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Author
Series
From an idea to volume 4
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
115 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Presents the history of the founding of Google and the development of its search engine, the innovations and acquisitions it made after the firm went public, and how it is preparing for future expansion and new capabilities.
2) Ex machina
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Caleb, a 24-year-old coder at the world's largest Internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a retreat belonging to the company's reclusive CEO, Nathan. But when Caleb arrives he finds that he will have to participate in a fascinating experiment with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot woman, Ava. Truths, emotions, and motives are blurred as the relationship between Caleb, Ava, and Nathan...
3) The power of one: how I found the strength to tell the truth and why I blew the whistle on Facebook
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"The inside story of one woman’s battles against Big Tech, by the Facebook whistleblower who is determined to help us all retake control of our lives."--Amazon.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Formats
Description
"The origin story of the Age of Disinformation: the candid inside tale of two online media rivals, Jonah Peretti of HuffPost and Buzzfeed and Nick Denton of Gawker Media, whose delirious pursuit of attention at scale in the first two decades of the 21st century helped release the dark forces that would overtake the internet and American society. If attention is the new oil, Ben Smith's Traffic is the story of the time between the first gusher and...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
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Description
"A year into her dream job at a cutthroat Silicon Valley startup, Cassie finds herself trapped in a corporate nightmare. Between the long hours, toxic bosses, and unethical projects, she also struggles to reconcile the glittering promise of a city where obscene wealth lives alongside abject poverty. Ivy League grads complain about the snack selection from a conference room with a view of houseless people bathing in the bay. Startup burnouts leap into...
6) The Circle
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (110 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her...
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