The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust, book review: Driving networks to consensus
Blockchain: what is it good for? Plenty, argues Kevin Werbach, but it may be decades before its transformative influence is fully realised.
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The W.E.I.R.D. CEO, book review: Leadership in the AI age
It may not have all the answers, but this book is a useful reminder of the questions that business leaders need to be asking.
The Curse of Bigness, book review: Breaking up should be easy to do
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.
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, book review: Data, privacy and the threat to democracy
Capitalism has been distorted by the new captains of industry, says Harvard professor Shoshana Zuboff, thanks to the shift from industrialisation to 'informatisation'.
The Lean Product Lifecycle, book review: How to find, and keep, a competitive edge
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.
Five top tech books for the holiday period
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.
Antisocial Media, book review: Good intentions gone bad
Siva Vaidhyanathan details the many ways Facebook divides us, and offers suggestions on how to counter its damaging effect on democracy.
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work, book review: Choose calm instead
The founders of software company Basecamp offer practical advice based on what they've found works in their company.
The Internet, Warts and All, book review: How to regulate a messy system
Paul Bernal explores today's unruly, heterogeneous internet, debunks a number of myths and offers guidelines on how to resolve its problems.
The Evolved Executive, book review: Banishing fear from the workplace
This useful book summarises a lot of theory and practice about management and company processes that could help you start some discussions and make some changes.
Click Here to Kill Everybody, book review: Meeting the IoT security challenge
In the Internet of Things era, cyberattacks can cause actual death and destruction. Bruce Schneier surveys this security nightmare, and looks for solutions.
Bad Blood, book review: The rise and fall of Theranos
Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou tells the astounding story of the Silicon Valley startup that dazzled investors, but whose technology simply didn't work.
Hello World, book review: Algorithms, and how to live with them
Human and machine working together can do better than either on their own, says mathematics lecturer Hannah Fry.
The Death of the Gods, book review: Power in the digital age
Demos researcher Carl Miller details how the internet has brought about profound power shifts that reach into every aspect of our lives.
Artificial Unintelligence, book review: Exploring the limits of technology
Meredith Broussard explains how computers, software, and AI and machine learning actually work -- and considers the times they don't.
