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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
The New Breed book review: Use animals, not humans, as the model for robots
Rather than imitate humans, robots should complement them, much as domesticated animals do, argues MIT's Kate Darling.
Exponential, book review: Technology acceleration and its impact on society
An "exponential gap" is opening up between our understanding of our world, which updates slowly, and new technologies, which change faster than we can cope with, argues Azeem Azhar.
TikTok Boom, book review: The rise and rise of YouTube's younger, hipper competitor
Chris Stokel-Walker delves into the origins and business model of the Chinese short-form video service, explores its algorithm and asks whether Western politicians should be wary of it.
Social Warming, book review: Temperature rising, regulation required
We can change social media tools to derive the benefits we seek and limit their harms, argues Charles Arthur. We just need the will to make those changes.
The Token Woman, book review: How to handle common workplace irritations
Not restricted to sales or, indeed, women, this is a wry but helpful collection of ideas for getting on at work without being walked all over.
Monster, book review: Technology rules our lives - but what to do about it?
This provocative book is a passionate screed full of figures and fears, but falls short when it comes to offering solutions.
Crypto Dictionary, book review: A useful A-Z of cryptography definitions
This slim, opinionated, technical and intermittently amusing volume is one to flip through and repeatedly return to.
People Count, book review: Technology, data, privacy and contact-tracing apps
Public debate about how and when contact-tracing apps should be used is still required, says Susan Landau, so we can be ready for future pandemics.
Atlas of AI, book review: Mapping out the total cost of artificial intelligence
AI is about much more than algorithms, argues Kate Crawford in Atlas of AI, which examines the entire supply chain that drives it, and the effects on people and the planet.
Silicon Values, book review: A history of online censorship in the Big Tech era
In this book, the EFF's Jillian C. York shows how decisions made in the tiny Silicon Valley area of California play out on the ground in places like Myanmar, Morocco, and the Middle East.
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