Essential reading for technophiles
Section 30 of the 1996 US Communications Decency Act allowed the internet to become the success it has, argues Jeff Kosseff, who details its genesis and passage, and tours the legal judgements that have upheld it.
If you're in London over the summer, check out the Science Museum and the Barbican for this trio of IT-related exhibitions.
This is an entertaining way to learn more about science, and an excuse to rewatch a classic show.
This edited short story compilation illustrates why AI is harder than the hype would have you believe. Highly recommended.
You could be forgiven for noticing YouTube only when a scandal breaks, but, as Chris Stokel-Walker writes, it's an increasingly important part of the entertainment business.
How do you moderate content on platforms of the scale of YouTube or Facebook? Tarleton Gillespie lays out the options and highlights the impact of 'Web 2.0' on society.
Blockchain: what is it good for? Plenty, argues Kevin Werbach, but it may be decades before its transformative influence is fully realised.
It may not have all the answers, but this book is a useful reminder of the questions that business leaders need to be asking.
Governments should use antitrust law to break up tech giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon, argues Tim Wu, in order to restore dynamism and foster innovation.
Capitalism has been distorted by the new captains of industry, says Harvard professor Shoshana Zuboff, thanks to the shift from industrialisation to 'informatisation'.
There are multiple different tools and techniques that promise to help you design products. This book guides you towards the right ones to solve your problem.
In between the mid-winter festivities, why not settle down with a good book? Our selection covers milestones in computing, the state of our relationship with technology, transhumanism, governance in a post-nation-state world, and the dystopian TV series Black Mirror.
Siva Vaidhyanathan details the many ways Facebook divides us, and offers suggestions on how to counter its damaging effect on democracy.
The founders of software company Basecamp offer practical advice based on what they've found works in their company.
Paul Bernal explores today's unruly, heterogeneous internet, debunks a number of myths and offers guidelines on how to resolve its problems.
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