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    The System

    Who Owns the Internet, and How It Owns Us

    by James Ball ...
    Narrated by James Ball ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 18 min

    Bloomsbury presents The System written and read by James Ball.'A fascinating exposé of the world behind your screen. Timely, often disturbing, and so important'Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women'Takes us beyond Zuckerberg, Bezos et al to a murkier world where we discover how everything online works and who benefits from it. Fascinating, engaging and important'Observer'Could not be ... Read more

    R303,51

  • Audiobook

    Thinking Machine

    The Story of Artificial Intelligence

    by David West ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Maxwell G ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 58 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Thinking Machine: The Story of Artificial IntelligenceWhat happens when machines start to think — or at least seem to? Thinking Machine takes you on a gripping journey through the history of artificial intelligence, from Alan Turing’s wartime codebreaking breakthroughs to the rise of ChatGPT and beyond.Explore the pioneers who dared to ask: Can ... Read more

    R36,35 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Replay

    The History of Video Games

    Narrated by Gary Furlong ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 15 min

    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. Along the way it takes in the spectacular rise and fall of Atari, the crazed cottage industry ... Read more

    R383,39

  • Audiobook

    Steve Jobs: Visionary Innovator

    A Bedtime Biography

    by Jamie Glick ...
    Narrated by Christopher ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 29 min

    Steve Jobs: The Architect of the FutureThe man who didn’t just predict the future—he built it.Steve Jobs was a visionary artist and relentless perfectionist who transformed how we live. This biography explores the brilliant life of the Apple co-founder—from his adoption in Silicon Valley to his status as a global icon who dared to "Think Different."Innovation & RedemptionTh... ... Read more

    R109,41 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Hacker Chronicles, The - Volume 1: Origins

    Ten Cases That Made Cybersecurity Necessary, 1971-1998

    by Ronan Blake ...
    Narrated by A Lancaster ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - The Hacker Chronicles

    Unabridged

    4 hours 42 min

    Between 1971 and 1998, the networks the modern world was being built on had no defences worth the name. This is the story of ten cases that changed that.In 1971, a blind eight-year-old in Boston discovered he could whistle into a telephone and place free long-distance calls. In 1986, an astronomer at Berkeley traced a 75-cent accounting discrepancy to a West German intelligence operation. In 1988, ... Read more

    R164,21 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Fall of Man in Wilmslow

    Narrated by Andrew Wincott ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 9 min

    June 8, 1954. Alan Turing, the visionary mathematician, is found dead at his home in sleepy Wilmslow, dispatched by a poisoned apple.Taking the case, Detective Constable Leonard Corell quickly learns Turing is a convicted homosexual. Confident it's a suicide, he is nonetheless confounded by official secrecy over Turing's war record. What is more, Turing's sexuality appears to be causing alarm ... Read more

    R456,45

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    Anonymous Heritage

    by simon six ...
    Narrated by lola preconne ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 32 min

    In this book, we delve into the world of Anonymous, a community of hackers and free speech activists that has shaken governments and businesses worldwide. Based on a true story, we follow the adventures of some of its members while protecting their anonymity by changing certain names, places, and circumstances. Most of the information is already classified and known. ... Read more

    R73,06 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Ultimate Video Game Quiz

    600 Questions from Pong to the present day

    Narrated by J.D. Kelly ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 40 min

    Join quizmaster J.D. Kelly and find out who can rightfully wear the crown as the king or queen of video game trivia.Sure, maybe you’re unbeatable at FIFA or you’ve mastered super cancel on Pro Evo. Perhaps you’ve clocked up more headshots in Call of Duty or Battlefield than most people have had hot dinners, or you hold the world record speed run for a level in Rayman Legends… but just how well do ... Read more

    R433,37

  • Audiobook

    Breaking Through Bytes

    Women Shaping the Digital World

    by Kelly Vero ...
    Narrated by Ruth Urquhart ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 19 min

    Breaking Through Bytes celebrates the indomitable spirit of women who redefined technology. The book provides vivid portraits of eighteen female pioneers who cracked the digital code, women who dared to question, create and conquer, describing the evolution of technology through an inspiring lens.The book spans millennia, tracing the impact of trailblazing women in technology. In early chapters, ... Read more

    R383,39

  • Audiobook

    8-Bit Apocalypse

    The Untold Story of Atari's Missile Command

    Narrated by Ryan Burke ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 53 min

    The first history of Atari’s Missile Command, and its unforeseen effects on its creators and the cultureBefore Call of Duty, before World of Warcraft, before even Super Mario Bros., the video game industry exploded in the late 1970s with the advent of the video arcade. Leading the charge was Atari Inc., the creator of, among others, the iconic game Missile Command. The first game to double as a ... Read more

    R657,37

  • Audiobook

    WLAN, Router & Internet zuhause verstehen ohne Technikstress

    Wie dein digitales Zuhause funktioniert – einfach und ohne Fachsprache erklärt

    Series Audiobook 10 - Ordystra – Das Klarheits-System

    Unabridged

    5 hours 3 min

    Hast du dich schon oft gefragt, wie dein Internet zuhause eigentlich funktioniert? Technik kann oft frustrierend sein, besonders wenn man nur Bahnhof versteht und sich von Fachbegriffen erschlagen fühlt. Damit ist jetzt Schluss. Dieses Hörbuch ist dein entspannter Wegbegleiter, um dein Heimnetzwerk verstehen zu lernen, ganz ohne Technikstress.Wir fangen ganz vorne an: Was macht ein Router ... Read more

    R206,76

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    Your Data, Their Billions

    Unraveling and Simplifying Big Tech

    Narrated by Natalie Duke ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 36 min

    **What if somebody knew everything about you?Somebody does. That somebody is "Big Tech."Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft know more about you than you do. And they make billions of dollars by cashing in on your private data.**Our personal data, which Big Tech companies get for free, is the engine that drives the unregulated, free-for-all world called the digital marketplace. These ... Read more

    R456,45

  • Audiobook

    Building a Cyber Resilient Business

    A cyber handbook for executives and boards

    Unabridged

    6 hours 34 min

    Learn how to build a proactive cybersecurity culture together with the rest of your C-suite to effectively manage cyber risksKey FeaturesEnable business acceleration by preparing your organization against cyber risksDiscover tips and tricks to manage cyber risks in your organization and build a cyber resilient businessUnpack critical questions for the C-suite to ensure the firm is intentionally ... Read more

    R737,83 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    What is Blockchain?

    Unabridged

    1 hour 29 min

    Bitcoin. Cryptocurrencies. Digital dollars. They’re all built on the world-changing technology known as blockchain.This “audiobook single” explains blockchain in a format that’s friendly and fun. Written for busy technology leaders, entrepreneurs, and students, Sir John Hargrave and Evan Karnoupakis show you how leading-edge organizations are building blockchain into their businesses.You’ll ... Read more

    R54,61 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Being Digital

    Narrated by Penn Jillette ...

    Abridged

    1 hour 12 min

    **NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "Succinct and readable.... If you suffer from digital anxiety ... here is a book that lays it all out for you." --**NewsdayIn lively, mordantly witty prose, Negroponte decodes the mysteries--and debunks the hype--surrounding bandwidth, multimedia, virtual reality, and the Internet, and explains why such touted innovations as the fax and the CD-ROM are likely to go the way ... Read more

    R164,39

  • Audiobook

    Blockchain Success Stories

    Case Studies from the Leading Edge of Business

    Series series Blockchain Success Stories

    Unabridged

    7 hours 18 min

    Here are the real-life stories of the visionaries who are rewiring the world through the new technology called blockchain. Through deep research and firsthand interviews, authors Sir John Hargrave and Evan Karnoupakis will take you on a page-turning journey with these dreamers as they disrupt the world.From the founder of Napster building a global wireless network, to an Indian immigrant re ... Read more

    R456,45 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Coders

    Who They Are, What They Think and How They Are Changing Our World

    Narrated by Rene Ruiz ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 21 min

    'Masterful . . . [Thompson] illuminates both the fascinating coders and the bewildering technological forces that are transforming the world in which we live.' David Grann, author of The Lost City of ZFacebook’s algorithms shaping the news. Uber’s cars flocking the streets. Revolution on Twitter and romance on Tinder. We live in a world constructed of computer code. Coders – software programmers – ... Read more

    R281,61

  • Audiobook

    How AI Thinks

    How we built it, how it can help us, and how we can control it

    by Nigel Toon ...
    Narrated by Joe Jameson ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 47 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.Those who understand how AI thinks are about to win big.**We are used to thinking of computers as being a step up from calculators - very good at storing information, and maybe even at playing a logical game like chess. But up to now they haven't been able to think in ways that are intuitive, or respond to questions as a human might. All that has changed, dramatically, ... Read more

    R303,51

  • Audiobook

    The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived

    Tom Watson Jr. and the Epic Story of How IBM Created the Digital Age

    Unabridged

    17 hours 18 min

    “A compelling new biography… [The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived] spins the Watsons into near-Shakespearean figures, as if ‘Succession’ were set in the era of ‘Mad Men’.” ―The New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceThe enduring story of Thomas Watson Jr.—a figure more important to the creation of the modern world than Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and Morgan.Nearly fifty years into IBM’s ... Read more

    R686,99

  • Audiobook

    The Soul of A New Machine

    by Tracy Kidder ...
    Narrated by Ben Sullivan ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 3 min

    Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry.Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not ... Read more

    R492,99

  • Audiobook

    Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know Today About Our Future

    Narrated by Nick Dolle ...

    Unabridged

    32 min

    Why do we need research to ensure that artificial intelligence remains safe and beneficial? What are the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence?Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.From SIRI to self-driving cars, artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing rapidly. While science fiction often portrays AI as robots with human-like characteristics, AI can encompass ... Read more

    R82,10

  • Audiobook

    The AGI Chronicles

    The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence

    by Kevin Roose ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours

    ‘Exciting and brilliantly reported’ Walter IsaacsonTHE AGI CHRONICLES is not a futurist manifesto, an academic chin-stroker, a corporate biography, or a self-help manual. It’s the inside story of the birth of AGI, as told by the people who are bringing it into existence, or trying to stop it from coming into existence, and who are grappling with the consequences before anyone else.Building ... Read more

    R511,25

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    The Irrational Decision

    How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us

    Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 42 min

    This audiobook narrated by Eric Jason Martin reveals how the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality—and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgmentIn the 1940s, mathematicians set out to design computers that could act as ideal rational agents in the face of uncertainty. The Irrational Decision tells the story of how they settled on a ... Read more

    R546,90 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Shortest History of AI

    The Six Essential Ideas That Animate It

    by Toby Walsh ...
    Narrated by Michael Langan ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 14 min

    From a world-leading AI researcher, the history of artificial intelligence told through the six key ways it functionsSince Alan Turing first posed the question "Can machines think?" artificial intelligence has evolved from a speculative idea to a transformative force. The Shortest History of AI traces this evolution, from Ada Lovelace's visionary work to IBM's groundbreaking defeat of the chess ... Read more

    R292,06