Computers & Technology

The difference between growing your business and going out of business is your ability to think strategically. The problem is, most leaders are stuck in the operational weeds, struggling to find the time to make better strategic decisions. This challenge is only heightened by the rise of AI.

An Instant New York Times Bestseller From one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning—based on unprecedented access—with one of the world’s most brilliant and driven tech visionaries, and his game-changing company Even by the...

From the New York Times bestselling authors of Abundance, Bold, and The Future Is Faster Than You Think comes a bold exploration of what it means to stay human in a world where technology has granted us godlike power. In 1968, Stewart Brand declared: “We are as gods—and we might as well get...

A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction A New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by Smithsonian, Scientific American, and Elle Winner of the Porchlight Business Book Award “A bestselling page-turner that has...

"May prove to be the most important book of our time.”—Tim Urban, Wait But Why The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction—but it’s not too late to change course, as two of the field’s earliest researchers explain in this clarion call for humanity. In 2023...

The #1 New York Times and global bestseller from Walter Isaacson—the acclaimed author of Steve Jobs, Einstein: His Life and World, Benjamin Franklin, and Leonardo da Vinci—is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating, controversial innovator of modern times. For two years...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An urgent warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance—from a co-founder of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind and current CEO of...

Instant New York Times Bestseller In time for Apple’s 50th anniversary, CBS Sunday Morning correspondent David Pogue tells the iconic company’s entire life story: how it was born, nearly died, was born again under Steve Jobs, and became, under CEO Tim Cook, the most valuable company in the...

The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to bring AI-powered targeting systems onto the battlefield.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. “Strikingly original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly...

Fanatical Prospecting gives salespeople, sales leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives a practical, eye-opening guide that clearly explains the why and how behind the most important activity in sales and business development—prospecting. Step by step, Jeb Blount outlines his innovative approach...

The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have...

From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living....

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “A cri de coeur that takes aim at the tech industry for abandoning its history of helping America and its allies.”—The Wall Street Journal From the Palantir co-founder, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of...

Winner of the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award Named a Best Book of 2025 by The Economist “Framed as a biography of Jensen Huang, the only CEO Nvidia has ever had, the book is also something more interesting and revealing: a window onto the intellectual, cultural, and economic...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “One of the most important books in years.” - #1 NYT Bestselling Author Peter Schweizer “Code Red is a must-read.” – Sen. Marsha Blackburn, TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI “Illuminating…alarming…essential.” –Michael Shellenberger...

If you’re ready to save time, slash costs, and grow faster in a world moving at AI speed, this 3-in-1 guide is your ultimate shortcut.

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction Winner of the Kirkus Nonfiction Prize Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Stunning…A heart-pounding thriller…Challenger...

This is a practical, non-technical guide for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and curious minds. This comprehensive guide on agentic AI cuts through the hype and offers a clear, jargon-free strategic roadmap to understanding and applying this technology.

New York Times Best Seller How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology—and there’s nobody better qualified or situated to explore that...

Broken Money explores the history of money through the lens of technology. Politics can affect things temporarily and locally, but technology is what drives things forward globally and permanently....

Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt wrote the first edition of this influential book in 1999 to help their clients create better software and rediscover the joy of coding. These lessons have helped a generation of programmers examine the very essence of software development....

The #1 New York Times bestseller from David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize—the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly—Wilbur and Orville Wright. On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two...

Read by the author. Will technology change what it means to be human? You don't have to be a computer scientist to have discerning conversations about artificial intelligence and technology. We all wonder where we're headed. Even now, technological innovations and machine learning have a daily...

Today's "machine-learning" systems, trained by data, are so effective that we've invited them to see and hear for us - and to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm bells are ringing. Systems cull résumés until, years later, we discover that they have inherent gender biases.

An Instant New York Times Bestseller From one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning—based on unprecedented access—with one of the world’s most brilliant and driven tech visionaries, and his game-changing company Even by the...

From the New York Times bestselling authors of Abundance, Bold, and The Future Is Faster Than You Think comes a bold exploration of what it means to stay human in a world where technology has granted us godlike power. In 1968, Stewart Brand declared: “We are as gods—and we might as well get...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “One of the most important books in years.” - #1 NYT Bestselling Author Peter Schweizer “Code Red is a must-read.” – Sen. Marsha Blackburn, TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI “Illuminating…alarming…essential.” –Michael Shellenberger...

In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by a Marine Corps colonel haunted by the deaths of US troops and prospect of AI-enhanced rivals, the Project Maven team raced to send AI into combat, igniting controversy and forever changing the US military. Summoning the mayhem of a tech startup, the group wrestled Pentagon bureaucrats and each other, enlisted an initially reluctant Silicon Valley, and convinced US forces to deploy little-tested AI systems in hot wars.

Through a recent series of breakthroughs, deep learning has boosted the entire field of machine learning. Now, even programmers who know close to nothing about this technology can use simple, efficient tools to implement programs capable of learning from data. This bestselling book uses concrete...

Doctor AI: Reimagining Health, Rebuilding Trust, Delivering Health 4.0 offers a bold, system-wide blueprint for transforming healthcare in the twenty-first century. Robin Blackstone, MD, brings decades of clinical, organizational, and policy experience to one of the most urgent questions of our time: how to deliver effective, affordable health at scale.

A searing investigation into the child influencer industry and the perils of childhood internet fame, Like, Follow, Subscribe is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the costs of internet fame, and the ethics of online content. What is it like to grow up with a camera in your face...

Sun Tzu wrote it 2,500 years ago. Nation-states are using it today. The Art of War: A Cybersecurity Companion takes Sun Tzu's complete text — every verse of the Lionel Giles translation — and maps it to the modern reality of nation-state cyber conflict. Not as metaphor. As doctrine. Every verse is followed by an extended Cyber Parallel: a substantive analytical commentary connecting Sun Tzu's principle to how China's APT41, Russia's Sandworm, North Korea's Lazarus Group, and Iran's IRGC actually operate in the wild. Every verse is then grounded in a Field Note: a named actor, a named ...

Learn how to successfully emerge from complex crisis conditions with this practical, comprehensive guide. "A book I wish I’d had in difficult times.” —General Stanley McChrystal, US Army (Ret) & Co-Founder and CEO, McChrystal Group When the system breaks, what do you do? You're in the...

Technology moves fast, and so should your learning. This comprehensive audiobook study guide is designed for modern learners who want to prepare effectively for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1201) and Core 2 (220-1202) exams without putting life on hold. Whether you're driving to work, walking, training at the gym, or handling daily routines, this guide transforms ordinary time into focused, productive preparation.

Agentic AI is the next big leap in artificial intelligence. Agentic systems don't just respond to commands. They set goals, make decisions, and take initiative without direct human interaction. Sound like a lot to wrap your head around? Fortunately Agentic AI For Dummies is here to help you gain...

Unlock the mysteries of the Internet of Things with "Forensic Data Analysis with Python," your essential guide to mastering IoT network forensics. As the digital landscape expands with a proliferation of connected devices, understanding the nuances of IoT security is no longer optional—it's imperative. This comprehensive eBook serves as your strategic partner in navigating the complex intersection of network forensics and IoT technologies. Start your journey by diving into the significance of IoT forensics, a field that is reshaping how we think about digital evidence. Explore compelling ...

Ronald Legarski reveals how the digital economy runs on bandwidth, cryptography, and code. As CEO of SolveForce, he has spent decades building connectivity infrastructure—and now he explores how that infrastructure fuels the next wave of economic transformation.

Ransomware attacks are no longer a question of if—it's a matter of when. With hackers increasingly targeting backup and disaster recovery (DR) systems, organizations need more than prevention strategies; they need a battle-tested plan for minimizing damage, forensically determining what's...

In Technologies of Tomorrow: Engineering the Future of Life, Matter, and Information, Bernd Riemann provides a definitive and rigorous analysis of the one hundred breakthroughs that are actively dismantling the boundaries between the biological, the physical, and the digital worlds. This is not a work of science fiction, but a technical roadmap for the next century of civilization. The complexity of modern innovation is categorized into three fundamental ontological domains: Part I: The Future of Life. The biological sciences have shifted from observation to predictive engineering. We now ...

How do our brains give rise to our conscious minds? How do our minds learn and consciously experience miraculous creations of our civilizations, such as visual art, music, and the languages whose meanings enable us to think and communicate about our experiences in the world?

AIGP Flash Cards takes the core content of AIGP For Busy People and turns it into 1,000 practice flashcards designed to reinforce exam readiness. It is built for readers who want more repetition, stronger recall, and a simpler way to keep key concepts in front of them every day. This book is a strong fit for solo learners, last-mile reviewers, commuters, and professionals studying around a crowded schedule. When you do not always have time for a full chapter, flashcards let you keep moving with short, focused review sessions that still add up. The flashcards are designed to help you retain ...

GIAC GISF Flashcards: 1,000 Practice Cards is built for one job: retention. It transforms the main book’s content into 1,000 focused flashcards so you can rehearse core ideas until they become fast, reliable recall. If you learn well by drilling, self-quizzing, and tightening weak areas, this format will fit your day. It works for solo learners who want a clear routine, for commuters who need something portable, and for busy schedules where study time arrives in short, repeatable windows. The flashcards are designed to reinforce the same fundamentals the GIAC GISF exam measures. You’ll ...

If you’re aiming for the GIAC GISF exam, you probably don’t need more noise—you need a plan you can follow. This book is built for learners who want security fundamentals explained clearly, with enough structure to make progress even when study time comes in small, uneven blocks. GIAC GISF Study Guide for Busy Professionals is designed to help you build confidence in the basics and keep it. You’ll move from key terms and concepts into the practical understanding the exam is trying to measure, so you can read a question, recognize what it’s really asking, and choose an answer for ...

ITIL V5 Flash Cards turns the content of the main book into 1,000 practice flashcards designed to reinforce exam readiness through repetition, recall, and focused review. It is built for readers who want a faster way to revisit the material, strengthen memory, and keep key ideas active between longer study sessions. This book is especially useful for solo learners, commuters, late-stage reviewers, and professionals studying around full schedules. Some readers need a portable review tool they can use in ten-minute windows. Others want a way to test themselves after reading. This flashcard ...

"Speech Processing" is a comprehensive and practical guide meticulously designed for students, developers, and engineers entering the fascinating domain of speech technology. This book is built on a "first principles" and "hands-on" approach, systematically demystifying the journey of a speech signal from a physical sound wave to a machine-interpretable format, and finally, to its application in intelligent systems. It is engineered to serve as a primary textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Computer Science and Engineering, fully compliant with NEP 2020 (India), AICTE ...

En Una breve historia de la humanidad en 50 objetos, el economista superventas Tim Harford nos sorprende con una nueva recopilación de innovaciones e ideas extraordinarias -memorables, curiosas y, a menudo, inesperadas- que nos enseñan profundas lecciones sobre la compleja economía global en la que vivimos. Desde el ladrillo, el blockchain y la bicicleta, hasta el fuego, la fábrica y la recaudación de impuestos, pasando por la energía solar, el lápiz o el sello postal, esta brillante y reveladora selección fascina, inspira y estimula la mente.

Emily M. Bender e Alex Hanna spiegano perché le tecnologie vendute come "intelligenza artificiale" non sono una magia capace di risolvere ogni problema. L'IA di oggi è fatta di sistemi statistici su larga scala, che producono linguaggio e immagini senza comprenderli ‒ non un'intelligenza pensante ma «pappagalli stocastici». Le autrici ne sfatano i falsi miti e mettono in luce le insidie del loro impiego in ambiti chiave ‒ lavoro, sanità, giustizia, istruzione, scienza, arte e giornalismo.

"Beyond Deep Learning" is a practical, hands-on guide designed for students, developers, and researchers who seek to understand and implement the next wave of artificial intelligence technologies. This book moves past the conventional paradigms of deep learning to explore the emerging architectures and methodologies that address its core limitations, such as lack of interpretability, data inefficiency, and the inability to reason causally. Philosophy The guiding philosophy of this book is "Learning by Doing." I firmly believe that the most profound and lasting understanding of complex ...

In the shadows of cyberspace, nation-states wage wars that never officially begin — and the analysts who unmask them are the most important investigators you've never heard of. When FireEye discovered that its own network had been breached in December 2020, the trail led not to a single compromised company but to eighteen thousand organizations worldwide — including the US Treasury, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Nuclear Security Administration. The attackers had hidden inside a routine software update for over a year. But who were they? And how do you identify a ...