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Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2016 was "surreal." According to the online dictionary, surreal is "used to express a reaction to something shocking or surprising." Surreal is also a good word to describe some of the key events in the technology world that took place in 2016. In particular, advances in artificial intelligence and big data, and continuing problems with cybersecurity. This is Volume 6 in the "Technology Today" series, a collection of Scott Tilley's newspaper columns that appear weekly in Florida Today.

President Trump's campaign motto, "Make America Great Again," inspired the title of this book because technology also needs to be made great again. Technology today has become too complicated, too insecure, and too unreliable. We're often baffled by the behavior of the electronic devices in our lives. This needs to change. We can do it. This is Volume 7 in the "Technology Today" series, a collection of Scott Tilley's newspaper columns that appear weekly in Florida Today.

Some of today's computer hackers are driven by money, but some of them do it as part of a social activist agenda. They are known as "hacktivists," and one of the largest hacktivists organizations is called Anonymous. Their members wear masks to remind people of the original Guy Fawkes who tried to overthrow the British government 400 years ago. Anonymous recruits members from around the world - and they want you to join them. This is Volume 5 in the "Technology Today" series, a collection of Tilley's newspaper columns that appear each week in Florida Today (Gannett).