Essential reading for technophiles
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.
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.
In the Internet of Things era, cyberattacks can cause actual death and destruction. Bruce Schneier surveys this security nightmare, and looks for solutions.
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.
Human and machine working together can do better than either on their own, says mathematics lecturer Hannah Fry.
Demos researcher Carl Miller details how the internet has brought about profound power shifts that reach into every aspect of our lives.
Meredith Broussard explains how computers, software, and AI and machine learning actually work -- and considers the times they don't.
Today's digital economy should be more open and equitable, says Rufus Pollock, rather than closed and at the mercy of 'digital dictators'.
Half of this book is good and useful. What happened in producing the other half is a genuine mystery.
Tech journalist Charles Arthur picks apart some notorious cyber attacks, examining the nature of the security failures, their antecedents, and the lessons to be drawn from them.
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