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Most businesses identify six key digital technologies as critical to their relevance and growth over the coming 10 years. These disruptive new technologies present significant opportunity for businesses in every industry. The first businesses to understand automation and these transformative technologies will be the ones to reap the greatest rewards in the marketplace. Author Steve Brown shares his insights to help leaders take full advantage of the next wave of digital transformation.

Though created by humans, our technologies, markets, and institutions often contain an antihuman agenda. Douglas Rushkoff, digital theorist and host of the NPR-One podcast Team Human, reveals the dynamics of this antihuman machinery and invites us to remake these aspects of society in ways that foster our humanity. In 100 aphoristic statements, his manifesto exposes how forces for human connection have turned into ones of isolation and repression.

Audie Award, History/Biography, 2016. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Based on in-depth interviews with 23 of the 24 moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to get the program moving, A Man on the Moon conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail.

The Internet and smartphone are just the latest in a 250-year-long cycle of disruption that has continuously changed the way we live, the way we work, and the way we interact. The coming Augmented Age, however, promises a level of disruption, behavioral shifts, and changes that are unparalleled. While consumers today are camping outside of an Apple store waiting to be one of the first to score a new Apple Watch or iPhone, the next generation of wearables will be able to predict if we're likely to have a heart attack and recommend a course of action.

Deep beneath our feet, vast and sprawling, lies one of the most sophisticated empires the world has ever known. At first glance, it might not look like much - it is made up of fibre optic cables and obscure payment systems. But according to prominent political scientists Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman, this network is the key source of American power on the global stage, more significant than its military might. Underground Empire weaves together tales of economic conflict, shadowy surveillance technologies and covert infrastructure projects to present an explosive new vision of geopolitics.

Brought to you by Penguin. A revelatory guide to how technology is changing the world, from the creator of Exponential View _________________________ We are entering the Exponential Age. Between faster computers, better software and bigger data, ours is the first era in human history in which...

We are living in a new urban age and its most tangible expression is the "supertall": megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history. In Supertall, TED Resident Stefan Al—himself an experienced architect who has worked on some of the largest buildings in the world—reveals the advancements in engineering, design, and data science that have led to this worldwide boom.

The titans of Silicon Valley are racing to build a single world-changing piece of software. They know that whoever gets there first will revolutionise our relationship with technology - and make billions of dollars in the process. They call it voice computing. Computers that can speak and think just as clearly as humans may seem like the stuff of science fiction, but they are mere years away from becoming a reality. In Talk to Me, veteran tech journalist James Vlahos meets the researchers at Google, Amazon and Apple who are leading the way to a voice computing revolution. 

The Mobile Wave argues that the changes brought by mobile computing are so big and widespread that it’s impossible for us to see it all, even though we are all immersed in it. Saylor explains that the current generation of mobile smart phones and tablet computers has set the stage to become the universal computing platform for the world. In the hands of billions of people and accessible anywhere and anytime, mobile computers are poised to become an appendage of the human being and an essential tool for modern life.

The People Vs Tech is an enthralling account of how our fragile political system is being threatened by the digital revolution. Bartlett explains that by upholding six key pillars of democracy, we can save it before it is too late. We need to become active citizens; uphold a shared democratic culture; protect free elections; promote equality; safeguard competitive and civic freedoms; and trust in a sovereign authority. 

A Soul of the New Machine for our time, a gripping account of invention, commerce, and duplicity in the age of technology A worldwide race is on to perfect the next engine of economic growth, the advanced lithium-ion battery. It will power the electric car, relieve global warming, and catapult...

A riveting account of the birth and remarkable evolution of the most important development in entertainment since television, Replay is the ultimate history of video games. From its origins in the research labs of the 1940s to the groundbreaking success of the Wii, Replay sheds new light on gaming's past.

July 1967: At the Moscow Air Show, the Soviets unveiled six new state-of-the-art aircraft. From among this lineup of new fighters and interceptors stood the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 - purportedly capable of outrunning and outmaneuvering any aircraft in NATO’s inventory. Yet even before its public appearance in Moscow, the MiG-25 had been a grave concern for Western analysts.

数式や専門用語の壁を越え、日常の小さな不便を画期的な解決策へと変える実践的な工学思考と問題解決のプロセスを鮮やかに描き出す、創造力に火をつける知的なオーディオブックです。通勤中や集中した学習のひとと...

Sumérgete en la revolución tecnológica de la China medieval, un imperio fascinante que construyó nuestro mundo moderno. Ideal para mentes inquietas y amantes de la historia que buscan enriquecer su aprendizaje diario, esta asombrosa crónica desvela el auge de una sociedad adelantada a su...

便利すぎる現代社会の裏側で密かに脈打つ巨大なインフラの正体と、宇宙空間の衛星ネットワークが織りなす驚異のテクノロジーに触れ、日常の風景を劇的に変えてみませんか。いつもの通勤時間や家事をしながらのリラ...

Explorez la révolution industrielle et comprenez comment l'essor des machines a bouleversé notre histoire sociale. D'un monde agraire rythmé par les saisons aux gigantesques villes ouvrières, cette transition brutale n'est pas qu'une question de mécanique. C'est le récit profondément...

Décryptez l'histoire technologique d'une paisible ville californienne devenue le cœur de l'innovation mondiale. Loin des mythes individuels, ce récit captivant explore les choix économiques et urbains qui ont transformé des terres autochtones en un puissant berceau de la haute technologie...

Reprenez le contrôle de notre avenir collectif face aux défis environnementaux et technologiques décisifs. Parfait pour enrichir vos trajets quotidiens, cet essai lucide décrypte les tendances lourdes de notre époque. Loin des prédictions alarmistes, il vous offre les clés pour comprendre...

Plongez dans l'histoire antique d'une tribu nomade qui a dompté le désert pour forger une cité minérale mythique. Idéal pour enrichir vos trajets quotidiens d'une véritable évasion intellectuelle, ce récit immersif retrace l'évolution spectaculaire des Nabatéens. Vivez l'ingéniosité...