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22 Ideas About The Future, book review: Stories that ask searching questions

Exercise your brain with these short, punchy and speculative stories about what technology might really mean for tomorrow.

October 14, 2022 by Mary Branscombe in Innovation

Connectable, book review: How to fix isolation in the hybrid workplace

If you can get past the apparent technophobia, this is a comprehensive look at what loneliness at work means and how better management can help.

October 6, 2022 by Mary Branscombe in Professional Development

Road to Nowhere, book review: The trouble with cars

Canadian tech writer Paris Marx explores a future with fewer cars and a more equitable transportation system.

September 12, 2022 by Wendy M Grossman in Transportation

The Missing Cryptoqueen, book review: One coin to scam them all

Jamie Bartlett tells the gripping story of OneCoin -- an unholy marriage of three scams in one: a Ponzi scheme, a pyramid scheme and a fake cryptocurrency.

August 2, 2022 by Wendy M Grossman in Digital Assets

Money Men, book review: The anatomy of a notorious financial crime

Dan McCrum's sprawling narrative alternates between the history of Wirecard unearthed through interviews and documents, and the personal story of his investigations into the company.

July 18, 2022 by Wendy M Grossman in Finance

Industry Unbound, book review: How the tech industry pays lip-service to data protection and privacy

Law professor Ari Ezra Waldman describes how he embedded himself in three tech companies in order to document how privacy laws play out in real-world practice.

June 13, 2022 by Wendy M Grossman in Data Management

Human-Centered AI, book review: A roadmap for people-first artificial intelligence

A focus on developing AI that helps people will dissolve much of the fear of lost jobs and machine control, argues Ben Shneiderman.

May 17, 2022 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics

Four Internets, book review: Possible internet futures, and how to reconcile them

This book characterises today's internet along four axes, outlines the respective benefits and challenges, and explores how our digital future may develop.

April 13, 2022 by Wendy M Grossman in Tech Industry

Cogs and Monsters, book review: Retooling economics for a digital world

Cambridge academic Diane Coyle takes a critical look at mainstream economics, and explores the changes that are needed to align it with today's data-driven economy.

February 16, 2022 by Wendy M Grossman in Tech Industry

A Biography of the Pixel, book review: The life and times of 'digital light'

No matter how much you already know about computer graphics, you'll find something new in Alvy Ray Smith's wide-ranging, anecdote-strewn book.

January 31, 2022 by Mary Branscombe in Technology

Don't Look Up, movie review: Smart, funny and depressing

A comet is about to cause an extinction-level event on Earth, whose inhabitants and leaders perversely look the other way, until it's too late.

January 6, 2022 by Wendy M Grossman in After Hours

Book review roundup: Five titles to keep you informed and entertained this holiday period

Blockchain explained in medieval manuscript form, the rise of Dungeons and Dragons, pixels and 'digital light', dystopian fiction, pre-internet nostalgia...take your pick.

December 23, 2021 by Wendy M Grossman in After Hours

Kings of Crypto, book review: How Coinbase helped to reshape the future of finance

Jeff John Roberts explores the world of cryptocurrencies, including the hacker-libertarian culture that produced them, the underlying technology, the conflicting motives of early adopters, and the passing craze for ICOs.

December 13, 2021 by Wendy M Grossman in Blockchain

Work Without the Worker, book review: Microtasking, automation and the future of work

Poorly rewarded 'microworkers' underpin much of the digital world. Phil Jones examines this shadowy economy and explores how its denizens might organise in pursuit of a fairer deal.

December 1, 2021 by Wendy M Grossman in Tech & Work

Ethical Hacking, book review: A hands-on guide for would-be security professionals

Daniel G Graham's book won't help hackers who already have a wide range of tools to attack networks and devices. But it will help defenders who want to turn those techniques to more benevolent use.

November 23, 2021 by Mary Branscombe in Security

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