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Award-winning science journalist Angela Saini investigates the bias lurking within data collection and human classification, and interrogates what purpose it truly serves.
Ethical & social aspects of IT
Little Blue Dot: How the Global Positioning System Shaped the Modern World
In this thrilling and utterly unique work of narrative non-fiction, Katherine Dunn explores the acute vulnerability of the GPS satellite system – in a book that lifts the lid on the invisible connections of the globe, from the space race to the phone in our pockets
Open to Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI
‘Open To Work helps you stop fearing the future and start shaping it with purpose.’ Jay Shetty
‘An instantly useful guide to futureproofing your career.’ Adam Grant
‘Open to Work lays out a smart and clear path to the future of work’ Brené Brown
Drama Drives Interest: The Web Summit story
The first definitive account of one of Ireland’s most controversial business stories
Technology is Not the Problem
We already know how much of our data is collected and used to profile and target us.
The real question is why, knowing all this, do we keep going back for more?
Social Capital: Life online in the shadow of Ireland’s tech boom
A David and Goliath story about Ireland’s role as prime real estate for the world’s largest tech multinationals, and the considerable impact it has had on us as individuals.
The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy and Our Health – and How We Must Adapt
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIRED
In this brilliant smart-thinking book about the power and influence of social media, Professor Sinan Aral shows how ‘hyper-socialization’ has profoundly changed us.
Collins Business Secrets – Social Media (Collins Business Secrets)
The social media secrets that experts and top professionals use.
The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything
From the authors of the fascinating The Age of Cryptocurrency, comes the definitive work on the Internet’s next big thing: the blockchain.
The Naked Diplomat: Understanding Power and Politics in the Digital Age
Previously published as Naked Diplomacy.
Who will be in power in the 21st century? Governments? Big business? Internet titans? And how do we influence the future?
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2012, the world’s leading prize for popular science writing.
Click: What We Do Online and Why It Matters
In one short decade, the internet has become a critical part of our everyday lives. In this timely new book, internet data analysis expert Bill Tancer makes sense of why this is, and reveals what our internet usage says about us and our future … because asking people what they do is never as reliable as watching what they do.