I keep on top of tech news and I haven't even ever heard of a couple of those. I'm sure they exist and are important in some very small niche, but if they were

I keep on top of tech news and I haven't even ever heard of a couple of those. I'm sure they exist and are important in some very small niche, but if they were the "top" skills currently sought, I would have heard of them, seen them posted in articles, etc. Based on this my conclusion is that the article is up to something. Perhaps they need technology H and P people and thought that posting an article with several "real" top skills along with their pet fringe tech would result in people going back to school for training at no additional cost to the hopeful employer facing a shortage of people competent in their fringe technology.