Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Should Corporate Data Breaches Result in Jail Time?
Should executives go to jail for data breaches? That’s exactly what Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is proposing. In a new op-ed in The Washington Post, she suggests criminal penalties for leader… -
IBM CEO: A.I. Will Impact Jobs Within 5 to 10 Years
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty believes that A.I. will change the workforce (and jobs) much sooner than you might think. “I expect AI to change 100 percent of jobs within the next five to 10 years,” Romet… -
Game Dev Crunch Time Crisis Illuminated (Again) by 'Anthem' Woes
Game developer BioWare hoped that “Anthem,” its massive open-world game, would become an industry-defining blockbuster. But according to critics and many players, the final product is a mess—and… -
Apple AirPower Failure Hints at Risks of Premature Announcements
Companies prefer to use late Friday afternoon as the ideal time to dump bad news on the public. Apple did just that on March 29, announcing that it had canceled its AirPower charging pad. “After… -
Microsoft Hints at Ethics Review for A.I. Development
A number of A.I. researchers think that the technology industry needs to impose an ethical framework on artificial intelligence and machine-learning platforms. Aside from the obvious questions ov… -
Many Tech Pros Think Their Pay Doesn't Match Their Value
According to the most recent Dice Salary Survey, the average tech pro made $93,244 in 2018, a very slight 0.6 percent increase from the year before. For many Americans, that’s a lot of money—but… -
Amazon, Google Robotics Hints at Possibility... and Danger
Will the world’s biggest tech companies begin pouring more resources into robotics? Amazon has offered a few hints that it plans on cycling up its consumer-facing robotics work. Rohit Prasad, a s… -
Metro Areas with the Highest Percentage of STEM Jobs
Have you ever wondered whether you need to move to San Francisco or New York City to land a high-paying STEM job? The answer, of course, is no: Over the past several years, a number of cities acr… -
Kotlin Accelerating in Usage, Buzz: RedMonk Rankings
Developer interest in Kotlin is accelerating, according to the latest data from analyst firm RedMonk. A few times a year, RedMonk’s analysts sit down and rank programming languages according to u… -
Corpse of Microsoft's Clippy Still Offers Valuable Lessons
If you’re a tech pro of a certain age, you no doubt have traumatic memories of Clippy, Microsoft’s “Office Assistant” (rendered as a cheerful, anthropomorphic paperclip) that would pop up at inop…