2017

Azeem Azhar predicts 18 exponential changes in tech for 2018, including the growing power of tech giants and AI's impact on jobs. Read all 18 predictions at https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609961/18-exponential-changes-we-can-expect-in-the-year-ahead/.

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This article showcases the top 10 appliance designs from 2017, including a Beetle-inspired coffee machine and a toaster-like laundry appliance. These designs aimed to address everyday user frustrations with innovative solutions.

For New Year’s resolutions in 2018, the folks at PUNCH magazine asked people in the food and drink world about their drinking plans for the year. via PUNCH.

PUNCH shared their 12 favorite stories about drinks from 2017, covering topics from Heady Topper beer to the impact of California wildfires on the wine industry. via PUNCH.

Kenji Lopez-Alt shares his favorite recipes from 2017, including easy family meals and more elaborate dishes. via Serious Eats.

McSweeney's humorous obituary for 2017 sarcastically summarizes major events and trends of the year. via McSweeney's Internet Tendency

Researchers were able to pinpoint historical events like the fall of Saigon and the Yom Kippur War by analyzing communication spikes in US government records.

Chris Albrecht predicts six food tech trends for 2018, like the rise of meat and dairy alternatives and robots in restaurants. via The Spoon

FlowingData highlights the author's favorite data visualization projects of 2017, covering topics like gerrymandering and summer temperatures. via FlowingData

FiveThirtyEight reflects on its favorite articles from 2017, which covered topics such as the Trump presidency, the #MeToo movement, gun violence and sports. via FiveThirtyEight.

Joy the Baker has a festive cocktail recipe, the Sparkling Negroni, perfect for ringing in the New Year. via The source of this content is Joy the Baker.

This FiveThirtyEight article examines the first four years of legalized marijuana sales in Washington state and finds a market increasingly favoring large businesses. via FiveThirtyEight