Top 100 Tech Trends in August

As one of our most comprehensive monthly round-ups, this list of August 2024 tech trends encapsulates noteworthy tech releases from numerous industries. This list serves as a briefing to catch up on trending, popular, or even lesser-known products, such as AI-powered services, open-source alternatives to big-name software, and unique pieces of hardware, such as an entire computer packed inside of a folding portable keyboard.

The Miniproca is one of the most interesting computers released to date. This is a compact mini PC that only measures a few square inches in its entirety. In spite of this size, this computer is fully operational, offers generous performance for its form factor, and features a built-in display. The included Ryzen 9 6900HX and integrated AMD Radeon 680M iGPU offer comparable performance to some full-size PCs, making this an attractive option for users who want to work on the go while having access to PC-level performance.

Straying away from the computers segment of the tech industry, Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream restaurant is rolling out noteworthy technological advancements to its stores, including a new full-service robot built by Bear Robotics. This robot is capable of taking orders by phone, delivering orders to seated customers dining in, and even singing happy birthday to consumers who are celebrating.