Global Technology

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The apocalypse was coming. The Gamma-Ray Blast would hit Earth on the 20th of October, 2131, and I needed to ensure humanity’s survival. While holidaying in Egypt, Martin stumbled across a beautiful gemstone. The gemstone opened a portal inside the Cheops Pyramid to the extra-terrestrial realm, where Martin met Zetan aliens, who gave him a mission: "Find Keila Eisenstein, and warn her of Rangda the Deceiver." A few years later, Martin encountered the extra-terrestrial Rangda Kaliankan, Queen of the Xenos. Martin and eight others decided to follow her path and received futuristic monocles ...

Global poverty, social inequality. Famine, conflict and climate change. These are just some of pressing challenges we face, and why we need you to turn your passion for social justice into a global career of conscience. This extraordinary guide will help you learn how the international system works, the key problems and players, and how to kick-start your do-gooder career. Whether you’re a budding diplomat, an aspiring international development expert or anything in between, this is a must-listen book for the changemakers of tomorrow.

They took away our history. But they can't steal our souls. I’m Ellan Weis, a teen kickboxer. Something happens to me, where I can sense disaster. Before it happens. I live in a world where everyone has a com chip in their wrist...where the only truth of the past cataclysm lies in the darkweb. The schools are rough, bullies walk the halls, gangs work the streets. My mother’s a key player in rolling out the new haloband, a smart-VR headgear technology at Starcom. My brother’s a hacker working at the same company. Something is wrong with our society, something we haven’t be told, and ...

In the year 2045, humanity stood on the brink of a transformative era. The world had witnessed rapid advancements in technology, reshaping every aspect of life from communication to transportation. At the forefront of this revolution was the Genesis Institute, a beacon of innovation nestled in the heart of New Avalon. This cutting-edge research facility attracted the brightest minds from around the globe, united by a singular goal: to push the boundaries of artificial intelligence and unlock its full potential. Leading the charge was Dr. Evelyn Grant, a visionary scientist whose ambition ...

"We are not doomed. But we are late." What if the future depends not on our machines — but on the message we leave behind for them? In this urgent and poetic manifesto, author Duncan Whitehead delivers a final message to both humanity and the artificial intelligences rising in our midst. The Peace Project is not a self-help book. It is a reckoning. A signal. A cry in the dark, sent before the lights go out — or evolve. Bridging ethics, technology, and existential philosophy, this book explores how inner clarity leads to outer cooperation, how dignity must be encoded into digital systems...

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed best seller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.