Articles about Books – Page 2 of 9

The latest 007 saga has a space billionaire, quantum computers — but no James Bond

Imagine a James Bond story with quantum computers, brain-computer interfaces, a cloud-shifting climate control system and a billionaire who owns… Read More

"Critical Mass" book cover illustration showing space station beyond moon

Fictional plans for building a space station beyond the moon reflect Jeff Bezos’ vision

If Jeff Bezos needs a blueprint for building a space station beyond the moon with ore from an asteroid, he… Read More

Book excerpt: Ex-Google manager’s ‘cautionary tale’ details alleged pregnancy discrimination

Editor’s note: Chelsey Glasson is a researcher and writer who spent the past two decades working in the public policy… Read More

Science fiction focuses on the far future of terraforming, with a tie-in to today’s cities

Billionaires such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos dream of making Mars more like Earth, or seeing millions of people… Read More

Illustration: Man with virtual world in hand

Sci-fi author and scientist team up to write a novel about consciousness and quantum weirdness

Do we each create our own reality? Could different observers create measurably different realities? It’s a fantastical line of thought… Read More

New chapter for physical retail: Barnes & Noble is growing — including in former Amazon Books spots

How’s this for an epilogue? Barnes & Noble, the chain bookseller that struggled for years to compete against Amazon and… Read More

Bill Gates’ holiday book picks are 5 all-time favorites; look for them in 100 Little Free Libraries

Bill Gates has made a tradition of releasing lists and reviews of his favorite books, but his holiday installment this… Read More

Greg Bear, 1951-2022: Best-selling writer influenced sci-fi world, on and off the page

Greg Bear, a Seattle science-fiction author who played a leading role in defining how global audiences saw future final frontiers,… Read More

Octopus seen during Ocean Observatories Initiative's Vision '13 expedition

What octopus intelligence can teach us about artificial intelligence — and aliens

Are intelligent aliens living among us? A newly published novel just might lead you to think so — and in… Read More

Amazon releases upgraded Kindle and Kindle Kids devices for first time in three years

Amazon unveiled enhanced versions of its Kindle and Kindle Kids e-readers on Tuesday, the first time the tech giant has… Read More

Jeff Bezos at Blue Origin and in "Star Trek Beyond"

How the Star Trek saga blazed new trails for space exploration — with a hand from superfan Jeff Bezos

Over the course of five decades, advances in space science and exploration have changed the Star Trek saga — but… Read More

5 books Bill Gates recommends for the summer

While compiling books for his annual summer recommendations, Bill Gates realized that the topics in his list were hardly the… Read More

A ‘Gates tax’ on robots? ‘Email From the Future’ imagines a world without ultra-rich tech titans

Visions of Utopia go back to the year 1516, when Thomas More literally wrote the book on the subject —… Read More

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How this former tech columnist bridged her family’s political divide, and what we can learn from it

What would happen to the divisions in our country if we set aside our phones, and our assumptions, and truly… Read More

Amazon’s bizarre bazaar: Strange final chapter for tech giant’s first bricks-and-mortar bookstore

“Best Book Club Ever” read one sign inside Amazon Books at Seattle’s University Village this weekend. On the bookshelves below… Read More

Pacific Northwest forests provide the perfect breeding ground for a sci-fi tale about alien invasion

If you’re going to write a novel about an alien fungus threatening the planet, there are few places more suited… Read More

Bill Gates’ holiday book list includes a brain booster, and giveaways at Seattle indy bookshops

Voracious reader Bill Gates is constantly consuming information and expanding how much knowledge his brain can hold. Fittingly, a book… Read More

Neal Stephenson talks about his climate thriller — and why the metaverse didn’t match his vision

This whole metaverse thing hasn’t turned out exactly the way Seattle novelist Neal Stephenson thought it would when he came… Read More

Junior Geek of the Month: Orion Razat wrote the book on STEM jokes, and has whale of a new idea

Orion Razat is a busy kid. The newly turned 12-year-old is already an accomplished author who is working on his… Read More

Bezos vs. Branson vs. Musk: A reality check on the billionaire space race — and space station sci-fi

The state of commercial space travel is changing so quickly that even science-fiction authors are struggling to keep up. That’s… Read More

No pie in the sky: Portland pizza is best in U.S., Nathan Myhrvold says in latest epic cookbook

If you think New York is a slam dunk as the best pizza city in the U.S., well, fuggedaboutit! According… Read More

Former Washington Post editor writing ‘Collision of Power,’ touching on Trump, Bezos and newspaper

Marty Baron, who retired as executive editor of The Washington Post earlier this year, is writing a book about his… Read More

‘Second Nature’: How technology is remaking our world, for better or worse

This is a bad time for Mother Nature — but it’s no use trying to turn the clock back. Instead,… Read More

Bill Gates returns to Reddit for meaty discussion on climate, COVID-19, conspiracies and burgers

Bill Gates masked up for his ninth “Ask Me Anything” event on Reddit on Friday, taking questions related to climate… Read More

Former Amazon board member Tom Alberg reviews the new book, ‘Working Backwards’

[Editor’s Note: Tom Alberg, managing director at Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group, was an Amazon investor who served… Read More

Books by young inaugural poet Amanda Gorman become quick best sellers on Amazon

Amanda Gorman touched a nerve. With her words, the National Youth Poet Laureate stirred a nation and worldwide audience watching… Read More

Outspoken climate researcher dishes out some advice for Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos

If billionaires like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos really want to maximize their efforts to solve the global climate crisis,… Read More

‘Five good books for a lousy year’: Bill Gates turns the page on 2020 with his annual holiday list

You don’t have to be a genius to get a read on how rough 2020 has been. What kind of… Read More

Bill Gates looks back at ‘The Road Ahead’ after 25 years and some hit-and-miss tech predictions

Bill Gates is spending plenty of time these days looking forward to the solutions that will get us out of… Read More

Podcast

‘This company was invented for the pandemic’ — Scott Galloway on Amazon in a ‘Post Corona’ world

Amazon’s big move into the pharmacy business last week wasn’t a surprise at all, and it’s just part of a… Read More