Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Google's Android Pie Struggling with Adoption Rate
Back in August, Google released Android Pie, the latest version of its mobile operating system. It doesn’t seem to be catching on quite yet, despite a release schedule that has Pie appearing on m… -
Virtual Reality is Transforming into a Niche Sub-Industry
Last month, we asked whether virtual reality (VR) is doomed to become a niche sub-industry, despite Facebook and other companies pouring billions of dollars into the technology. When that article… -
Google Wants You to Use A.I. to Save the World
Can artificial intelligence (A.I.) save the world? That seems to be Google’s thinking. Its new program, AI for Social Good, bills itself as a way for A.I. to solve “some of the world’s biggest ch… -
What the Google Employee Walkout Could Mean for Tech
Around the world, Google employees protested inequality and sexual harassment by walking off their jobs at 11:10 A.M. on Nov. 1. The protest was widely viewed as a response to reports of Google e… -
What's the Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder?
Quick, what’s the average age of a successful startup founder? If you guessed something like 22 or 25—pretty much anything under 30—you’re probably influenced by the stories of Mark Zuckerberg, S… -
Apple's New iPad Pro May Demand Some App Tweaks
Apple finally deleted the physical Home button from the iPad Pro. It was a move long predicted by the various factions of tech punditry: once Apple chucked the Home button from the iPhone in favo… -
The Next Big Barrier Facing Artificial Intelligence: Common Sense
When armed with the right model, a machine-learning platform can rapidly improve its accuracy and success rate. Just look at Google’s A.I. tool that can detect the most common forms of lung cance… -
Kotlin, HCL, TypeScript Top GitHub's Fastest-Growing Languages
GitHub has released its latest Octoverse report, an extensive scan of its 96 million repositories and 200+ million pull requests, and found some interesting bits of data about the tech world’s fa… -
Trump Administration May Push Big Changes to H-1B Lottery System
The Trump administration is planning some changes to the H-1B lottery system. Those changes could see more highly educated workers obtaining the visa. According to Politico, which obtained its in… -
4 Tips for Leaving Your Company If a Poaching Firm Makes an Offer
The tech industry’s unemployment rate is low at the moment, which means that a lot of companies are securing talent by poaching their rivals’ best and brightest workers. The very act of poaching…