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Mini Big Ideas

A Little Book of Big Innovations

by Jonny Thomson ...

Narrated by Jonny Thomson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 11 min

From the internationally acclaimed author of MINI PHILOSOPHY, here are 150 big ideas in bite-sized chunks.Every so often, a new idea comes along that changes everything. Vaccinations. Relativity. Fascism. Can we imagine a world before the invention of writing? What would Christianity have looked like without with a concept of hell? Sometimes these ideas come along suddenly: Copernicus suggesting ... Read more

£22.49

From the internationally acclaimed author of MINI PHILOSOPHY, here are 150 big ideas in bite-sized chunks.Every so often, a new idea comes along that changes everything. Vaccinations. Relativity. Fascism. Can we imagine a world before the invention of writing? What would Christianity have looked like without with a concept of hell? Sometimes these ideas come along suddenly: Copernicus suggesting
... Read more
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The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late

by Cory Doctorow ...

Narrated by Cory Doctorow ...

Unabridged

5 hours 28 min

A short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification. This program is read by the author."[Cory] Doctorow's writing is best when he delivers it, and this...is no exception." — Kirkus on EnshittificationIn modern tech parlance, a centaur is a person who is able to use technology to be a better, more productive version of ... Read more

£15.33

A short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification. This program is read by the author."[Cory] Doctorow's writing is best when he delivers it, and this...is no exception." — Kirkus on EnshittificationIn modern tech parlance, a centaur is a person who is able to use technology to be a better, more productive version of
... Read more
Audiobook

Empire of AI

Inside the reckless race for total domination

by Karen Hao ...

Narrated by Karen Hao ...

Unabridged

17 hours 50 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.An eye-opening account of the tech arms race shaping out planet, from an award-winning journalist and AI insider to the world of Sam Altman and OpenAI**When longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, it was meant, its leader Sam ... Read more

£14.40

**Brought to you by Penguin.An eye-opening account of the tech arms race shaping out planet, from an award-winning journalist and AI insider to the world of Sam Altman and OpenAI**When longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, it was meant, its leader Sam
... Read more
Audiobook

Data Feminism

by Catherine D'Ignazio, Lauren F. Klein ...

Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt ...

Unabridged

7 hours 37 min

Today, data science is a form of power. It has been used to expose injustice, improve health outcomes, and topple governments. But it has also been used to discriminate, police, and surveil. This potential for good, on the one hand, and harm, on the other, makes it essential to ask: Data science by whom? Data science for whom? Data science with whose interests in mind? The narratives around big ... Read more

£13.33

Today, data science is a form of power. It has been used to expose injustice, improve health outcomes, and topple governments. But it has also been used to discriminate, police, and surveil. This potential for good, on the one hand, and harm, on the other, makes it essential to ask: Data science by whom? Data science for whom? Data science with whose interests in mind? The narratives around big
... Read more
Audiobook

The Unaccountability Machine

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

by Dan Davies ...

Narrated by Peter Dickson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 2 min

'A corporation, or a government department isn't a conscious being, but it is an artificial intelligence. It has the capability to take decisions which are completely distinct from the intentions of any of the people who compose it. And under stressful conditions, it can go stark raving mad.'When we avoid taking a decision, what happens to it? In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies examines ... Read more

£22.49

'A corporation, or a government department isn't a conscious being, but it is an artificial intelligence. It has the capability to take decisions which are completely distinct from the intentions of any of the people who compose it. And under stressful conditions, it can go stark raving mad.'When we avoid taking a decision, what happens to it? In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies examines
... Read more
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Doppelganger

A Trip Into the Mirror World

by Naomi Klein ...

Narrated by Naomi Klein ...

Unabridged

14 hours 47 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.*WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION****THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE TIMES, NEW YORK TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, AND PROSPECT*When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared her first name, but had radically different, harmful views, was getting chronically mistaken for her, it seemed too ridiculous... ... Read more

£14.40

**Brought to you by Penguin.*WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION****THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE TIMES, NEW YORK TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, AND PROSPECT*When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared her first name, but had radically different, harmful views, was getting chronically mistaken for her, it seemed too ridiculous...
... Read more
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Algorithms to Live By

The Computer Science of Human Decisions

by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths ...

Narrated by Brian Christian ...

Unabridged

11 hours 50 min

A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mindAll our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What ... Read more

£28.66

A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mindAll our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What
... Read more
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The Cuckoo's Egg

Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

by Cliff Stoll ...

Narrated by Will Damron ...

Unabridged

12 hours 46 min

Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive US citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up? Cliff Stoll's dramatic firsthand account is "a computer-age detective story ... Read more

£16.66

Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive US citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up? Cliff Stoll's dramatic firsthand account is "a computer-age detective story
... Read more
Audiobook

Failure Is Not an Option

Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

by Gene Kranz ...

Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

Unabridged

18 hours 14 min

Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and ... Read more

£15.99

Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and
... Read more
Audiobook

The Girl in the Spider's Web

the return of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

by David Lagercrantz ...

Narrated by Saul Reichlin ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Millennium
Unabridged

16 hours 46 min

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO IS BACK.Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist have not been in touch for some time.Then Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger, but more concerned for his son's well-being, Balder wants Millennium to publish his story - and it is a terrifying one.More interesting to Blomkvist than Balder's world ... Read more

£26.99

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO IS BACK.Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist have not been in touch for some time.Then Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger, but more concerned for his son's well-being, Balder wants Millennium to publish his story - and it is a terrifying one.More interesting to Blomkvist than Balder's world
... Read more
Audiobook

Easy Money

Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud

by Ben McKenzie, Jacob Silverman ...

Narrated by Ben McKenzie ...

Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

A wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crash.From a famous actor and an experienced journalist, a wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crashAt the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie (The O.C., Gotham) was the perfect mark for ... Read more

£14.78 or Free with Kobo Plus

A wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crash.From a famous actor and an experienced journalist, a wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crashAt the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie (The O.C., Gotham) was the perfect mark for
... Read more
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners.

by Martin Kleppmann ...

Narrated by Benjamin Lange ...

Unabridged

20 hours 56 min

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. In addition, we have an overwhelming variety of tools, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, stream or batch processors, and message brokers. What are the right choices for your application? How do you ... Read more

£24.22 or Free with Kobo Plus

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. In addition, we have an overwhelming variety of tools, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, stream or batch processors, and message brokers. What are the right choices for your application? How do you
... Read more
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2084 and the AI Revolution, Updated and Expanded Edition

How Artificial Intelligence Informs Our Future

by John C. Lennox ...

Narrated by John C. Lennox ...

Unabridged

17 hours

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 impact on our lives, and many of us see good reasons to dread the future. Are we doomed to the surveillance ... Read more

£17.99

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 impact on our lives, and many of us see good reasons to dread the future. Are we doomed to the surveillance
... Read more
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Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach

by Mark Richards, Neal Ford ...

Narrated by Benjamin Lange ...

Unabridged

13 hours 10 min

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture’s many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and ... Read more

£24.22 or Free with Kobo Plus

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture’s many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and
... Read more
Audiobook

Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners.

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

Narrated by Mark Sando ...

Unabridged

23 hours 36 min

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 ... Read more

£23.94 or Free with Kobo Plus

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
... Read more
Audiobook

AI Engineering

Building Applications with Foundation Models

by Chip Huyen ...

Narrated by Edelyn Okano ...

Unabridged

21 hours 12 min

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

£20.66 or Free with Kobo Plus

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
Audiobook

Fundamentals of Software Architecture

An Engineering Approach

by Mark Richards, Neal Ford ...

Narrated by Benjamin Lange ...

Unabridged

13 hours 10 min

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and ... Read more

£17.33

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and
... Read more
Audiobook

Dancing With Robots

The 29 Strategies for Success In the Age of AI and Automation

by Bill Bishop ...

Narrated by Tyler Hyrchuk ...

Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

Survive and thrive in a world being taken over by robots and other advanced technology.Artificial intelligence, machine learning, algorithms, blockchains, the Internet of Things, big data analytics, 5G networks, self-driving cars, robotics, 3D printing. In the coming years, these technologies, and others to follow, will have a profound and dramatically disruptive impact on how we work and live. ... Read more

£17.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Survive and thrive in a world being taken over by robots and other advanced technology.Artificial intelligence, machine learning, algorithms, blockchains, the Internet of Things, big data analytics, 5G networks, self-driving cars, robotics, 3D printing. In the coming years, these technologies, and others to follow, will have a profound and dramatically disruptive impact on how we work and live.
... Read more
Audiobook

Få styr på dit barns digitale verden

by Ulla Dyrløv ...

Narrated by Louise Davidsen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 41 min

Hvor meget bør mit barn egentlig spille hver dag? Er det problematisk at se youtube i timevis? Og hvordan skal man egentlig opføre sig på de sociale medier?Mange forældre (og bedsteforældre) er bekymrede for deres barns digitale liv og ved ikke helt, hvordan de skal håndtere det - eller for den sags skyld forstå det.Det gør FÅ STYR PÅ DIT BARNS DIGITALE LIV noget ved. I en praktisk og letlæselig ... Read more

£7.19

Hvor meget bør mit barn egentlig spille hver dag? Er det problematisk at se youtube i timevis? Og hvordan skal man egentlig opføre sig på de sociale medier?Mange forældre (og bedsteforældre) er bekymrede for deres barns digitale liv og ved ikke helt, hvordan de skal håndtere det - eller for den sags skyld forstå det.Det gør FÅ STYR PÅ DIT BARNS DIGITALE LIV noget ved. I en praktisk og letlæselig
... Read more
Audiobook

Harly Hopla og fyrtøjet

by Ole Boje ...

Narrated by Lars Lippert ...

Unabridged

2 hours 2 min

Harly er ikke bare glad for computere, han er også usædvanligt dygtig til at arbejde med dem. Han elsker at eksperimentere med virtual reality, men en dag kommer det til at gå lidt for vildt for sig. Harly har set "Fyrtøjet" i fjernsynet, og sammen med sin ven Svend Erik bliver han nu en del af historien. Pludselig er "Fyrtøjet" langt mere dramatisk, end Harly huskede den. Ole Boje (f.1932) er en ... Read more

£5.03

Harly er ikke bare glad for computere, han er også usædvanligt dygtig til at arbejde med dem. Han elsker at eksperimentere med virtual reality, men en dag kommer det til at gå lidt for vildt for sig. Harly har set "Fyrtøjet" i fjernsynet, og sammen med sin ven Svend Erik bliver han nu en del af historien. Pludselig er "Fyrtøjet" langt mere dramatisk, end Harly huskede den. Ole Boje (f.1932) er en
... Read more
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Schlaf, Kindlein, schlaf

Einschlafmärchen und Gute-Nacht-Geschichten

by Brüder Grimm, Brüder Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen, Manfred Kyber, Manfred Kyber, Beatrix Potter ...

Narrated by Sebastian Lohse ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Gute Nacht
Unabridged

1 hour 16 min

7 Gute-Nacht-Geschichten mit der perfekten Einschlafdauer. Kann Ihr Kind nicht einschlafen? Die besten Einschlafgeschichten mit entspannender Musik sowie die zauberhafte Stimme des Erzählers, Sebastian Lohse, machen dieses Hörbuch zum idealen abendlichen Begleiter. Die Märchen eignen sich wunderbar als Ergänzung zum abendlichen Einschlafritual. Sie schenken Gelassenheit, positive Energie und ... Read more

£7.64 or Free with Kobo Plus

7 Gute-Nacht-Geschichten mit der perfekten Einschlafdauer. Kann Ihr Kind nicht einschlafen? Die besten Einschlafgeschichten mit entspannender Musik sowie die zauberhafte Stimme des Erzählers, Sebastian Lohse, machen dieses Hörbuch zum idealen abendlichen Begleiter. Die Märchen eignen sich wunderbar als Ergänzung zum abendlichen Einschlafritual. Sie schenken Gelassenheit, positive Energie und
... Read more
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Reich und Berühmt mit Tik Tok

Die Social Media Marketing Bibel für die Influencer von morgen

by Carlson Beldrich ...

Narrated by Jonathan Jotter ...

Unabridged

2 hours 5 min

Das nächste große Ding! Sie hat 800 Millionen aktive Nutzer pro Monat und ist die meistgedownloadete App im ersten Quartal 2020. Tik Tok ist mit knapp 2 Milliarden Downloads weltweit das aktuell am schnellsten wachsende soziale Netzwerk überhaupt. Tik Tok wächst somit deutlich schneller als Instagram, Facebook und Co. Einzig und alleine Whatsapp wurde im letzten Jahr öfter aus dem App Store ... Read more

£5.39 or Free with Kobo Plus

Das nächste große Ding! Sie hat 800 Millionen aktive Nutzer pro Monat und ist die meistgedownloadete App im ersten Quartal 2020. Tik Tok ist mit knapp 2 Milliarden Downloads weltweit das aktuell am schnellsten wachsende soziale Netzwerk überhaupt. Tik Tok wächst somit deutlich schneller als Instagram, Facebook und Co. Einzig und alleine Whatsapp wurde im letzten Jahr öfter aus dem App Store
... Read more
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Künstliche Intelligenz

Agenten- Und Multiagentensysteme, Neuronale Netze, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Computer Vision

by Axel Mammitzsch ...

Narrated by Axel Mammitzsch, Axel Mammitzsch ...

Unabridged

58 min

Dieses Hörbuch ist so aufgebaut, dass Ihnen die Inhalte im Rahmen der geschichtlichen Entwicklung der KI vermittelt werden. Aus diesem Grund beginnt unsere Reise mit dem Punkt "Einführung und geschichtlicher Hintergrund der KI". Im zweiten Abschnitt greifen wir zunächst die anfänglichen Techniken der KI auf. Sie lernen dabei die Konzepte und berühmte Beispielsysteme kennen, die diese frühe Phase ... Read more

£6.29 or Free with Kobo Plus

Dieses Hörbuch ist so aufgebaut, dass Ihnen die Inhalte im Rahmen der geschichtlichen Entwicklung der KI vermittelt werden. Aus diesem Grund beginnt unsere Reise mit dem Punkt "Einführung und geschichtlicher Hintergrund der KI". Im zweiten Abschnitt greifen wir zunächst die anfänglichen Techniken der KI auf. Sie lernen dabei die Konzepte und berühmte Beispielsysteme kennen, die diese frühe Phase
... Read more
Audiobook

Secretos de Marketing

Una Guía Revolucionaria para Llevar Tu Negocio al Siguiente Nivel

by Valentín López ...

Narrated by Valentín López ...

Unabridged

5 hours 21 min

Mentoría en donde aprenderás paso a paso como comprender la Dirección Comercial tanto a nivel operativo como estratégico, a nivel profesional y como utilizar esta revolucionaria guía como una herramienta clave para escalar y posicionar tu negocio al el siguiente nivel: Aprenderás cosas como: -Las bases del inbound y outbound marketing -Embudos de venta "funnels", público orgánico y procesos de ... Read more

£15.29 or Free with Kobo Plus

Mentoría en donde aprenderás paso a paso como comprender la Dirección Comercial tanto a nivel operativo como estratégico, a nivel profesional y como utilizar esta revolucionaria guía como una herramienta clave para escalar y posicionar tu negocio al el siguiente nivel: Aprenderás cosas como: -Las bases del inbound y outbound marketing -Embudos de venta "funnels", público orgánico y procesos de
... Read more

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