Things that didn’t exist in 2001
Wifi
iPhone
YouTube
TikTok
Android
Bitcoin
Tesla
iPad
Gmail
Netflix streaming
Amazon Prime
Podcasts
Kickstarter
Google Maps
Snapchat
Chrome
Zoom
Spotify
Airbnb
Uber
Slack
Etsy
Things that didn’t exist in 2001
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Vaping
CoViD
E10 petrol
Satnav
Average speed camera
Wi-Fi was used commercially as early as August 1999 (according to Wikipedia).
Countries:
South Sudan — split from Sudan in 2011
Kosovo (partially recognized) — seceded from Serbia in 2008, not yet fully recognized by United Nations
Montenegro — separated from Serbia in 2006
Almost:Crewed International Space Station (October 2000 — a honorary mention!)
Private Space Flight
Box.com
dropbox.com
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
4K TV
Drones
Hypersonic missiles
Discovery of Higgs Boson
The C# programming language
Generative AI (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc., etc.)