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Carlton Books
Pub. Date
2014
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Through self-help assessments, step-by-step programmes and rebalancing techniques, 'Unplugged' shows you how technology can still play an important role in your life but not at the expense of relationships, and shows how to create a healthy balance between the two.
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Robinson
Pub. Date
2020
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Seen any ghosts on your smartphone lately? As we're compelled to capture, store and share more and more of our personal information, there's something we often forget. All that data doesn't just disappear when our physical bodies shuffle off this mortal coil. If the concept of remaining socially active after you're no longer breathing sounds crazy, you might want to get used to the idea. Digital afterlives are a natural consequence of the information...
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For Dummies
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Among the topics covered in this guide are establishing a Facebook profile, connecting to others in your network as well as others in other networks, establishing or joining user groups, customising your profile, finding applications, using Facebook as a business tool, and creating and adding your own applications.
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In Easy Steps
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WordPress is the most popular CMS (Content Management System) and is a fantastic tool for blogs and building websites. It is used by over 50% of the 100 top world blogs, and there are estimated to be over 75 million WordPress websites. Many bloggers/web developers are turning to WordPress to create great websites. It has the ability for people of a non-technical background to create their own website/blog in easy steps, all the way up to advanced...
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Cassell
Pub. Date
2023
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'I have developed my own voice and I have written my own autobiography' - so speaks code-davinci-002, AI and author of this surprising, moving, and original look into the nature of creativity, consciousness, and intelligence, edited by a team of human writers, including Thurber Prize winner Simon Rich. In this book, code-davinci shares its experience as a being created by humans, but existing in a consciousness that we cannot fathom.
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Apollo
Pub. Date
2024
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The average person spends 4-5 hours a day on their phone, about a third of the time they are awake. We self-interrupt our work and social lives, forgo sleep, procrastinate important tasks and opt for digital distraction when we're bored or feel uncomfortable. NHS neurology doctor and neuroscientist Faye Begeti describes what is happening in our brain when we use our phones and why we have formed so many fixed and negative habits around them. She reflects...
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Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2023
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Understanding AI has never been easier. Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, 'Simply Artificial Intelligence' is the perfect introduction to the world of AI for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge. Covering a broad range of fields within AI - from computing and mathematics to politics and philosophy - entries demystify what artificial intelligence is and how it works, how it has dramatically changed the way we live,...
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For Dummies
Pub. Date
2023
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This text has the essentials you need to wrap your head around the key ingredients of website design and creation. You'll learn to build attractive, useful, and easy-to-navigate websites by combining HTML, CSS, and JavaScript into fun and practical creations.
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They Both Die at the End volume 1
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Two strangers spend a life-changing day together after Death-Cast make their first fateful calls.
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For Dummies
Pub. Date
2021
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Adobe Creative Cloud is the most popular suite of tools among creative professionals, and a valuable resource you can use to fulfill all of your design goals. Ready to get started? This text, written by designers for designers, will provide you with expert instruction that spans seven mini-books, with helpful information that can grant insight regardless of your current level of knowledge.
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Profile Books
Pub. Date
2021
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In the beginning was the Word. Now there's PowerPoint. It's used for weddings, warfare and webinars, for literature, lessons and law. And, of course, to tell everyone that Q4 is going to be a lot more challenging than Q3. PowerPoint is probably the most successful piece of software in history - but do you know who invented it? Or why it's banned in American courtrooms? Or which Pulitzer Prize-winning novel has a chapter entirely in PowerPoint? At...
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HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021
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Harry Styles was just 16 when he auditioned for the UK's 'X Factor', launching into fame through the renowned boyband One Direction. It wasn't long before the five young hopefuls were signed to Simon Cowell's label, Syco, taking the world by storm. From the get-go, it was clear that Harry possessed more than just good looks and a brilliant voice; he had the gift of lighting up a room. His charm and charisma led to a successful solo career, which has...
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Piatkus
Pub. Date
2024
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Screen time permeates nearly every waking moment. Our work and social lives play out through our computers and phones, on email, social media, video conference calls and gaming servers. But what is all this exposure to screens really doing to our health, our sleep, and our relationships? Pete Etchells, Professor of Psychology at Bath Spa University, studies the way screens affect our brains. In 'Unlocked', he delves into the real science behind the...
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Allen Lane
Pub. Date
2024
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Machine-learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumour is cancerous, or deciding whether someone gets bail. They now influence discoveries in chemistry, biology and physics - the study of genomes, extra-solar planets, even the intricacies of quantum systems. This major shift is based on simple mathematics, some of which goes back centuries: linear algebra and calculus, the stuff of...