Books
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The Rise of the Machines – A Reading List
A recurring theme from this summer’s reading: The Fear Index – Robert HarrisHarris is best known for relatively highbrow historical thrillers spanning ancient Rome to the Second World War but has been inhabiting the present of late. Here he delivers a taut thriller where a quant hedge fund’s black box moves beyond trading the markets…
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Book Review: Daemon – Daniel Suarez
Daniel Suarez’s Daemon is a kick in the head akin to Neuromancer or Snow Crash. But unlike those two, it is set in essentially the present day and can be realized with today’s technology or close to it. Prepare to open your eyes to a whole new vector of malevolent computing. No doubt the book…