Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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What Tech's Biggest CEOs Earn
How much do tech CEOs make? The amount can vary. A lot. And it’s not tied to company performance: as a new report from the Associated Press and Equilar makes clear, chief executives at some of th… -
The Coming War Over Home A.I.
The battle of home A.I. is nigh. At its annual I/O conference earlier this month, Google unveiled Google Home, a stubby device equipped with a speaker, a set of microphones, and (via the cloud an… -
How Infrastructure Can Wreck Tech Firms
Over at TechCrunch, Mohit Aron, a former staff engineer at Google, tries to dissect why the search-engine giant succeeded while Yahoo, at one point its biggest competitor, failed so spectacularly… -
Tech Must Become More Diverse: EEOC
The tech sector must become more diverse, suggests a new report from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). “Discussion of the lack of gender, racial and ethnic diversity in the… -
Chromebooks Outpacing Mac Shipments
Google Chromebooks have begun outselling Apple Macs in the United States, according to an analyst from research firm IDC. Nearly 2 million laptops running Chrome OS shipped during the first quart… -
How Bootcamps Match Up with College
Some people who want to learn programming sign up for a four-year program at a college or university. Others opt for a three-month boot camp, especially if they want to enter the job market quick… -
Check Out Uber's Self-Driving Car
Watch out, Google: Uber has put its own self-driving cars on the road. In its bid to create autonomous vehicles capable of driving ride-share clients from point A to B, Uber has modified a hybrid… -
Meet Android N
The latest version of Google’s Android mobile OS doesn’t yet have a proper name. Google refers to it as “N,” while asking the public for suggestions. Although its final moniker remains unclear, A… -
Trump: The Programming Language?
Whatever you think of Donald Trump’s attempt to become President of the United States, it’s hard to deny that he’s provoked a lot of, er, interesting responses. For example, there’s now TrumpScri… -
Layoffs Rising in Bay Area: Reports
Tech layoffs in the San Francisco Bay Area “more than doubled” in the first four months of 2016, according to the San Jose Mercury News. The newspaper tallied 3,135 layoffs at Yahoo, Autodesk and…