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The Unaccountability Machine

Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind

by Dan Davies ...

A NEW STATESMAN AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024'A great book ... a wonderful way of talking about our current world' Rory Stewart'Mischievous and fiercely intelligent' Ed Smith, New Statesman'One of the most insightful books I've read in a long time' Sam Freedman<p... ... Read more

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A NEW STATESMAN AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024'A great book ... a wonderful way of talking about our current world' Rory Stewart'Mischievous and fiercely intelligent' Ed Smith, New Statesman'One of the most insightful books I've read in a long time' Sam Freedman<p...
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Platform Engineering

by Camille Fournier, Ian Nowland ...

Until recently, infrastructure was the backbone of organizations operating software they developed in-house. But now that cloud vendors run the computers, companies can finally bring the benefits of agile custom-centricity to their own developers. Adding product management to infrastructure organizations is now all the rage.But how's that possible when infrastructure is still the operational layer ... Read more

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Until recently, infrastructure was the backbone of organizations operating software they developed in-house. But now that cloud vendors run the computers, companies can finally bring the benefits of agile custom-centricity to their own developers. Adding product management to infrastructure organizations is now all the rage.But how's that possible when infrastructure is still the operational layer
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A Cursed Place

A page-turning thriller of the dark world of cyber surveillance

by Peter Hanington ...

Series series William Carver Novels
*ONE OF 40 BOOKS FOR SUMMER* 'gripping'- iNews**'A panoramic thriller ...chockful of vivid characters' THE SUNDAY TIMES'An intriguing, timely and unsettling new thriller' SAM BOURNE'Catapults you from first word to last... pacy, sinister and timely read' ALAN JUDD'Another page-turner from a writer who can take you into gripping worlds, real and virtual.' MISHAL HUSAIN<... ... Read more

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*ONE OF 40 BOOKS FOR SUMMER* 'gripping'- iNews**'A panoramic thriller ...chockful of vivid characters' THE SUNDAY TIMES'An intriguing, timely and unsettling new thriller' SAM BOURNE'Catapults you from first word to last... pacy, sinister and timely read' ALAN JUDD'Another page-turner from a writer who can take you into gripping worlds, real and virtual.' MISHAL HUSAIN<...
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Basics with Windows Powershell

by Prometheus MMS ...

Cmdlets are the heart-and-soul of Windows PowerShell, Microsoft's new command shell/scripting language. This series provides a task-based introduction to Windows PowerShell cmdlets: rather than focusing on the individual cmdlets themselves, the emphasis is on the tasks you can carry out using those cmdlets. These tasks include everything from reading and writing text files to managing event logs ... Read more

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Cmdlets are the heart-and-soul of Windows PowerShell, Microsoft's new command shell/scripting language. This series provides a task-based introduction to Windows PowerShell cmdlets: rather than focusing on the individual cmdlets themselves, the emphasis is on the tasks you can carry out using those cmdlets. These tasks include everything from reading and writing text files to managing event logs
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What’s Really Going On in Machine Learning? Some Minimal Models

by Stephen Wolfram ...

Series series Stephen Wolfram Writings ePub Series
The Hidden Workings of Machine LearningWhy does machine learning work at all? Neural networks power everything from image recognition to language models, yet the science behind their success remains strangely elusive. In this essay, Stephen Wolfram strips machine learning down to its barest forms—minimal models built from simple rules—and shows that even at this level, systems can learn. What ... Read more

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The Hidden Workings of Machine LearningWhy does machine learning work at all? Neural networks power everything from image recognition to language models, yet the science behind their success remains strangely elusive. In this essay, Stephen Wolfram strips machine learning down to its barest forms—minimal models built from simple rules—and shows that even at this level, systems can learn. What
... Read more
It Looked Good on Paper

Bizarre Inventions, Design Disasters, and Engineering Follies

by Bill Fawcett ...

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Digital Transformation in Cloud Computing

Top-level Design, Architecture, and Applications

by Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Gts ...

With the rapid development of cloud computing and digital transformation, well-designed cloud-based architecture is always in urgent need. Illustrated by project cases from the Chinese technology company Alibaba, this book elaborates how to design a cloud-based application system and build them on the cloud.Cloud computing is far from being just a resource provider; it offers database, storage and ... Read more

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With the rapid development of cloud computing and digital transformation, well-designed cloud-based architecture is always in urgent need. Illustrated by project cases from the Chinese technology company Alibaba, this book elaborates how to design a cloud-based application system and build them on the cloud.Cloud computing is far from being just a resource provider; it offers database, storage and
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The Falls

The number one bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS

by Ian Rankin ...

Series Book 12 - A Rebus Novel
The twelfth Inspector Rebus bestseller - a powerfully gripping novel where past and present collide...From the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES'This is, quite simply, crime writing of the highest order' DAILY EXPRESS'The unopposed champion of the British police procedural' GUARDIANA student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of ... Read more

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The twelfth Inspector Rebus bestseller - a powerfully gripping novel where past and present collide...From the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES'This is, quite simply, crime writing of the highest order' DAILY EXPRESS'The unopposed champion of the British police procedural' GUARDIANA student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of
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Your Face Belongs to Us

The Secretive Startup Dismantling Your Privacy

by Kashmir Hill ...

***AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024**LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'A parable for our times' FINANCIAL TIMES, Best Books of 2023'Gripping' THE TIMES, Best Technology Books of 2023____________________________________... ... Read more

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***AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024**LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'A parable for our times' FINANCIAL TIMES, Best Books of 2023'Gripping' THE TIMES, Best Technology Books of 2023____________________________________...
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Scary Smart

The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World

by Mo Gawdat ...

**A Sunday Times Business Book of the Year.Scary Smart will teach you how to navigate the scary and inevitable intrusion of Artificial Intelligence, with an accessible blueprint for creating a harmonious future alongside AI. From Mo Gawdat, the former Chief Business Officer at Google [X] and bestselling author of Solve for Happy.**Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented ... Read more

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**A Sunday Times Business Book of the Year.Scary Smart will teach you how to navigate the scary and inevitable intrusion of Artificial Intelligence, with an accessible blueprint for creating a harmonious future alongside AI. From Mo Gawdat, the former Chief Business Officer at Google [X] and bestselling author of Solve for Happy.**Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented
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Tubes

Behind the Scenes at the Internet

by Andrew Blum ...

The Internet. Home to the most important and intimate aspects of our lives. Our careers, our relationships, our selves, all of them are out there - online. So, where is that exactly?'The Internet really IS a series of tubes! Who knew?' David Pogue, The New York Times'Utterly engrossing. Even the most geek-wary of readers will enjoy' Independent__________... ... Read more

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The Internet. Home to the most important and intimate aspects of our lives. Our careers, our relationships, our selves, all of them are out there - online. So, where is that exactly?'The Internet really IS a series of tubes! Who knew?' David Pogue, The New York Times'Utterly engrossing. Even the most geek-wary of readers will enjoy' Independent__________...
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How to Speak Whale

A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication

by Tom Mustill ...

‘Fascinating’ Greta Thunberg ‘Extraordinary’ Merlin Sheldrake ‘A must-read’ New Scientist ‘Enthralling’ George Monbiot ‘Brilliant’ Philip HoareWildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill had always liked whales. But when one breached onto his kayak, nearly killing him, he became obsessed.This book traces his extraordinary investigation into the deep ocean and the cutting-edge science of animal translation.What ... Read more

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‘Fascinating’ Greta Thunberg ‘Extraordinary’ Merlin Sheldrake ‘A must-read’ New Scientist ‘Enthralling’ George Monbiot ‘Brilliant’ Philip HoareWildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill had always liked whales. But when one breached onto his kayak, nearly killing him, he became obsessed.This book traces his extraordinary investigation into the deep ocean and the cutting-edge science of animal translation.What
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AI Engineering

Building Applications with Foundation Models

by Chip Huyen ...

Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use. Everyone, including those with minimal or no prior AI experience, can now leverage AI models to build ... Read more

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Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use. Everyone, including those with minimal or no prior AI experience, can now leverage AI models to build
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Bill Gates

The Path to the Future

by Jonathan Gatlin ...

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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides ...

Capturing a wealth of experience about the design of object-oriented software, four top-notch designers present a catalog of simple and succinct solutions to commonly occurring design problems. Previously undocumented, these 23 patterns allow designers to create more flexible, elegant, and ultimately reusable designs without having to rediscover the design solutions themselves.The authors begin by ... Read more

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Capturing a wealth of experience about the design of object-oriented software, four top-notch designers present a catalog of simple and succinct solutions to commonly occurring design problems. Previously undocumented, these 23 patterns allow designers to create more flexible, elegant, and ultimately reusable designs without having to rediscover the design solutions themselves.The authors begin by
... Read more
The Cyber Effect

A Pioneering Cyberpsychologist Explains How Human Behaviour Changes Online

by Mary Aiken ...

Dr Mary Aiken is the world's leading expert in forensic cyberpsychology - a discipline that combines psychology, criminology and technology to investigate the intersection between technology and human behaviour. In this, her first book, Aiken has created a starting point for all future conversations about how the Internet is shaping our perception of the world, development and behaviour, societal ... Read more

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Dr Mary Aiken is the world's leading expert in forensic cyberpsychology - a discipline that combines psychology, criminology and technology to investigate the intersection between technology and human behaviour. In this, her first book, Aiken has created a starting point for all future conversations about how the Internet is shaping our perception of the world, development and behaviour, societal
... Read more
Intercept

The Secret History of Computers and Spies

by Gordon Corera ...

The computer was born to spy, and now computers are transforming espionage. But who are the spies and who is being spied on in today's interconnected world?This is the exhilarating secret history of the melding of technology and espionage. Gordon Corera's compelling narrative, rich with historical details and characters, takes us from the Second World War to the internet age, revealing the ... Read more

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The computer was born to spy, and now computers are transforming espionage. But who are the spies and who is being spied on in today's interconnected world?This is the exhilarating secret history of the melding of technology and espionage. Gordon Corera's compelling narrative, rich with historical details and characters, takes us from the Second World War to the internet age, revealing the
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Effective Modern C++

42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14

by Scott Meyers ...

Coming to grips with C++11 and C++14 is more than a matter of familiarizing yourself with the features they introduce (e.g., auto type declarations, move semantics, lambda expressions, and concurrency support). The challenge is learning to use those features effectively—so that your software is correct, efficient, maintainable, and portable. That’s where this practical book comes in. It describes ... Read more

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Coming to grips with C++11 and C++14 is more than a matter of familiarizing yourself with the features they introduce (e.g., auto type declarations, move semantics, lambda expressions, and concurrency support). The challenge is learning to use those features effectively—so that your software is correct, efficient, maintainable, and portable. That’s where this practical book comes in. It describes
... Read more
Deep Thinking

Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins

by Garry Kasparov, Mig Greengard ...

In May 1997, the world watched as Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player in the world, was defeated for the first time by the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue. It was a watershed moment in the history of technology: machine intelligence had arrived at the point where it could best human intellect.It wasn't a coincidence that Kasparov became the symbol of man's fight against the machines. Chess has ... Read more

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In May 1997, the world watched as Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player in the world, was defeated for the first time by the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue. It was a watershed moment in the history of technology: machine intelligence had arrived at the point where it could best human intellect.It wasn't a coincidence that Kasparov became the symbol of man's fight against the machines. Chess has
... Read more
The Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech: Computer, Consoles & Games

by Peter Leigh ...

Series series Tech Classics
Remember what a wild frontier the early days of home gaming were? Manufacturers releasing new consoles at a breakneck pace; developers creating games that kept us up all night, then going bankrupt the next day; and what self-respecting kid didn't beg their parents for an Atari or a Nintendo? This explosion of computers, consoles, and games was genuinely unlike anything the tech world has seen ... Read more

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Remember what a wild frontier the early days of home gaming were? Manufacturers releasing new consoles at a breakneck pace; developers creating games that kept us up all night, then going bankrupt the next day; and what self-respecting kid didn't beg their parents for an Atari or a Nintendo? This explosion of computers, consoles, and games was genuinely unlike anything the tech world has seen
... Read more
Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)

by Sebastian Raschka ...

Series series From Scratch
How to implement LLM attention mechanisms and GPT-style transformers.In Build a Large Language Model (from Scratch) bestselling author Sebastian Raschka guides you step by step through creating your own LLM. Each stage is explained with clear text, diagrams, and examples. You’ll go from the initial design and creation, to pretraining on a general corpus, and on to fine-tuning for specific tasks ... Read more

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How to implement LLM attention mechanisms and GPT-style transformers.In Build a Large Language Model (from Scratch) bestselling author Sebastian Raschka guides you step by step through creating your own LLM. Each stage is explained with clear text, diagrams, and examples. You’ll go from the initial design and creation, to pretraining on a general corpus, and on to fine-tuning for specific tasks
... Read more
The Software Architect Elevator

Redefining the Architect's Role in the Digital Enterprise

by Gregor Hohpe ...

As the digital economy changes the rules of the game for enterprises, the role of software and IT architects is also transforming. Rather than focus on technical decisions alone, architects and senior technologists need to combine organizational and technical knowledge to effect change in their company’s structure and processes. To accomplish that, they need to connect the IT engine room to the ... Read more

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As the digital economy changes the rules of the game for enterprises, the role of software and IT architects is also transforming. Rather than focus on technical decisions alone, architects and senior technologists need to combine organizational and technical knowledge to effect change in their company’s structure and processes. To accomplish that, they need to connect the IT engine room to the
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Simply AI

Facts Made Fast

by DK ...

Series series DK Simply
Combining clear labelled imagery with easy-to-understand text, this new edition of Simply Artificial Intelligence is the perfect introduction to the latest developments in AI, including ChatGPT and the Internet of Things.Covering a broad range of fields within AI - from computing and mathematics to politics and philosophy - entries demystify what artificial intelligence is and how it works, how it ... Read more

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Combining clear labelled imagery with easy-to-understand text, this new edition of Simply Artificial Intelligence is the perfect introduction to the latest developments in AI, including ChatGPT and the Internet of Things.Covering a broad range of fields within AI - from computing and mathematics to politics and philosophy - entries demystify what artificial intelligence is and how it works, how it
... Read more
Software Engineering at Google

Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time

by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright ...

Today, software engineers need to know not only how to program effectively but also how to develop proper engineering practices to make their codebase sustainable and healthy. This book emphasizes this difference between programming and software engineering.How can software engineers manage a living codebase that evolves and responds to changing requirements and demands over the length of its life ... Read more

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Today, software engineers need to know not only how to program effectively but also how to develop proper engineering practices to make their codebase sustainable and healthy. This book emphasizes this difference between programming and software engineering.How can software engineers manage a living codebase that evolves and responds to changing requirements and demands over the length of its life
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