edited by Muhammad Tariq and Houbing Herbert Song
The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2026
Cloth: 978-1-83724-534-5 | eISBN: 978-1-83724-535-2 (PDF)

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
The internet is not simply changing, it is converging. Artificial intelligence, blockchain, the metaverse, quantum computing, and brain-computer interfaces are fusing into an integrated, intelligent, and autonomous digital ecosystem. Web X.0 will anticipate our needs, blur the boundary between physical and virtual, and reshape how people, organizations, and governments engage with one another. But every leap forward cast new shadows: more sophisticated cyberattacks, eroding privacy, ungoverned autonomous systems, and a digital divide that risks leaving billions further behind.