Computers Audiobooks | Science & Technology

Algorithms: Discover The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Used to Solve Everyday Human P

Now you might look at this title and shy away, thinking that a book with 'algorithms' in its title must be just for techies. However this book is very accessible to those with no background in computer science. In fact it is a must read for anyone interested in what our digital future looks like. Everyday we make millions of decisions from selecting a life partner, to organizing your closet, to scheduling your life, to having a conversation. However, these decisions may be imperfect due to limited experience, implicit biases, or faulty probabilistic reasoning. Today those decisions and more that could be made by human beings from predicting earthquakes to interpreting languages can now be made by computer Algorithms with advanced analytic capabilities. Algorithms can better predict human behavior than trained psychologists and with much simpler criteria. Studies continue to show that the algorithms can do a better job than experts in a range of fields. Artificial intelligence is reshaping healthcare, science, engineering and life. The results will make our lives more productive, better organized, and essentially, much happier. Everywhere you look, artificial intelligence is beginning to permeate all types of industries and expectations are that it will continue to grow in the future. Imagine The Possibilities.......... ●More Accurate Medical Diagnoses ●Better Military Strategies That Could Save Lives ●Detect Abnormal Genes In An Unborn Child ●Predict Changes In Weather and Earthquake ●Safer Self-Driving Cars That Have Learned Your Personal Preferences ●Analyze DNA Samples & Identify Potential Medical Risks ●Smart Homes That Will Anticipate Your Every Needs ●Predicting Where Cyber Hackers & Online Threats May Occur Join The Future

Trust Genics (Author), Peter Prova (Narrator)

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Alice and Bob Learn Application Security

Learn application security from the very start, with this comprehensive and approachable guide! Alice and Bob Learn Application Security is an accessible and thorough resource for anyone seeking to incorporate, from the beginning of the System Development Life Cycle, best security practices in software development. This book covers all the basic subjects such as threat modeling and security testing, but also dives deep into more complex and advanced topics for securing modern software systems and architectures. Throughout, the book offers analogies, stories of the characters Alice and Bob, real-life examples, technical explanations and diagrams to ensure maximum clarity of the many abstract and complicated subjects. Topics include: secure requirements, design, coding, and deployment; security testing (all forms); common pitfalls; application security programs; securing modern applications; and software developer security hygiene. Alice and Bob Learn Application Security is perfect for aspiring application security engineers and practicing software developers, as well as software project managers, penetration testers, and chief information security officers who seek to build or improve their application security programs.

Tanya Janca (Author), Tanya Janca (Narrator)

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All About Instagram Ads: Discover How to Use Instagram Tools and Techniques to Market Your Business

All About Instagram Ads: Discover How to Use Instagram Tools and Techniques to Market Your Business and Increase Your Profits After Facebook, Instagram is the leading social network where the most people in the US are spending their time. Since Facebook started running brand awareness ads on Instagram, businesses have seen impressive results, with 97% of campaigns generating significant lift in ad recall. This audiobook is designed to help you familiarize yourself with how to use Instagram, specifically Instagram ads, for the growth of your business. Growth means more profits that could flow into your business. You will learn useful tips and techniques on how to use Instagram for your business. This audiobook will cover the following topics: - Instagram Basics - All About Instagram Ads (Objectives, Types, Formats) - How to Market on Instagram - Best Instagram Tools and Techniques - Instagram Contests: Tools and Tips - Profitable Instagram Strategies - Retargeting with Instagram Ads - Ways to Improve Instagram Marketing - Marketing Lessons from Businesses Growing on Instagram - And many more! Instagram ads are now available in every country where Facebook ads are currently offered so the reach is really far and can be really beneficial for your business. To learn more, scroll up and click “add to cart” now!

Rexanne Lara (Author), Marcus Mulenga (Narrator)

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All the News That's Fit to Click: How Metrics Are Transforming the Work of Journalists

Journalists today are inundated with data about which stories attract the most clicks, likes, comments, and shares. These metrics influence what stories are written, how news is promoted, and even which journalists get hired and fired. Do metrics make journalists more accountable to the public? Or are these data tools the contemporary equivalent of a stopwatch wielded by a factory boss, worsening newsroom working conditions and journalism quality? Caitlin Petre takes listeners behind the scenes at the New York Times, Gawker, and the prominent news analytics company Chartbeat to explore how performance metrics are transforming the work of journalism. Petre describes how digital metrics are a powerful but insidious new form of managerial surveillance and discipline. Real-time analytics tools are designed to win the trust and loyalty of wary journalists by mimicking key features of addictive games, including immersive displays, instant feedback, and constantly updated 'scores' and rankings. Many journalists get hooked on metrics and pressure themselves to work ever harder. Yet this is not a simple story of managerial domination. Contrary to the typical perception of metrics as inevitably disempowering, Petre shows how journalists leverage metrics to their advantage, using them to advocate for their professional worth and autonomy.

Caitlin Petre (Author), Eva Wilhelm (Narrator)

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All You Need to Know about Metaverse

Since the Internet's popularity in the 1990s, cyberspace has continued to evolve. We have developed several computer-mediated virtual environments, such as social networks, video conferencing, virtual 3D worlds, augmented reality apps, and Non-Fungible Token Games. Such virtual settings, albeit non-permanent and disconnected, have enabled us to achieve varying degrees of digital transformation. Metaverse was invented to further encourage the digital revolution in all aspects of our physical life. The notion of an immersive Internet as a massive, unified, persistent, and shared realm is at the heart of the Metaverse. While the Metaverse may appear futuristic, fueled by emerging technologies such as Extended Reality, 5G, and Artificial Intelligence, our cyberspace's digital 'big bang' is not far away. Metaverse is a closed compound word: Meta (a Greek prefix meaning 'after, after, or beyond') and the universe. In other terms, the Metaverse is a post-reality universe. This continuous and durable multiuser environment combines physical reality and digital virtuality. Metaverse offers the ability to address the basic limitations of web-based 2D e-learning tools in distant online education. As the Metaverse's new worlds emerge, early entrants begin to contribute ideas. This is a fantastic opportunity to impact how people live and conduct business for the foreseeable future. However, it brings a new level of responsibility: trust will be crucial to adoption. Organizations must evaluate how they develop a responsible Metaverse and set the norms for all that follows.

Jim Colajuta (Author), Jessica Andrews (Narrator)

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All-in On AI: How Smart Companies Win Big with Artificial Intelligence

Though most organizations are placing modest bets on artificial intelligence, there is a world-class group of companies that are going all-in on the technology and radically transforming their products, processes, strategies, customer relationships, and cultures. Though these organizations represent less than 1 percent of large companies, they are all high performers in their industries. They have better business models, make better decisions, have better relationships with their customers, offer better products and services, and command higher prices. Written by bestselling author Tom Davenport and Deloitte's Nitin Mittal, All-In on AI looks at artificial intelligence at its cutting edge from the viewpoint of established companies like Anthem, Ping An, Airbus, and Capital One. Filled with insights, strategies, and best practices, All-In on AI also provides leaders and their teams with the information they need to help their own companies take AI to the next level. If you're curious about the next phase in the implementation of artificial intelligence within companies, or if you're looking to adopt this powerful technology in a more robust way yourself, All-In on AI will give you a rare inside look at what the leading adopters are doing, while providing you with the tools to put AI at the core of everything you do.

Nitin Mittal, Tom Davenport (Author), Derek Dysart (Narrator)

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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

Consider Facebook—it's human contact, only easier to engage with and easier to avoid. Developing technology promises closeness. Sometimes it delivers, but much of our modern life leaves us less connected with people and more connected to simulations of them. In Alone Together, MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for—and sacrificing—in a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between isolation and connectivity.

Sherry Turkle (Author), Laural Merlington (Narrator)

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Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Stay on Top

Brought to you by Penguin. At Amazon, 'Day One' is code for inventing like a startup with little regard for legacy. Day Two is, in Jeff Bezos's own words, is 'stasis, followed by irrelevance, followed by excruciating, painful decline, followed by death.' Most companies today are set up for Day Two. They build advantages and defend them fiercely rather than invent the future. But Amazon and fellow tech titans Facebook, Google, and Microsoft are operating in Day One: they prioritize reinvention over tradition and collaboration over ownership. Through 130 interviews with insiders, from Mark Zuckerberg to hourly workers, Always Day One reveals the tech giants' blueprint for sustainable success. Kantrowitz uncovers the engine propelling the tech giants' continued dominance at a stage when most big companies begin to decline. And he shows the way forward for everyone who wants to compete with, and beat, the titans. © Alex Kantrowitz 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Alex Kantrowitz (Author), Alex Kantrowitz (Narrator)

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Amazon Echo for Beginners: OK, Alexa, What Can You Do?

Figure out how you can change your life with the best home assistant so far. Don't miss a chance to change your future now! In this book you will learn: 1. What Amazon Echo is 2. How to use the Amazon Echo effectively for your personal needs 3. How to utilize all the skills built into the device 4. How to create your own custom skills for the device 5. How to fix a variety of common troubleshooting issues 6. The advantages of a smart home system and how to get your own 7. How to connect the Echo to your smart home system 8. And much, much more!

Danielle Kinley (Author), Rebecca Roberts (Narrator)

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Amazon FBA: A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Launch and Manage an E-Commerce Business through Amazon F

Build a Highly Profitable Amazon FBA Empire and Become a Successful Online Entrepreneur You want to start an Amazon FBA Business, but don’t know where to begin? Or you already own a business, but it’s not as successful as you’d like it to be? Amazon FBA is oriented toward the e-commerce business, so if you want to own an online store, that’s your venue! The best part about this model is that it’s beginner-friendly. You don’t have to invest a lot of money or worry about logistics of your business in any way! That means you don’t have to trouble yourself with inventories, shipments, customers complaints or refunds. While starting an Amazon FBA business is not hard or complex, maintaining a successful one is. That’s where this Audiobook comes in. It’s a comprehensive instruction manual for everyone who wants to build a profitable company. Inside, you’ll discover secrets that will ensure your success, and strategies you won’t find anywhere else. Here’s what this book will teach you: - Laying the groundwork for your business - Finding the best products and suppliers - Important steps to take when first starting and common mistakes to avoid - Using an affiliate marketing program - Creating professional listings to improve your ranking - Using Amazon and marketing tools to boost your sales - Utilizing social media and promoting your business - Strategies and techniques for making a profit - And so much more! Don’t be discouraged by the fact that you’re a beginner. Everyone started somewhere, and the only important thing is to take all the steps necessary to start the right way. This Audiobook will ensure that your project stands strong from the very start and evolves into a successful business!

Lucas Taylor (Author), Matyas J. (Narrator)

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America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare

A former top-level National Security Agency insider goes behind the headlines to explore America's next great battleground: digital security. An urgent wake-up call that identifies our foes; unveils their methods; and charts the dire consequences for government, business, and individuals. Shortly after 9/11, Joel Brenner entered the inner sanctum of American espionage, first as the inspector general of the National Security Agency, then as the head of counterintelligence for the director of national intelligence. He saw at close range the battleground on which our adversaries are now attacking us-cyberspace. We are at the mercy of a new generation of spies who operate remotely from China, the Middle East, Russia, even France, among many other places. These operatives have already shown their ability to penetrate our power plants, steal our latest submarine technology, rob our banks, and invade the Pentagon's secret communications systems. Incidents like the WikiLeaks posting of secret U.S. State Department cables hint at the urgency of this problem, but they hardly reveal its extent or its danger. Our government and corporations are a "glass house," all but transparent to our adversaries. Counterfeit computer chips have found their way into our fighter aircraft; the Chinese stole a new radar system that the navy spent billions to develop; our own soldiers used intentionally corrupted thumb drives to download classified intel from laptops in Iraq. And much more. Dispatches from the corporate world are just as dire. In 2008, hackers lifted customer files from the Royal Bank of Scotland and used them to withdraw $9 million in half an hour from ATMs in the United States, Britain, and Canada. If that was a traditional heist, it would be counted as one of the largest in history. Worldwide, corporations lose on average $5 million worth of intellectual property apiece annually, and big companies lose many times that.

Joel Brenner (Author), Lloyd James, Lloyd James (Narrator)

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An Internet in Your Head: A New Paradigm for How the Brain Works

Whether we realize it or not, we think of our brains as computers. In neuroscience, the metaphor of the brain as a computer has defined the field for much of the modern era. But as neuroscientists increasingly reevaluate their assumptions about how brains work, we need a new metaphor to help us ask better questions. The computational neuroscientist Daniel Graham offers an innovative paradigm for understanding the brain. He argues that the brain is not like a single computer—it is a communication system, like the internet. Both are networks whose power comes from their flexibility and reliability. The brain and the internet both must route signals throughout their systems, requiring protocols to direct messages from just about any point to any other. But we do not yet understand how the brain manages the dynamic flow of information across its entire network. The internet metaphor can help neuroscience unravel the brain’s routing mechanisms by focusing attention on shared design principles and communication strategies that emerge from parallel challenges. Highlighting similarities between brain connectivity and the architecture of the internet can open new avenues of research and help unlock the brain’s deepest secrets. An Internet in Your Head presents a clear-eyed and engaging tour of brain science as it stands today and where the new paradigm might take it next. It offers anyone with an interest in brains a transformative new way to conceptualize what goes on inside our heads.

Daniel Graham (Author), Stephen Wojtas (Narrator)

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