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What's going to happen to the tech world in 2016? While of course no one really knows for sure, it's possible to make a few semieducated guesses. Here are 10 predictions for the biggest tech trends for the coming year — from the blindingly obvious to the wildly speculative.
2016年科技界会有什么样的新发现？没有人可以给出肯定的答复，但这并不妨碍我们作出一些简单猜测。以下是2016年十大科技动向，其中有的是板上钉钉，有的只是大胆推测。
1. Apple will unveil a new Watch and a new iPhone
苹果公司将发布新一代Apple Watch和iPhone
This is the easiest prediction in the world, which is why we started with it (guaranteeing that at least one of these will be right).
这是铁定的事实，也是我们之所以把它放在开头的原因（至少能保证这十大预测有一个是真的）。
Apple is expected to release Apple Watch 2.0 sometime this spring, we hope with an improved interface and a lot more apps. And next fall will see the release of the iPhone 7, which (if rumors are to be believed) will include a fingerprint sensor on the screen, wireless charging, multiple cameras, and a USB-C port instead of power or headphone jacks.
苹果有望在明年春发布Apple Watch 2.0，届时其界面或许能有所改进，应用数量也能有所增加。iPhone 7将在明天秋发布，据传其在屏幕上增加了指纹传感器，还具备无线充电功能，配有多摄像头，并用USB-C接口取代了原有的电源和耳机接口。
2. Apple's dominance of tech culture will decline
苹果的统治力将有所下降
Since the Second Coming of Jobs in 1997, interest in all things Apple has been climbing at a steady rate, going into hyperdrive with the release of the iPhone (2007) and then the iPad (2010). Lately, though, the products coming out of Cupertino have been less than magical and life-changing.
1997年乔布斯重回苹果公司后，苹果渐渐开始吸引大众的目光，后分别于2007年和2010年推出iPhone和iPad，引起了巨大轰动。而如今虽然苹果产品层出不穷，其创意和影响力却不比当年。
And for all of Tim Cook's many fine qualities, he can't generate a reality distortion field the way his predecessor could. Until Cook manages to pull another rabbit out of his iHat — an Apple Car? a fully integrated smart home? — the Apple mystique has clearly peaked. Nowhere to go but down.
尽管库克也推出了许多优秀产品，但他却不具备前任乔布斯那样的“现实扭曲力场”，除非他也能变戏法般地弄出个Apple Car或是一体化自能家居什么的来。苹果的创意已经达到上限，现在只能走下坡路了。
