Articles by Nate Swanner

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  The 5 Coolest ARKit Projects (so Far)

  [caption id="attachment_142053" align="aligncenter" width="3443"] ARKit at WWDC 2017[/caption] There’s no need to mince words: ARKit is awesome. Introduced at WWDC 2017, Apple’s augmented reality…
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  Samsung Bixby Delay Underscores A.I. Problems

  [caption id="attachment_140774" align="aligncenter" width="1204"] Samsung Bixby[/caption] Wondering where Samsung’s Bixby is? The digital assistant is still limited to Korea, and a spokesperson s…
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  Apple May Ditch Touch ID in Next iPhone: Report

  [caption id="attachment_142322" align="aligncenter" width="4104"] Touch ID on iPhone[/caption] It seems Apple may be ready to move away from biometrics. According to a new report from Bloomberg,…
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  GitHub's 'Open Source Friday' Wants Office Hours

  [caption id="attachment_140549" align="aligncenter" width="4003"] GitHub Offices in San Francsico[/caption] GitHub has a plan to get more contributions to the open-source community: it now wants…
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  The NSA Has (Sort of) Gone Open-Source

  [caption id="attachment_142314" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] NSA HQ[/caption] Believe it or not, the National Security Agency (NSA) has gone open-source. The agency that is often the scorn o…
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  5 Decks That Turned Startups into Huge Companies

  [caption id="attachment_142262" align="aligncenter" width="4350"] Check out this old Foursquare logo![/caption] If you want to launch the next big thing, chances are good you’ll need to secure so…
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  Refusing to Reveal Your Salary May Not Work in Your Favor

  [caption id="attachment_142272" align="aligncenter" width="3228"] Salary negotiations don't have to be hard.[/caption] When interviewing, one of the most sensitive topics can be pay: you want a l…
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  Firebase Launches Precheck Feature for iOS Apps

  [caption id="attachment_142249" align="aligncenter" width="1592"] Firebase Precheck for iOS developers[/caption] One of the more frustrating aspects of building and deploying a new iOS app is bei…
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  Uber, Tesla Show Why a Boring Culture Is Best

  [caption id="attachment_140303" align="aligncenter" width="3195"] Uber offices in San Francisco[/caption] This week, two huge tech companies experienced some newsworthy shakeups. Uber co-founder…
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  Facebook Thinks Selling Ads Will Save Jobs

  [caption id="attachment_142197" align="aligncenter" width="3006"] Facebook[/caption] The threat of machines taking jobs from fleshy humans is palpable. With artificial intelligence and machine le…