Technology

Recent movers and shakers in computers and technology.

Updated May 8, 2025
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Artificial general intelligence
Togelius, Julian
Ebook
How to make AI capable of general intelligence, and what such technology would mean for society. Artificial intelligence surrounds us. More and more of the systems and services you interact with every day are based on AI technology. Although some very recent AI systems are...
Eloquent Javascript
Haverbeke, Marijn
Paper Book
Simple for beginners to pick up, JavaScript is a flexible, lightweight language for building full-scale applications for the modern web. This much-anticipated fourth edition of Eloquent JavaScript shows you how to write beautiful, effective JavaScript code. It has been updated to reflect the current...
The Chinese computer : a global history of the information age
Mullaney, Thomas S.
Ebook
The fascinating, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges and revolutionized the world of computing. A standard QWERTY keyboard has a few dozen keys. How can Chinese-a language with tens of thousands of characters and no alphabet-be input on such...
The Real Internet Architecture : Past, Present, and Future Evolution
Zave, Pamela.
Ebook
A new way to understand the architecture of today's Internet, based on an innovative general model of network architecture that is rigorous, realistic, and modular This book meets the long-standing need for an explanation of how the Internet's architecture has evolved since...
Grokking web application security
McDonald, Malcolm (Computer programmer)
Paper Book
When you launch an application on the web, every hacker in the world has access to it. Are you sure your web apps can stand up to the most sophisticated attacks? Grokking Web Application Security is a brilliantly illustrated and clearly written guide that delivers detailed coverage...
The character of consent : the history of cookies and the future of technology policy
Jones, Meg Leta
Ebook
The rich, untold origin story of the ubiquitous web cookie--what's wrong with it, why it's being retired, and how we can do better. Consent pop-ups continually ask us to download cookies to our computers, but is this all-too-familiar form of privacy protection effective? No, Meg...
Building SimCity : How to Put the World in a Machine
Gingold, Chaim
Ebook
A deep dive into the trailblazing simulation game SimCity, situating it in the history of games, simulation, and computing. Building SimCity explores the history of computer simulation by chronicling one of the most influential simulation games ever made: SimCity...

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