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    The Soul of A New Machine

    by Tracy Kidder ...
    Narrated by Ben Sullivan ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 3 min

    Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry.Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    The Technological Republic

    Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West

    by Alexander C. Karp, Nicholas W. Zamiska ...
    Narrated by Nicholas W. Zamiska ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 50 min

    INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • “A cri de coeur that takes aim at the tech industry for abandoning its history of helping America and its allies.”—The Wall Street JournalFrom the Palantir co-founder, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025, and his deputy, a critically-acclaimed and sweeping indictment of the West’s culture of complacency, arguing ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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    Blockchain Success Stories

    Case Studies from the Leading Edge of Business

    by John Hargrave, Evan Karnoupakis ...
    Narrated by John Hargrave, Evan Karnoupakis ...
    Series series Blockchain Success Stories

    Unabridged

    7 hours 18 min

    Here are the real-life stories of the visionaries who are rewiring the world through the new technology called blockchain. Through deep research and firsthand interviews, authors Sir John Hargrave and Evan Karnoupakis will take you on a page-turning journey with these dreamers as they disrupt the world.From the founder of Napster building a global wireless network, to an Indian immigrant re ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Irrational Decision

    How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us

    by Benjamin Recht ...
    Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 42 min

    This audiobook narrated by Eric Jason Martin reveals how the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality—and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgmentIn the 1940s, mathematicians set out to design computers that could act as ideal rational agents in the face of uncertainty. The Irrational Decision tells the story of how they settled on a ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    デジタル革命：現代社会の土台をつくった13の転換点

    by 長野 昴 ...
    Narrated by 長野 昴 ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 12 min

    難解なテクノロジーの歴史を13の決定的な転換点からひも解き、私たちの日常を一変させたデジタル革命の全貌を明らかにする、知的好奇心を刺激する歴史教養ノンフィクション。毎日の通勤時間や静かな夜のひとときに耳を傾ければ、点と点だった知識が鮮やかな線となり、現代社会を形作る巨大なうねりが目の前に立ち上がります。目に見えない二進法の概念から、私たちの思考を拡張する人工知能に至るまで、単なる機械の進化にとどまらない人間の生活や文化の劇的な変容を描き出します。知をアップデートし、次に訪れる未来の波を予測するための確かな視座を手に入れる、深く共鳴するリスニング体験をお約束します。本書で見つかること:• 計算を可能にした抽象的な理論から、手のひらサイズのスマートフォンに至るまでの壮大な進化の軌跡。• インターネットとウェブがいかにして国境を越え、個人と世界をシームレスに繋ぐ情報社会を構築したかの核心。• ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Internet : Comment une expérience menée pendant la guerre froide a connecté le monde entier

    by Marc Grandjean ...
    Narrated by Marc Grandjean ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 13 min

    Plongez dans l'histoire technologique où la tension de la guerre froide a forgé le réseau mondial de notre quotidien. Idéal pour enrichir votre culture générale lors de vos trajets, ce récit captivant transforme des concepts complexes en une aventure accessible. Vous suivrez les scientifiques et stratèges militaires qui, poussés par la peur d'un conflit global, ont imaginé une architecture de ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Your Data, Their Billions

    Unraveling and Simplifying Big Tech

    by Jane S. Hoffman ...
    Narrated by Natalie Duke ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 36 min

    **What if somebody knew everything about you?Somebody does. That somebody is "Big Tech."Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft know more about you than you do. And they make billions of dollars by cashing in on your private data.**Our personal data, which Big Tech companies get for free, is the engine that drives the unregulated, free-for-all world called the digital marketplace. These ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Computer Maintenance Hacks

    by Life 'n' Hack ...
    Narrated by Life 'n' Hack ...

    Unabridged

    55 min

    Unlock The Keys To Optimize, Speed Up And Make Computer FasterComputers can be both a blessing and a never-ending source of frustration.With the internet, Skype, email, and other software programs, computers are great for accessing all sorts of information and the world around us; hence, it’s no surprise that these machines have become an integral part of everyday life.However, constant computer ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Wikipedia Revolution

    How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia

    by Andrew Lih ...
    Narrated by Lloyd James ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 37 min

    "Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing." —Jimmy Wales, founder of WikipediaWith more than 2,000,000 individual articles on everything from Aa! (a Japanese pop group) to Zzyzx, California, written by an army of volunteer contributors, Wikipedia is the number-eight site on the World Wide Web. Created ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Anonymous Heritage

    by simon six ...
    Narrated by lola preconne ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 32 min

    In this book, we delve into the world of Anonymous, a community of hackers and free speech activists that has shaken governments and businesses worldwide. Based on a true story, we follow the adventures of some of its members while protecting their anonymity by changing certain names, places, and circumstances. Most of the information is already classified and known. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon (History of Computing)

    by James W. Cortada ...
    Narrated by Brian Conover ...

    Unabridged

    26 hours 55 min

    A former IBM employee offers an authoritative history of the successes and failures of one of the most influential American companies of the last century.For decades, IBM shaped the way the world did business. IBM products were in every large organization, and IBM corporate culture established a management style that was imitated by companies around the globe. It was “Big Blue”—an icon. And yet ... Read more

    $39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Silicon Dreams - Von Röhren, Rechnern und Revolutionen

    by Alex Wettengl ...
    Narrated by Johannes ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 12 min

    Vom Klackern der Relais zum Flüstern der KI.Eine epische Reise durch die Geschichte der Computer – erzählt als Drama, nicht als Datenblatt.Dieses Buch ist keine trockene Technikgeschichte. Es ist eine Zeitreise zurück in dieKinderzimmer der 80er, in verrauchte Studios der 90er und in die Serverfarmen der Gegenwart.Eine Geschichte über Maschinen – und über die Menschen, die mit ihnen träumten ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Programming Language History: From Punch Cards to Python and Beyond, the Story of How Code Evolved and Changed the Modern World

    by Stephen Carraway ...
    Narrated by Stephen Carraway ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 55 min

    Master the evolution of software engineering as you explore tech history from raw machine code to AI ecosystems. Perfect for your morning commute or focused deep work, this captivating narrative tracks the brilliant pioneers who transformed human logic into the digital frameworks powering our world. Discover how relentless problem-solving turned hard-wired hardware into expressive, world-building ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Google Adwords: The Ultimate Marketing Guide For Beginners To Advertising On Google Search Engine With Ppc Using Proven Optimization Secrets

    by Mark Robertson ...
    Narrated by John Hays ...

    Unabridged

    34 min

    Learn to use Google Adwords to effectively reach out to customers worldwide!Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.Read on your PC, Mac, smart phone, or tablet device.This audiobook contains proven steps and strategies on how to get your business popular and advertise locally or globally in a more accountable and flexible way, allowing customers and anyone searching on Google ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Revolução digital: 13 momentos decisivos que tornaram possível o mundo moderno

    by Orlando Garcia ...
    Narrated by Orlando Garcia ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 32 min

    Entenda como a inovação digital e escolhas humanas moldaram a sociedade atual nesta instigante história da tecnologia. Ideal para transformar seu deslocamento diário em um momento de aprendizado, esta narrativa rejeita a ilusão de que o avanço das máquinas era um destino inevitável. Prepare-se para uma imersão profunda nos bastidores de um cotidiano reconfigurado por componentes minúsculos, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Turing's Cathedral

    The Origins of the Digital Universe

    by George Dyson ...
    Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 40 min

    “It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used to compute any computable sequence,” twenty-four-year-old Alan Turing announced in 1936. In Turing’s Cathedral, George Dyson focuses on a small group of men and women, led by John von Neumann at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, who built one of the first computers to realize Alan Turing’s vision of a Universal ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Face with Tears of Joy

    A Natural History of Emoji

    by Keith Houston ...
    Narrated by Michael Butler Murray ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 43 min

    A vibrant exploration of the world's newest language—where it came from, how it works, and where it's going.We are surrounded by emoji. They appear in politics, movies, drug deals, our sex lives, and more. But emoji's impact has never been explored in full. In this rollicking tech and pop culture history, Keith Houston follows emoji from its birth in 1990s Japan, traces its Western explosion in ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Keep Calm and Log On

    Your Handbook for Surviving the Digital Revolution

    by Gillian "Gus" Andrews ...
    Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 19 min

    Feeling overwhelmed by an avalanche of online content? Anxious about identity theft? Unsettled by the proliferation of fake news? Welcome to the digital revolution. Wait—wasn't the digital revolution supposed to make our lives better? It was going to be fun and put the world at our fingertips. What happened? Keep Calm and Log On is a survival handbook that will help you achieve online mindfulness ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Aum Golly 3

    Aivan hyviä tekoälyn runoja ihmisyydestä

    by Jukka Aalho ...
    Narrated by Jukka Aalho ...
    Series Audiobook 3 - Aum Golly

    Unabridged

    34 min

    Aum Golly 3 on runokirja, joka on syntynyt tekoälyn ja ihmisen yhteistyönä. Aum Golly -sarja tarkastelee luovuuden ja teknologian muuttuvia rajoja generatiivisen tekoälyn kehittyessä.Kahdeksassa tunnissa valmistunut Aum Golly 3 on tehty agenttipohjaisella työnkululla, jossa useat tekoälyjärjestelmät tekivät yhteistyötä kirjoittajina, kriitikkoina, editoreina, ideoijina ja kääntäjinä. Yhden ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    History of Computers for Beginners, The: A Beginner's Guide to How Computing Changed the World

    by Michael Rennard ...
    Narrated by Michael Rennard ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 46 min

    Demystify the digital revolution and explore the fascinating history of technology from ancient tools to modern AI. Whether you are commuting to work or simply satisfying a spark of curiosity, this accessible guide turns complex engineering into an inspiring, easy-to-understand narrative. Step into the early labs and wartime codebreaking facilities where visionary innovators laid the foundation ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Story of Computing, The

    by Dermot Turing ...
    Narrated by Tom Babbage ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 29 min

    Today computers shape every aspect of our lives. In our pockets, we carry mobile phones with computing power that was unimaginable just 50 years ago. Many industries are embracing the promises - and the risks - of artificial intelligence. The world is changing faster than ever, and computing is at the heart of technological development.Dermot Turing explores the history of this rapidly evolving ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Silicon Gold Rush

    The Next Generation of High-Tech Stars Rewrites the Rules of Business

    by Karen Southwick ...
    Narrated by Sneha Mathan ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 7 min

    A hotbed of activity for farsighted thinkers and determined doers, the high-technology industry has given rise to a pioneering group of entrepreneurs and executives that is not only behind today’s most innovative technological advances, but at the forefront of a dynamic new movement in business.Armed with groundbreaking management approaches, the members of this visionary group are changing the ... Read more

    $16.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Aum Golly 2

    Tekoälyn kuvitettuja runoja ihmisyydestä

    by Jukka Aalho ...
    Narrated by Jukka Aalho ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - Aum Golly

    Unabridged

    25 min

    Aum Golly 2 on tekoälyn kirjoittama ja kuvittama runokirja ihmisyydestä. Runokirja on kirjoitettu, kuvitettu ja käännetty suomeksi 12 tunnin aikana vuonna 2023. Teoksen mahdollistavat tekoälykeskustelutyökalu ChatGPT ja tekoälykuvantuottaja Midjourney.Aum Golly -sarja tutkii luovuuden ja teknologian nykyisiä rajoja.Äänikirjassa ihmisen kirjoittamat osiot lukee ElevenLabsin tekoäly. Tekoälyn ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Theory of Computation

    by Introbooks Team ...
    Narrated by Andrea Giordani ...

    Unabridged

    40 min

    Theory of computation is seen as a branch of both theoretical computer science and modern mathematics (however, it also contains some concepts from pure mathematics). Theory of computation shows how one can effectively solve a problem using a computational model. A number of computational models are described in theory of computation. Algorithm is most common format of computational model. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus