Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Google Acquires Kaggle, Data-Scientist Hub
Google is acquiring Kaggle, which hosts competitions for data scientists. That report comes from TechCrunch, which was the first tech publication to report that Google was exploring such an acqui… -
Google Cardboard Might Conquer the VR World
While the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Sony PlayStation VR battle to dominate the upper tier of the nascent virtual-reality market, Google has quietly tried to win the rest of it. According to Amit… -
Fixing the Tech Job Interview with Cold, Hard Cash
Although the job-interview process might seem lengthy to your typical candidate—especially if they have to go through round after round of interviews, interspersed with whiteboarding tests—it oft… -
Bots: Overhyped and Ineffective, or Just New?
Were chatbots a half-baked concept pushed to market too quickly? According to a February article in The Information, chatbots on Facebook Messenger could fulfill only “about 30 percent of request… -
H-1B Premium Processing Temporarily Suspended
For months, the tech community has wondered what, if anything, President Trump will do to alter the H-1B program. H-1B visas, which are distributed via a lottery system, allow American firms to h… -
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…