Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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5 Top States with Employers Hungry for Tech Talent
Which states are enjoying the most demand for tech jobs? That’s a tough question to answer, but fortunately we have Burning Glass, which analyzes millions of job postings from across the country.… -
This Tech Job Faces a High Risk of Automation in Coming Years
Which tech jobs are at the highest risk of automation? That’s a question of vital importance to technologists young and old. Thanks to a new analysis of job postings, we have a better idea of whi… -
Is Android Actually Becoming Less Fragmented?!
Is the Android ecosystem becoming less fragmented? For years, Google has wrestled with fragmentation: too many phones by too many manufacturers running outdated versions of Android. That lack of… -
Weekend Roundup: Quantum Battles, WeWork Buyouts, and Musk’s Space Tweet
It’s been a very long week in tech. NordVPN confirmed that it was hacked hardcore, and millions of Android users apparently have a phone full of bad, bad adware, and Facebook’s Libra crypto-curre… -
Artificial Intelligence Projects Face Huge Barriers to Success
What’s the biggest barrier to successful artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine-learning projects? Earlier this year, Arvind Krishna, IBM’s senior vice president of cloud and cognitive softwa… -
San Francisco Faces Huge Time-to-Hire Tech Crunch
San Francisco (and its immediate environs) is one of the nation’s premier tech hubs, home to any number of great companies—and great technologists. However, that primacy comes at a price: the cos… -
5 Ways to Really Screw Up Your Job-Hunting Chances
The job hunt is always a complex, often prickly process. It’s hard to fire off applications and wait for a response, and even harder to negotiate your way through a job interview (as well as the… -
Steve Jobs' Tips for Running a Better Meeting
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was known for many things: A keen awareness of how the tech industry would evolve, a keen design sense, and a willingness to never take "no" for an answer when he real… -
For Artificial Intelligence to Succeed, It Needs Empathy
The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan think tank, once asked 979 researchers, tech pros, and policy leaders about the future of artificial intelligence (A.I.). The results weren't exactly comfor… -
Is Samsung Developing an Augmented Reality (AR) Headset?
For years, critics have accused Samsung of slavishly copying Apple’s hardware. The two tech giants even went to court over it, with Apple insisting that its rival had violated numerous design and…