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Ever woken from a night of revelry to find your drunken antics the subject of a tagfest? Ever accidentally wall-posted yourself into a relationship row or been hunted by a school-days stalker? If your real social life is dying a death at the hands of your virtual one, fear not, Facebookers - help is just a little book away.This cheeky unofficial guide will show you how to navigate the perilous pitfalls of life online while having as much fun as possible.

In Empowered, Forrester’s Josh Bernoff - coauthor of the pioneering book Groundswell - and Ted Schadler explain how to transform your company by unleashing the force of HEROes: highly empowered and resourceful operatives. Your company needs them because, in the age of twitter, iPhones, Facebook, YouTube, your customers now step up to the counter armed with more data and access than ever before - often overmatching your team.

Bill McKibben’s groundbreaking book The End of Nature - issued in dozens of languages and long regarded as a classic - was the first book to alert us to global warming. But the danger is broader than that: Even as climate change shrinks the space where our civilization can exist, new technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics threaten to bleach away the variety of human experience. Falter tells the story of these converging trends and of the ideological fervor that keeps us from bringing them under control.

By shedding new light on grooming practices, this book provides a key resource for discourse analysis, forensic linguistics, communication, and media studies, as well as for practitioners aiming to counter online grooming through policy changes, detection software, and prevention-focused training to promote digital civility and safety.

The digital age is rapidly revolutionizing society, breaking down barriers and limitations that once seemed insurmountable. Every day, new technologies emerge, each offering new opportunities for progress and innovation.

When Sleepers, Wake! was released in Australia, it immediately became influential around the world. Now its author, the polymath and former politician Barry Jones, turns his attention to what has happened since - especially to politics, health, and our climate in the digital age - and to the challenges faced by increasingly fragile democracies and public institutions.

Demystifizieren wir zusammen die Welt der großen Daten! Fast jeder nutzt heute Smartphones und Messenger und damit Big Data! Aber weißt du auch, wie im Hintergrund all diese Daten konkret generiert, gesammelt und ausgewertet werden? Praktische Tipps zum Thema Datenschutz, Smartphones und anonymes Surfen. Mache dich mit diesem Hörbuch zu einem wahren Datenschutzexperten!

Ninety-five percent of American kids have Internet access by age 11; the average number of texts a teenager sends each month is well over 3,000. More families report that technology makes life with children more challenging, not less, as parents today struggle with questions previous generations never faced: Is my 13-year-old responsible enough for a Facebook page? What will happen if I give my nine-year-old a cell phone?

Alla fine del 2017 un algoritmo di intelligenza artificiale ha collezionato una serie di vittorie schiaccianti a scacchi scegliendo mosse che la mente umana non è nemmeno in grado di assimilare o utilizzare. Qualche anno più tardi, i ricercatori del Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hanno annunciato la scoperta di un nuovo antibiotico ottenuto grazie all'aiuto dell'intelligenza artificiale, che era riuscita a individuare proprietà molecolari sfuggite alla concettualizzazione e alla classificazione degli scienziati.

Conseguir una IA ética también es responsabilidad tuya La inteligencia artificial ha dejado de ser un argumento inquietante de las películas de ciencia ficción para convertirse en una cuestión tan real como urgente. Su evolución y los inevitables debates éticos que acarrea nos incumben a todos, pero suele delegarse esta responsabilidad en los propios directivos de las empresas tecnológicas, a menudo coaligados con quienes tienen intereses económicos. Abrumados por un mundo que no terminamos de entender y que intuimos atractivo y peligroso, miramos hacia otro lado.

半導体業界で独走するエヌビディアは時価総額3兆ドルを記録。今後、私たちにどのような影響を与えるのか、世界中に広がる技術を解説。

In today's technology-dependent world, the Internet has become a legal but lethal weapon against the privacy and reputations of its users. Based on Sue Scheff's landmark Internet defamation case, which gave a face to online harassment, cyberbulling, privacy invasion, and Google bombs, and stirred Internet regulation and free-speech debates, Google Bomb arms listeners with information, legal advice, and reputation-defense tips.

Internet, y especialmente las redes sociales, irrumpen con fuerza en el medio de lo que bien podría definirse como una crisis civilizatoria del mundo occidental. Los excesos o disfuncionalidades de la democracia han producido desencanto entre los ciudadanos de todas las edades y abierto la puerta a alternativas que no terminan de perfilarse y, por lo mismo, invitan e inquietan a un gran debate.

As the epidemic of male violence towards women and young girls reaches terrifying new heights through new and expanding technologies, women's rights campaigner Jess Davies will help listeners to question society's understanding - or lack of - when it comes to consent. With a toolkit to understand and tackle online misogyny, No One Wants to See Your D*ck will arm a new wave of internet sleuths to take down the manosphere, one unsolicited pic at a time.

Manuel Ruiz del Corral aporta una novedosa visión de la tecnología y de la profunda transformación que esta trae consigo desde una perspectiva humanista, reivindicando un papel menos superficial y más reflexivo sobre la importancia de las personas y sus valores más esenciales, ante una revolución tecnológica que ha alcanzado ya a todas las esferas de la vida cotidiana del ser humano.

The electronic age compels us to confront the delicate balance between the convenience of constant connectivity and the protection of personal privacy, security, and democracy itself. Presented as a two-fold concern of digital and civic literacy, surveillance and privacy expert Heidi Boghosian argues that our fight to uphold democracy must extend to the online world. As “smart” citizens, our best chance of thriving in the digital era lies in taking care of our “smart” selves as diligently as we maintain our smart devices.

"Ethical AI: A Practical Guide to Navigating the Complexities of AI Ethics for Small Businesses" is an essential resource for business leaders, developers, and decision-makers who seek to understand and implement responsible AI practices. This concise guide breaks down the core principles of AI ethics, providing actionable insights into the challenges of bias, transparency, and accountability.

Terrorism and Extremism are well known 21st Century terms, despite being largely undefined in law. Weaponized by the powerful, terms are attributed based on malleable current affairs and policy, as apposed to strong legal foundations. What one group considers terrorism, another may view as legitimate resistance or self-defense. The gift of the 21st Century, the internet, has allowed the voiceless to be heard, for new societal ideas to flourish, and for different political views to become the next hashtag.

Rosenberger brings together ideas from philosophy and cognitive science to leverage a postphenomenological perspective that reveals how our smartphones make us such bad drivers. Reviewing decades of empirical studies in cognitive science, he shows that we have developed habits of perception regarding our compulsive technology use—habits that may wrest our attention away from the road.

In Rad Future, Boemeke proves that nuclear is not just the most effective form of energy production, it’s also the key to unlocking even more important and revolutionary technology. What's more, she shows why nuclear energy is actually safe, and how a negative public image paired with a few highly preventable disasters have led us to fumble the bag on the cleanest, most environmentally friendly and powerful form of energy available to us.