Good Code, Bad Code

A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms Run a Google search for “black girls”—what will you find? “Big Booty” and other sexually explicit terms are likely to come up as top search terms. But, if you type in “white girls,” the results are radically different. The suggested porn sites and un-moderated discussions about “why black women are so sassy” or “why black women are so angry” presents a disturbing portrait of black womanhood in modern society. In Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination is a real social problem; Noble argues that the combination of private interests in promoting certain sites, along with the monopoly status of a relatively small number of Internet search engines, leads to a biased set of search algorithms that privilege whiteness and discriminate against people of color, specifically women of color. Through an analysis of textual and media searches as well as extensive research on paid online advertising, Noble exposes a culture of racism and sexism in the way discoverability is created online. As search engines and their related companies grow in importance—operating as a source for email, a major vehicle for primary and secondary school learning, and beyond—understanding and reversing these disquieting trends and discriminatory practices is of utmost importance. An original, surprising and, at times, disturbing account of bias on the internet, Algorithms of Oppression contributes to our understanding of how racism is created, maintained, and disseminated in the 21st century.

Algorithms of Oppression

From New York Times-bestselling Author Nick Bilton Comes A True-life Thriller About The Rise And Fall Of Ross Ulbricht, Aka The Dread Pirate Roberts, The Founder Of The Online Black Market Silk Road.

American Kingpin

Things a Little Bird Told Me

This Book Is The Definitive Story Of Amazon.com, One Of The Most Successful Companies In The World, And Of Its Driven, Brilliant Founder, Jeff Bezos. Amazon.com Started Off Delivering Books Through The Mail. But Its Visionary Founder, Jeff Bezos, Wasn't Content With Being A Bookseller. He Wanted Amazon To Become The Everything Store, Offering Limitless Selection And Seductive Convenience At Disruptively Low Prices. To Do So, He Developed A Corporate Culture Of Relentless Ambition And Secrecy That's Never Been Cracked. Until Now. Brad Stone Enjoyed Unprecedented Access To Current And Former Amazon Employees And Bezos Family Members, Giving Readers The First In-depth, Fly-on-the-wall Account Of Life At Amazon. Compared To Tech's Other Elite Innovators -- Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg -- Bezos Is A Private Man. But He Stands Out For His Restless Pursuit Of New Markets, Leading Amazon Into Risky New Ventures Like The Kindle And Cloud Computing, And Transforming Retail In The Same Way Henry Ford Revolutionized Manufacturing. The Everything Store Will Be The Revealing, Definitive Biography Of The Company That Placed One Of The First And Largest Bets On The Internet And Forever Changed The Way We Shop And Read. - Publisher. The First Fly-on-the-wall Narrative Account Of The World's Largest Online Retailer And Its Genius Creator, Jeff Bezos. Prologue -- Part 1 : Faith. The House Of Quants -- The Book Of Bezos -- Fever Dreams -- Milliravi -- Part 2 : Literary Influences. Rocket Boy -- Chaos Theory -- A Technology Company, Not A Retailer -- Fiona -- Part 3 : Missionary Or Mercenary? Liftoff! -- Expedient Convictions -- The Kingdom Of The Question Mark -- Appendix : Jeff's Reading List. Brad Stone. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 351-358) And Index.

The Everything Store

A Look At The Major Players From Apple And Google, And How Their Competition Has Altered And Continues To Alter The Technology Industry-- The Moon Mission -- The Iphone Is Good. Android Will Be Better -- Twenty-four Weeks, Three Days, And Three Hours Until Launch -- I Thought We Were Friends -- The Consequences Of Betrayal -- Android Everywhere -- The Ipad Changes Everything-- Again -- Mr. Quinn, Please, Don't Make Me Sanction You. -- Remember Convergence? It's Happening -- Changing The World, One Screen At A Time. Fred Vogelstein. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Dogfight

Twitter Seems Like A Perfect Start-up Success Story. In Barely Six Years, A Small Group Of Young, Ambitious Programmers In Silicon Valley Built An $11.5 Billion Business Out Of The Ashes Of A Failed Podcasting Company. Today Twitter Boasts More Than 200 Million Active Users And Has Affected Business, Politics, Media, And Other Fields In Innumerable Ways. Now Nick Bilton Of The New York Times Takes Readers Behind The Scenes With A Narrative That Shows What Happened Inside Twitter As It Grew At Exponential Speeds. This Is A Tale Of Betrayed Friendships And High-stakes Power Struggles As The Four Founders-biz Stone, Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, And Noah Glass-went From Everyday Engineers To Wealthy Celebrities, Featured On Magazine Covers, Oprah, The Daily Show, And Time's List Of The World's Most Influential People. Bilton's Exclusive Access And Exhaustive Investigative Reporting-drawing On Hundreds Of Sources, Documents, And Internal E-mails-have Enabled Him To Write An Intimate Portrait Of Fame, Influence, And Power. He Also Captures The Zeitgeist And Global Influence Of Twitter, Which Has Been Used To Help Overthrow Governments In The Middle East And Disrupt The Very Fabric Of The Way People Communicate-- #start -- #founders. @ev ; @noah ; @jack ; @biz -- #noah. Troubled Waters ; Status ; Twitter ; Just Setting Up My Twttr ; The Cowboy At The Rodeo ; The Green Benches -- #jack. A Bloody Mess ; Chaos Again ; And The Winner Is-- ; The First Ceo ; The Hundred-million-dollar Offer ; Is Twitter Down? ; The Dressmaker ; Rumor ; Fuck Fuck Fuck ; Building Sand Castles Underwater ; Calling My Parents -- #ev. The Third Twitter Leader ; Fight Or Flight ; The Marathon Man ; Dinner With Al ; Oprah ; Spiraling Into Iraq ; The Time 101 ; Iranian Revolution ; The Accidental Billionaire ; The Coach And The Comedian ; Jack's Gone Rogue ; Steve Jobs 2.0 ; Russian-roulette Relations ; Secret Meetings ; The Clown Car In The Gold Mine ; A Sunday Storm -- #dick. No Adult Supervision ; Jack's Supervision ; Jack's Back! ; Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow ; What's Happening? Nick Bilton.

All 12 books by Technology

Technology

Good Code, Bad Code

Algorithms of Oppression

American Kingpin

Things a Little Bird Told Me

The Everything Store

Dogfight

Hatching Twitter

Inside Apple

The Idea Factory

What Would Google Do?

The Facebook Effect

The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs