Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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What’s Coming with Swift 3.0
Swift, Apple’s new programming language for iOS and Mac OS X apps, has undergone several key changes in its short life. In late 2015, Apple made the language open-source; it began integrating cha… -
Tech Employment Stayed Strong in Q1
The unemployment rate for the technology industry stood at 2.4 percent in the first quarter of 2016, a slight decline from the fourth quarter of 2015, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of La… -
Want to Try Out Quantum Computing?
Ever wanted to experiment with quantum computing? Now’s your chance: IBM plans on offering a quantum computing platform via the cloud. Big Blue suggests that “students, researchers, and general s… -
The Highest-Paying U.S. Tech Companies
Technology companies dominated Glassdoor’s new list of the 25 highest-paying companies in America. The highest-ranked tech firm: Juniper Networks in third, with a median total compensation of $15… -
Your Ultimate Programming Cheat Sheets
Even the most experienced programmers occasionally need to look up some syntax, especially if they’re tooling around with a new programming language. To that end, many have their preferred online… -
How Much Do Silicon Valley Interns Make?
It turns out that interning for a tech firm in Silicon Valley can prove quite lucrative. According to Bloomberg, summer interns at some of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech firms will pull down an av… -
A New 'Gym' for Building and Testing A.I.
If you’re interested in working with machine learning and artificial-intelligence algorithms—but unsure of how to start—check out the OpenAI Gym, now in beta. The premise behind OpenAI Gym is sim… -
Smartphones: Work-Life Balancer, or Ruiner?
Mobile-optimized workplaces lead to higher employee engagement, according to a new study by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) sponsored by Aruba. Roughly 60 percent of the survey’s 1,865 resp… -
The Next Big A.I. Challenge: Doom
Artificial intelligence is getting smarter. In March, an A.I. platform named AlphaGo beat a human champion in the game of Go. Now the machines are prepping for their next big challenge: first-per… -
Staying Ahead of the Evolving App Market
There’s a quote from Wayne Gretzky, the famous hockey player, that became something of a cliché in tech circles after Apple co-founder Steve Jobs started citing it frequently: “A good hockey play…