Social media is full of dead people. Nobody knows precisely how many Facebook profiles belong to dead users but in 2012 the figure was estimated at 30 million.

This book of short stories is thought provoking and sometimes wacky. You’ll meet aliens, digital cats, lesbian terrorists and genetically engineered bugs. The

An introduction to artificial intelligence explores the philosophical and scientific implications of building machines that can think and feel more deeply than

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