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September 23, 2024

REVIEW: Richard Powers' New Novel Explores the Birth of a New, High-Tech World

September 23, 2024/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Richard Powers' New Novel Explores the Birth of a New, High-Tech World

He Brilliantly Takes on Some of Our Greatest Fears about What the Future May Hold

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September 23, 2024/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Technology, AI, Futurism
April 08, 2022

REVIEW: A Collection of Savvy Stories that Take a Swipe at New Technology

April 08, 2022/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Collection of Savvy Stories that Take a Swipe at New Technology

Including One, Being Adapted by Hulu, in which Russian Bots Woo Women on a Dating App — and Steal their Data

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April 08, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Technology, Dystopia, Phishing
November 13, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: A History of Bunk, the Fall of Rome (with Modern Parallels) and More

November 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A History of Bunk, the Fall of Rome (with Modern Parallels) and More

And a Look at Today's Tech Titans, and Some of the Ways they are Hurting Society

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November 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Bunk, The Roman Empire, Women, The Russian Revolution, Technology
January 11, 2017

REVIEW: Journalist Alexandra Wolfe Explores the Odd Folkways of Silicon Valley

January 11, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Journalist Alexandra Wolfe Explores the Odd Folkways of Silicon Valley

With a Literary Style Similar to that of Her Famous Father, Tom

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January 11, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Silicon Valley, Technology, College
May 13, 2016

REVIEW: Laid-Off Journalist Joins Inane Start-Up -- You'll Never Guess What Happens Next

May 13, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Laid-Off Journalist Joins Inane Start-Up -- You'll Never Guess What Happens Next

A Sharply Written Memoir About Life in the the Bubble -- in More Ways than One

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May 13, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Internet, Startups, Technology, Employment
March 24, 2016

NEWS: Bestselling Author James Patterson’s Bold New Idea: Bring on the Mini-Book

March 24, 2016/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: Bestselling Author James Patterson’s Bold New Idea: Bring on the Mini-Book

And it could be a smart move in this age of the short attention span

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March 24, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
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James Patterson, Fiction, Short Stories, Technology
February 09, 2016

NEWS: Google’s Wild New Book Venture: A Bookstore of Smartphone-Based “Books that Cannot Be Printed”

February 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: Google’s Wild New Book Venture: A Bookstore of Smartphone-Based “Books that Cannot Be Printed”

Google boasts that these books can do things that print books cannot

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February 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Google, Ebooks, Technology
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