A for AI, B for Blockchain: 2017 in technology

By all accords, 2017 has been a busy, bittersweet year for the tech industry. Cutting-edge product designs have been balanced out by much-hyped products, and sometimes entire companies, going bust. This has not really been the year of consistent breakneck innovation, but there is still quite a lot to take a look at. The rapidly stagnating smartphone hardware scene saw some ripples, with companies changing up phone design. Samsung perfected its years-long quest for curved displays early on with the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, and the likes of Apple, LG, Xiaomi, Google and OnePlus have also managed to cram gigantic screens into their phones without upsetting the overall footprint. But while displays are all fine and dandy, the real work has been going into the cameras.