Technology

Early in his software developer career, John Sonmez discovered that technical knowledge alone isn't enough to break through to the next income level - developers need "soft skills" like the ability to learn new technologies....

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....

From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies....

We live in strange times. A machine plays the strategy game Go better than any human; upstarts like Apple and Google destroy industry stalwarts such as Nokia....

Learning to write computer programs can be fun if you take the right approach. We provide you a simple, easy-to-follow, and practically sound approach....

Artificial intelligence does the seemingly impossible - driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI will bring can be paralyzing....

An extensive look at the essential human skills that can never be replaced by technology....

It may be unlikely that a Swedish karate champion, family man, and cancer scientist could be at the center of developing a systems approach to life on Earth that could revolutionize the way humans operate in the world....

The number-one best-selling author of The Future of the Mind offers a stunning vision of man's future in space....

David Evans and Richard Schmalensee explain how matchmakers work best in practice, why they do what they do, and how entrepreneurs can improve their chances for success....

Scientists have been searching for aliens in our solar system and beyond, but have not yet found evidence that life exists beyond Earth....

Is the Internet erasing national borders? Who's really in control of what's happening on the Net--Internet engineers, rogue programmers, the United Nations, or powerful countries....

Docker in Action teaches listeners how to create, deploy, and manage applications hosted in Docker containers. After starting with a clear explanation of the Docker model, you will learn how to package applications in containers, including techniques for testing and distributing applications. You will also learn how to run programs securely and how to manage shared resources. Using carefully designed examples, the book teaches you how to orchestrate containers and applications from installation to removal.

Setup a Point & Click Website Today will tell you exactly what you need to know to install WordPress, get the right plugins setup, fill it with content, get search engine traffic, secure it, and back it up.

In workplaces throughout Australia and across the planet, billions of messages are sent in various forms every day, but not all of them get though. Of those that do, may are misunderstood. Communication breakdown is just as common as communication effectiveness, but it doesn't have to be that way.   

Learn all the tips and tricks on how to use Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant on the Amazon Echo 2, Echo Show, Echo Spot, Echo Plus, Fire TV, Echo Connect, and Echo Buttons devices. 

Cryptocurrencies may have crashed into the news and stayed there, but the technology that made them possible is still mysterious to most of us. In this book, you’ll not only find out about the blockchain and how it has revolutionized data storage, but you'll also learn how to it could change almost every industry on the planet. Most people think of the blockchain as a cog in the wheel of bitcoin, but it’s a whole lot more than that. 

Big Data teaches you to build big data systems using an architecture designed specifically to capture and analyze web-scale data. This book presents the Lambda Architecture, a scalable, easy-to-understand approach that can be built and run by a small team. You'll explore the theory of big data systems and how to implement them in practice. In addition to discovering a general framework for processing big data, you'll learn specific technologies like Hadoop, Storm, and NoSQL databases.