accurate prediction­s. In 1982, he said portable laptops would emerge and he has strong opinions on how we would live in 58 years.

He made some other prediction­s on what type of planet we can expect in 2075. He said that deserts could be ideal locations for cities of the future, designed and built from scratch.

There, housing problems will not exist and people will shuttle among domed structures. Special wearable suits will allow people to venture outside, he noted. Wozniak added that within all cities, AI would be ubiquitous. Consumers will interact with smart walls and other surfaces to shop, communicat­e and be entertaine­d. —

Apple will be around a long time, like IBM, which was founded in 1911 Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder

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