Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Developers Prepping for Artificial Intelligence in 2018
What are the most popular programming languages among developers? According to a new survey from DigitalOcean (PDF), PHP remains on top (with 27 percent of 2,500 respondents indicating it was the… -
Magic Leap Unveils AR Prototype, Promises Dev Tools
After years of rumors, augmented-reality company Magic Leap has unveiled its first generation of AR hardware, which it claims will arrive sometime in 2018. The “Magic Leap One” includes a pair of… -
Prepare for A.I. to Change Your Job... or Kill It
Will machine learning save your job… or kill it? According to a new study by research firm Gartner, artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning may vaporize 1.8 million jobs by 2020—while… -
Microsoft Releases Quantum Development Kit Preview
In September, Microsoft announced plans to weave a quantum-computing language into Visual Studio, its integrated development environment (IDE). That announcement, made at the Ignite conference, o… -
Game Developers, Get Your 2018 Strategy Ready
The holiday season is upon us, and that means one thing: a lot of people are purchasing game consoles. For game developers, that means it’s time to review your game-building strategy for 2018—and… -
Millennials, Facing Lower Pay, Consider Job-Jumping
How happy are tech pros about their careers? According to new data from Spiceworks, some 70 percent of tech pros are feeling pretty satisfied with their jobs—but 63 percent of them think they’re… -
Kotlin, C: Which Will TIOBE Name Programming Language of 2017?
As 2017 comes to a close, TIOBE has isolated two candidates for its annual Programming Language of the Year: C and Kotlin. Although Kotlin had attracted its fair share of fans in the six years si… -
Demand for A.I. Experts Continues to Rise
Although it’s impossible to determine exactly how many A.I. researchers are currently in the market, Chinese tech firm Tencent tried to estimate the number in a new report (PDF). The company’s co… -
Job Skills That Will Keep You Ahead of Automation
Good news, tech pros: automation might not affect your job after all. A new report from McKinsey Global Institute suggests that tech pros could actually see an increase in jobs over the next deca… -
Google's Android Oreo Tweaks Apps Options
When it comes to dominating smartphones, Google faces a bit of a challenge: the next billion device users will almost certainly live in the developing world, where bandwidth is often reduced and…