Computers & Technology

Jaron Lanier, `the father of Virtual Reality ... a high-tech genius' (Sunday Times), tells the extraordinary story of how in just over three decades Virtual Reality went from being a dream to a reality - and how its power to turn dreams into realities will transform us and our world.

Futurists are certain that humanlike AI is on the horizon, but in fact engineers have no idea how to program human reasoning. AI reasons from statistical correlations across data sets, while common sense is based heavily on conjecture. Erik Larson argues that hyping existing methods will only hold us back from developing truly humanlike AI.

An urgent and eye-opening examination of how technology is leaving society open to myriad catastrophic threats.

When human drivers let intelligent software take the wheel: the beginning of a new era in personal mobility.

An anthology of essays on video games by some of today's best literary writers

From the authors of the best-selling The Second Machine Age, a leader's guide to success in a rapidly changing economy.

From Spotify's former 'Data Alchemist' comes a comprehensive guide to how streaming has changed the global musical landscape for all genres: and what it means for fans and musicians.