Always on: hope and fear in the social smartphone era

Prologue

Part I. Revolutionary times. 'We're going to make some history here today'

The smartphone revolution

Facepack: the rise of social media

Raspberry Pi: can Britain build a computer?

The end of the human race?

Elon Musk and the triumph of tech

Part II. Things fall apart. The woes of the web

Always on

Spinners, hacks and Hype

Crypto craziness

Part III. Tech in a global health crisis. The pandemic arrives

The app that could tame COVID

Fake news, 5G and the virus.