Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Nintendo Switch May Bottleneck Indie Developers
Nintendo’s new Switch console is attracting a lot of buzz—and some positive reviews from the gaming press. The Switch features a touch-screen that unplugs from the console and becomes a tablet, a… -
The High Value of Tech's Unfilled Jobs
How much is an unfilled job worth? According to new data from Glassdoor, the information-technology industry currently has 263,586 open jobs worth $20.9 billion. Technology jobs with unfilled job… -
FCC Chairman Aims to Roll Back Net Neutrality
[caption id="attachment_140181" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The Internet, ladies and gentlemen, is a series of pipes. (Actually, this is Google's datacenter.)[/caption] In remarks to the Mo… -
Sony PlayStation VR: Winning the VR Wars?
Which platform is winning the virtual reality (VR) wars? Given the amount of buzz (and news articles) around Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive, you might be tempted to think it’s either of those platf… -
Public Cloud Services Set for Big Growth
Just in case you’ve thought that spending on public-cloud offerings will level off at some point soon, a new report from research firm IDC is here to put those concerns to rest. Worldwide spendin… -
Toxic Company on Your Résumé? Don’t Sweat It.
Let’s say you once worked at a prestigious tech firm, the kind of place where the CEO seemed to end up on the covers of glossy business magazines every quarter, and the stock rose with the rollou… -
Uber Is a Tech Firm Crisis Case Study
Uber is in full-on crisis mode. When former Uber engineer Susan Fowler published a blog posting titled, “Reflecting On One Very, Very Strange Year at Uber” on Feb. 19, did she expect to shake the… -
Uber’s Terrible, No Good, Very Bad 2017
Uber is not having the greatest 2017 so far. Things weren’t supposed to be this way. As 2016 came to a close, the ride-sharing company continued to spend a lot of money ramping up its autonomous-… -
Can a 'Robot Tax' Solve Automation's Job-Killing?
For years, pundits have argued that increased automation will eventually eliminate millions of human jobs. How should society deal with the resulting disruption? Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates h… -
Valve's Gabe Newell Discusses Vive Progress
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell, who recently discussed everything from “Half-Life 3” to virtual reality (VR) on Reddit, is prepared for his company’s VR efforts to fail. “We’re optimistic. We think…