Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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PepsiCo 'Relentless' Automation Shows Cost to Jobs
When most corporations automate their workforces, they tend to keep the news quiet. “One Thousand Jobs Lost to a Robot” makes for a bad headline from a PR standpoint, even if that sort of “effici… -
Do Contractors Earn More Than Full-Time Employees?
To contract or not to contract—that is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler to sit at a desk as a full-time employee, and spend your years interacting with the same group of people, or to sail forth… -
Google May Finally Unveil Game Streaming 'Yeti' This Year
Maybe Google’s gaming dreams aren’t vaporware after all. At the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in March, Google plans on giving a keynote presentation, during which it will reveal an unannounce… -
OpenAI Creates Platform for Generating Fake News. Wonderful.
Don’t tell Donald Trump, but artificial intelligence (A.I.) may become quite good at generating fake news. Moreover, this generation of fabricated reportage is courtesy of OpenAI, the nonprofit d… -
H-1B Premium Processing Reopens. Is An Applicant Flood Coming?
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) plans on resuming premium processing this week for all H-1B petitions filed before Dec. 21, 2018. Affected petitioners need to submit a premium p… -
Microsoft Takes a Risky Bet on Cortana Roadmap
Microsoft really needs Cortana, its voice-activated digital assistant, to succeed. There’s just one little problem: Apple, Google, and Amazon have all carved out significant niches for their resp… -
With Microsoft’s HoloLens 2, It All Comes Down to Price
It’s no secret that Microsoft is planning to update the HoloLens, its augmented reality (AR) headwear. In fact, the company plans on unveiling the secretive device on Feb. 24, during the annual M… -
Manager Tracks Can Pay Big Bucks to Tech Pros
Some tech pros are ambivalent about becoming managers. Sure, management responsibilities often come with more money, and having responsibility over a cool project is fun. But oftentimes, manageme… -
Tech Pros Want More Than Money from Their Employers: Salary Survey
What keeps tech pros awake long into the night? Despite the tech industry’s notably low unemployment rate, these pros fear their jobs being eliminated, according to the latest edition of the Dice… -
New Fed Initiative Wants to Make America Great in A.I.
President Donald Trump’s new “American A.I. Initiative” is designed to place the United States at the forefront of artificial intelligence research. But the executive order itself is reportedly p…