Tinder now lets you see exactly what your matches are posting to social media. The dating app says its new'feed'is'an exciting new way to see more of what someone is all about by giving you a true glimpse into their world.' It shows all of their posts on Instagram, recent photos uploaded to Tinder and even what they are listening to on Spotify. The new'Feed' tab shows all of their posts on Instagram, recent photos uploaded to Tinder and even what they are listening to on Spotify. To access it, users tap on'Feed' from their Match List.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been widely considered as the buzzword of the tech industry in 2017. The UK government has even dedicated £75m of funding for AI, including up to £45m to build AI capability and knowledge by increasing the number of AI PhD students to 200 a year. With governments launching dedicated funding and organisations from all walks of life racing to reposition themselves as tech companies - from launching chatbots to deploying big data analysis and deep learning - AI is transforming the way we work and how we interact with brands. In today's economic climate, organisations are seeking alterative methods and technologies to serve a larger volume of people, keeping customer service standards up and ensuring costs are managed. It is in this area that the explosion of AI-powered chatbots has disrupted the very meaning of customer service.

In the original Blade Runner--set in 2019--technologists had already developed replicant humans and flying cars. Although I'm doubtful we'll hit that mark in real life, I'd venture we're not too far off. Indeed, artificial intelligence (AI) has already become an everyday part of life for most humans in 2017. We use it at work and at home--often without even realizing. As we close out the year, I'd say there isn't much artificial intelligence hasn't touched.

If you're watching the impact of artificial intelligence on the IT organization, your interest probably starts with your own job. Can robots do what you do? But more importantly, you want to skate where the puck is headed. What emerging IT roles will AI create? We talked to AI and IT career experts to get a look at some emerging roles that will be valuable in the age of AI.

Netflix values the recommendation engine powering its content suggestions at $1 billion per year and Amazon says its system drives a 20-35% lift in sales annually. What makes these systems so valuable? The answer lies in the data science that powers them.

In the original Blade Runner--set in 2019--technologists had already developed replicant humans and flying cars. Although I'm doubtful we'll hit that mark in real life, I'd venture we're not too far off. Indeed, artificial intelligence (AI) has already become an everyday part of life for most humans in 2017. We use it at work and at home--often without even realizing. As we close out the year, I'd say there isn't much artificial intelligence hasn't touched.

A fraudster who met her victim on a dating website for naturists scammed him out of £50,000. Moira Etchells, 45, met Ian Chatting-Tonks in 2013 and persuaded him to lend her the cash to start a business artificially inseminating cows. Swansea Crown Court heard she spent £35,000 on a new Land Rover and banked the rest. Etchells, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, admitted fraud and got an 18-month sentence, suspended for two years. Widower Mr Chatting-Tonks, from Norfolk, went online to search for a new partner who was also interested in naturism, which is when he found Etchells' profile.

Okay, marketers and technology enthusiasts have been talking about the coming of the Internet of Things (IoT) for years. But with products like Google Home and Amazon Echo emerging and gaining popularity, it's reasonable to suspect that 2017 is the year that IoT finally starts taking off. Even though original estimates held that we'd see 50 billion "connected" devices by 2020, revised estimates are still targeting nearly 30 billion, representing an industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars in the near future. So here's the question--is your business ready for the IoT? Even if you don't deal directly with technology, IoT devices are going to have a massive impact on how you do business.

I have previously been critical of Apple's AI effort. Siri lags both Google and Amazon (Alexa) in terms of speed and accuracy. Apple's Shazam acquisition is good for consumers in that it bundles a service people enjoy with Apple Music. More importantly, the acquisition will drive more Siri queries – something Siri needs to get itself into fighting shape to better compete with Google and Amazon.

Is this a childhood obesity story? No, this is Amazon's Alexa – the voice-activated virtual assistant that can help you find music, make to-do lists, adjust your thermostat and ensure your ideological purity. That all sounds quite helpf- wait, what was that last one again? Not sure if it comes as standard or only with Amazon Prime, but according to some commentators, it's there. What form does it take?