Qing Chen has six hours left.The numbers glow beneath the skin of his forearm — a countdown no one else can see, no camera can capture, and nothing can stop. When it reaches zero, his world shatters, and he wakes in a high-tech prison in another dimension.Prison 18 has mechanical guards, inmates with cybernetic arms, and a man who plays chess like he's already won. Li Shutong sees something in Qing Chen that no one else has ever noticed. But interest from powerful people is...

The co-founder of Baidu explains how AI will transform human livelihood, from our economy and financial systems down to our daily lives.Written by Baidu cofounder Robin Li and prefaced by award-winning sci-fi writer Cixin Liu (author of The Three-Body Problem), Artificial Intelligence Revolution introduces Baidu’s teams of top scientists and management as pioneers of movement toward AI. The book covers many of the latest AI-related ideas and techn...

This book explores the evolving roles of energy stakeholders and geopolitical considerations, leveraging on the dizzying array of planned and actual projects for solar, wind, hydropower, waste-to-energy, and nuclear power in the region. Over the next few decades, favorable economics for low carbon energy sources combined with stagnant oil demand growth will facilitate a shift away from today’s fossil fuel-based energy system. Will the countries of the Middle East and North Africa be losers...