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4th January 2022
2022 – Exascale computers are deployed
[Moved from 2021 to 2022. Although China is rumoured to have developed exaFLOP capabilities last year, this has not been officially confirmed. Meanwhile, the U.S. began deploying its Frontier supercomputer last year, but it has yet to reach full operational capability. See new references for this entry.]
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21st December 2021
2027 – New Zealand's first "smoke-free" generation
From 2027 onwards, the minimum age for buying tobacco in New Zealand is progressively lifted, by one year every year, starting with 18-year-olds. This prevents, for example, a person turning 42 in 2050 from ever buying cigarettes, while a person aged 43 or older is allowed to do so.
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