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Devil in the Stack: A Code Odyssey

Andrew Smith - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

From internationally-bestselling author and journalist Andrew Smith, an immersive, alarming, sharp-eyed journey into the bizarre world of computer code, told through his sometimes painful, often amusing attempt to become a coder himselfThroughout history, technological revolutions have...
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

Yuval Noah Harari - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite allour discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find...
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Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World

Parmy Olson - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

In November of 2022, a webpage was posted online with a simple text box. It was an AI chatbot called ChatGPT, and was unlike any app people had used before. It was more human than a customer service agent, more convenient than a Google search. Behind the scenes, battles for control and prestige...
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It's a Gas: The Sublime and Elusive Elements That Expand Our World

Mark Miodownik - HarperAudio
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Stuff Matters presents a rollicking guided tour of the secret lives of gases: the magnificent, strange, and fascinating substances that shape our world.Gases are all around us - they fill our lungs, power our movement, create stars, and warm our atmosphere....
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Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever

Joseph Cox - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made its own tech start-up to wiretap the world, shows how cunning both the authorities and drug traffickers have become, with privacy implications for everyone.. In 2018, a powerful app for secure communications...
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