Ergebnis für "Tell" in Technothriller

Leon Tsarev ist ein Highschool-Schüler, der sich eigentlich nichts sehnlicher wünscht, als ein Stipendium an einem guten College. Bis ihn sein Onkel, ein Mitglied der russischen Mafia, dazu überredet, einen neuen Computervirus für das Botnetz des Syndikats zu entwickeln - eine Sklavenarmee infizierter Rechner, die sie für ihre digitalen Raubzüge benutzen. Der evolutionäre Virus, den Leon basierend auf biologischen Prinzipien entwickelt, ist erfolgreich. Zu erfolgreich.

Im Jahr 2043 koexistieren Menschen und KIs innerhalb einer unsicheren Machtbalance, die allein von einem rigiden Reputationssystem aufrechterhalten wird. Es soll sicherstellen, dass nur vertrauenswürdige KIs, die ihren Teil zur menschlichen Gesellschaft beitragen, an Rechenleistung gewinnen können.

Im Jahr 2035 sind Roboter, Künstliche Intelligenzen und Neuralimplantate zu einer Selbstverständlichkeit geworden. Das Institut für Angewandte Ethik sorgt durch ein soziales Reputationssystem für Ausgleich, um sicherzustellen, dass Menschen und Roboter nicht der Gesellschaft oder sich gegenseitig Schaden zufügen. Doch eine mächtige KI namens Adam hat eine Methode entwickelt, diese Beschränkungen zu umgehen. Die neunzehnjährige Catherine Matthews hat eine einzigartige Fähigkeit: Sie kann das globale Netz mit ihrem Neuralimplantat manipulieren. Unvermittelt aus ihrem normalen Alltagsleben gerissen muss sie zur letzten Firewall zwischen Adam und seinen Plänen zur Weltherrschaft werden.

Kris Chambers is a nobody. A 24-year-old man with a dead-end job and no prospects—and, to top it off, a heart condition that forever keeps him on his toes—he spends his life trapped between apathy, self-doubt, and mortal fear. As he walks down an unfamiliar alleyway, he stumbles upon the lifeless body of a stranger. Unbeknownst to him, this grisly discovery marks the beginning of an entirely new chapter in his life. Upon mysteriously awakening in the hospital, he learns that his heart now functions flawlessly, and he feels… different.

In our near-future, the eccentric tech billionaire Jamin Lake reveals an innovation that could save our broken and divided nation: Algo, an A.I. candidate for president. It is heralded as an efficient, rational, and seemingly incorruptible leader, underpinned by the brainpower of a million minds. Jamin vows the A.I. has been programmed to follow only a single benevolent mantra: to deliver “the most good for the most people”. In a nation mired in seemingly endless crisis and division, it feels like a real chance for a better future.

If a kickass middle-aged bookkeeper got sucked into a spy’s life...Aydan Kelly has reluctantly accepted her unwanted role as a part-time spy. It’s painful and dangerous, but she’s willing to make the sacrifice for the good of her country. Too bad her country doesn’t have the same honourable intentions. When Aydan discovers the government murdered her husband, the betrayal drives her on a quest to uncover the truth.

When Geoffrey Tate, one of the world’s richest individuals and the CEO of Yukon, the country’s preeminent artificial intelligence company, is shot and killed by his young trophy wife, it’s going to grab headlines. And seasoned Newshound reporter Nik Byron intends to be the one generating them. But Nik’s investigation quickly leads him down a treacherous path he didn’t foresee.

Seth Harper had it all: a crappy job that was going nowhere, no girlfriend, and a 40th birthday no one had even noticed. It was the life he'd always feared he'd be stuck with, until he decided to make a choice to make a change. But a not a new job or a new love. A new him. With the help of the new "Persona" upgrade implanted in his brain, Seth became the person he always knew he could be. But things go sideways when he finds himself being chased by mysterious men who thinks he's Willis Rowe, a notorious hacker who had disappeared and was thought dead.

911 operator Jim Parker wants - more than anything - to be useful again. When a catastrophic EMP strikes, and he’s the last person a kidnapped girl speaks to before the lines go dead, he knows he can’t let her down. Especially when the circumstances are so similar to his own daughter’s disappearance. With the world falling apart around him, he wants to do nothing more than retreat to his prepper cabin. But with a fresh lead on his daughter, and another innocent girl’s life on the line, the disgraced cop will do everything in his power to track them down.

Megan Wolford knows surviving this new post-EMP world means facing ever-changing threats. It has been months since Wyatt’s brother Jack was killed, and his newborn son shows signs of an illness no one at the lodge can cure. Megan blames herself for Jack’s death, so when the opportunity to help his son, Jack Jr., arrives in the form of a wounded US soldier guarding a mysterious box, she’ll do anything to redeem herself.

Coming off a successful investigation into a major banking scandal, Newshound reporter Nik Byron arrives in Washington, DC, with high hopes for his career. But a disruptive corporate merger and a vengeful boss quickly dash his plans. Relegated to scut work and the graveyard shift, Nik’s career and emotions are in a tailspin. That is, until a late-night explosion levels a high-tech office park—home to some of the nation’s top clandestine programs—and provides Nik with an opportunity to reverse his fortunes.