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