Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Google Rolls Out New Kotlin App-Building Lessons
Google really wants developers to learn how to build Android apps in Kotlin. In order to make that happen, the search-engine giant is pushing two new, tutorial-based courses via codelabs: Kotlin… -
Apple Will Manufacture the Mac Pro in Austin
Apple plans to manufacture its new Mac Pro at a factory in Austin, Texas. That represents a shift from the summer, when news reports suggested that the company would manufacture the computers in… -
Is Your Agile Team Accidentally Practicing ‘AgileFall’?
By this point, most software-development teams have embraced some variation of Agile methodology. Waterfall methodology, which had its heyday when the majority of software came in a physical box,… -
Tech Companies: Which Pay Employees the Most?
Which tech companies pay their employees the most? That’s a hard question to answer, especially since technologist compensation is often linked to things like equity or stock options that might n… -
Nintendo Switch Lite Offers More Indie Dev Opportunity
Nintendo has decided to double down on its ultra-successful Switch console with a new, mobile-centric version, dubbed the Nintendo Switch Lite. Unlike its predecessor, this latest upgrade can’t o… -
Mathematicians Top List of Hottest Job Titles Yet Again
Mathematicians and data engineers remain some of the hottest job titles among employers, according to a new breakdown of data from Burning Glass’s NOVA platform, which analyzes millions of active… -
Weekend Roundup: Apple iOS Updates, Amazon's Carbon
It was a busy week in tech (seriously, is it ever not a busy week in tech?), with some of the biggest companies (including Apple and Amazon) making big announcements. Let’s jump right in! iOS 13… -
Apple 'Overton': Automating Low-Code Machine Learning
Apple has struggled in recent years to establish a robust artificial intelligence (A.I.) practice. This partially stems from the company’s ironclad privacy policies—it’s more difficult to analyze… -
H-4 EAD Ban Past Deadline, Still Under Government Review
The federal government is still reviewing whether spouses of H-1B holders should be able to work, according to a new court filing by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. That program for spo… -
When Will A.I. Finally Replace Your Boss?
When people talk about job losses due to automation and artificial intelligence (A.I.), they usually focus on professions such as factory worker or help-desk specialist. But will the coming A.I.…